Antiemetic for Homesickness by Romalyn Ante Karen Smith But there is also much

But there is also much celebration

‘Every so often

” So the poet is able to juggle the memory of pleasure with present suffering

He is a deeply religious poet whose fundamental tenet is absence and the threat of meaninglessness

with Spanish and English versions on facing pages

Antiemetic for Homesickness by Romalyn Ante Karen Smith But there is also muchThe poems in Romalyn Ante's luminous debut build a bridge between two worlds: journeying from the country 'na nagluwal sa 'yo' that gave birth to you to a new life in the United Kingdom. Steeped in the richness of Filipino folklore, and studded with Tagalog, these poems speak of the ache of assimilation and the complexities of belonging, telling the stories of generations of migrants who find exile through employment through the voices of the mothers