My editor asked me to explore verb possibilities for my Work-in-Progress. The first line is the current title. Everything else is possibility.
Nanay Is Dancing
Nanay was Dancing
Nanay Danced
Nanay Had Danced
When Nanay Danced
Once, Nanay Danced
Did Nanay Dance?
Nanay’s Last Dance
Who Was This Woman?
She Danced at the Wedding
Nanay and Me
Olongapo
Morning in Lehigh City
Nanay Once Danced
Ma! Kumakain Ka Na Ba? (Ma! Did you eat yet?)
Still, She Danced
How did She Dance?
Green Life, Blue Memory
Dancing from the Shadows
She Danced to Keep the Ghosts at Bay
How Nanay Danced
Light and Dancing
Putang ina mo (I’m not translating that here)
Oo at hindi (Yes and No)
The Lies of Years
Face
Utang Na Loob (debt/Debt of gratitude)
She Will Dance Until Memory Fades
The Lock and The Dance
Dreams of Blue and Winter
Dancing to the Last
We Were Late, and Onward She Danced
What Pain in Knowing?
They Could Not Stop Her Dancing
Broken Dreams and Dancing
Nanay Danced the Longest
Will Nanay Dance?
Blue of Sea and Sky
Bahay Kupo? (Little House)
Adobo and Money
She Danced Until Morning
Okay… I’m out of steam…Maybe more later.
Nicanor Abbott 