In this roster, the only woman named is Edith L. Tiempo, who in 1999 was declared a National Artist ... No doubt, many of us today will repeat lines from her most beloved and oft-quoted poem, “Bonsai, ...

By EDITH L. TIEMPO All that I love I fold over once And once again ... Randy Sparks' "Today" to accompany her much-anthologized poem "Bonsai." "Every story must be told" More reminiscences followed ...

A poet, teacher, fictionist and literary critic, Edith Tiempo was one of the finest writers in English ... “The Littlest Marmoset" and “Bonsai". She was an influential tradition in Philippine ...