Parva Gradus: a collection of poems written by a young amateur writer

By Lourdes Dominique Panganiban

"Some things we feign, we can't forgo.

We control the tides, not stop the flow."

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookRix
• Release date: Jul 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9783748749110

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Author's Note

Hi!

First of all, thank you so much for taking interest in my works. As I type this, I expect few to no readers to notice this book, and consequently much less — that is, absolutely none — to purchase this anthology. Secondly, I hope you forgive me for this is the first time I'm sharing this collection to the public.

What you are about to read — assuming you intend to read any page beyond this — are works written by an amateur who wastes ink out of boredom. She compiled them as encouraged by teachers who read those she submitted for school activities, and started sharing them recently with the support of a few friends (and also because of the lockdown implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and I opted not to alter whatever my past self created so as not to tarnish the innocence [nor coat the lack of which] she must have had at the time she wrote it, which is also why the pieces are arranged in chronological order — from a time when I was aware I liked writing yet dismissed it as a negligible hobby, to a time when my muse just kept giving me ideas even when I paid it no heed, to the time I finally accepted that it is more than just a habit I can grow out of. Hence, these works are a message from yesterday to today [and maybe even tomorrow], and though the words are mine, the book is now