147 Million Orphans, (MMXI-MML)
By: Eileen R. Tabios
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: American Haibun; Orphans; Philippines Haibun; Poetry; Philippine poetry (English)
Other titles: One hundred forty-seven million orphans, 2011-2050
Work titles: Poems
Description: "While no one really knows the number of orphans worldwide, a common estimate is 147 million. These children represent one of the greatest humanitarian tragedies of our time even as their plight fails to receive as much attention as natural disasters or wars. 147 Million Orphans: MMXI-MML is the first book-length haybun poetry collection. A "haybun" is a combination of hay(na)ku and other text. The hay(na)ku is a 21st century diasporic poetic form; its core is a tercet-based stanza with the first line being one word, the second line being two words, the third line being three words."--Back cover.
Notes: "With the presence of William Allegrezza, Tom Beckett, John Bloomberg-Rissman, Michael Caylo-Baradi, Patrick James Dunagan, Thomas Fink, j/j hastain, Aileen Ibardaloza, Ava Koohbor, Michael Leong, Sheila Murphy and Jean Vengua."--title page.