Haiku and Other Poems

By Gem M. Anis

A reflection of life, Haiku and other Poems, is the first book of poems published by the author. In its entirety the poems touch the imagination and express the feelings of love, hope, peace and joy, longing and nostalgia, even anguish, sorrow and pain.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: May 9, 2012
• ISBN: 9781475907223

Gem M. Anis

Gem M. Anis, a retired professor and financial advisor, has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Lyceum of the Philippines, Manila, and a master’s degree in International Relations from the Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan. He and his wife, Lita, have four children all living in the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada since 1976. Gem loves poetry, travelling, downhill skiing, and tennis.

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HAIKU 

 and 

 other POEMS

Gem M. Anis

iUniverse, Inc.

Bloomington

HAIKU and other POEMS

Copyright © 2012 by Gem M. Anis.

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ISBN: 978-1-4759-0721-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4759-0722-3 (ebk)

iUniverse rev. date: 05/03/2012

Contents

Butterflies

Christmas

Christmas Cards

Christus

Dead Star

Diary Notes

Don’t You, jimmy

Fall Gently Rain

Fragment

Intramuros

Lanterns

Lemon Drop

Lines For Christ

Look Forward 

 to the Sun

Make Me O Heart

My Soul 

 Always Tells Me

Ode To The Lyceum

Pasig

P.S. From A Critic

Quiapo

Reaching

Remember Me, Sweetly

Room 12

So Many Nations

Springtime

Stranger No More

Tales

The Dreamers

The Mountain

The Night Was This