On the Back of the Dragon
Subtitle: Poems
By: by James Penha.
Publisher: Omega Cat Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cupertino, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Asia
Genres: Poetry
Description: Winner of the 1992 Omega Cat Poetry Chapbook Competition, but now out of print, <i>On the Back of the Dragon</i> is James Penha's  first collection of lyric and narrative poems from exotic locales in Asia. Penha is the author of <i>No Bones to Carry</i>, still in print and available from the publisher <http://www.newsinspress.com/penha.htm>.
Table of contents: title: Son of Borneo
pagenum: 1; title: Borneo Ordination
pagenum: 2; title: Setia
pagenum: 4; title: Air Plant
pagenum: 7; title: Bali High Season
pagenum: 9; title: Choler
pagenum: 12; title: Skeletons in the Closet
pagenum: 16; title: On the Raya Road
pagenum: 18; title: The Apprentice
pagenum: 19; title: Ebbtide
pagenum: 22; title: Essential Gesture
pagenum: 24; title: Altered States
pagenum: 26; title: Stigma
pagenum: 37; title: Border Incident
pagenum: 38; title: Sala Days
pagenum: 40; title: Bar Boy
pagenum: 42; title: Sherpa Story
pagenum: 43; title: A Riddle of Nepal
pagenum: 45