From My Heart to Yours: A Collection of Poems

By Asela Hazel Z. Gundaya

From My Heart to Yours is a collection of poems drawn from the authors life experiences and personal observations. The author has a way of making you visualize almost every line of each poem. It is written in a clear language that touches the deepest sensitivity of your being. It gives you an inspiring, peaceful, and comforting effect. It is hoped that the poems will stay with you long after you have read them. This collection includes poems on life and death, love and romance, family and friendships, faith and moral values, nature and travels, career, hobbies and pets.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 12, 2004
• ISBN: 9781477178836

Asela Hazel Z. Gundaya

Asela Hazel Z. Gundaya is a librarian by profession and loves to write on her free time. Her other passion is traveling around the world. She is the author of From my heart to yours: a collection of poems, published in 2004 and The Song of Tampopo in 2008, both published by Xlibris Corporation. She lives in Galveston, Texas. Jonathan T. Estoquia is a freelance illustrator. He has a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education at Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. He lives with his wife Ana Lea in Cagayan de Oro City.

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FROM MY HEART

TO YOURS

A Collection of Poems

Asela Hazel Z. Gundaya

Xlibris Corporation

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Copyright © 2004 by Asela Hazel Z. Gundaya.

Library of Congress Number: 2004098969

ISBN:   Hardcover 1-4134-5145-4

             Softcover   1-4134-5144-6

         Ebook         978-1-4771-7883-6

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I CAN PAINT A DREAM

SPRINGTIME

THE MIRACLE OF FRIENDSHIP

WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE

FULL MOONS

STILLNESS

CELL INVASION

CRY OF THE WILD

CHRISTMAS

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

CONVERSATIONS WITH LITTLE HERBIE

CONVERSATIONS WITH LITTLE SUEY

FRAGMENTS OF THE PAST

ESCAPE

A HURRIED LIFE

THE AUTOMOBILE

THE EARTH

MY MORNING PRAYER

MAKE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES

A PILGRIM’S JOURNAL

MARY, THE BLESSED VIRGIN

POETRY

RELATIONSHIPS

BIRTHDAYS

WHERE DREAMS RESIDE

RAINDROPS

WHEN YOU DESPERATELY NEED A LIFT

LIFE IN LIVING COLOR

MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH TRAVEL

SHADOWS IN THE SAND

OUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS

GOODBYE, JACK

LA VIDA LOCA

CIRCLE OF LOVE

LISTEN TO YOUR HEART

TREASURE A FRIEND

CHILDHOOD

LE BIBLIOTHEQUE

LIKE A BOOMERANG

LIFE AS A LONG WALK

A SUMMER PLACE

HAPPINESS

THE ART OF GIVING

A LIVING HOPE

A LOVING MOTHER

BE GRATEFUL

PEACE

ONE UNEXPECTED PLEASURE

THE SPLENDOR OF THE ORDINARY

THE SEA, THE BEACH, AND ME

LIVING ON THE ISLANDS

PLACES I CALL HOME

FOREVER IN MY HEART

IN SEARCH OF A SONG

THE MIGHTY FLOWER

NATURE, A REFUGE

A PARENT’S PRAYER

ONCE IN A WHILE

MOONSHINE AND SUNSHINE

A WISHING HEART

MY BELOVED PARENTS

BECAUSE OF THE BOTH OF YOU

OF LOVE AND LIFE

TIME WAS

HERE’S TO LIFE

WHY THESE DESIRES? WHY THESE LONGINGS?

LA DOLCE VITA

THE BEYOND

ADAM, EVE, AND ME

THOUGHTS ON LOVE

THIS IS TIME

MINSAN MAY ISANG KAHAPON

A GIFT OF FAITH AND COURAGE

Lovingly Dedicated

To my Parents:

The Late Mr. Benjamin D. Gundaya

and

Mrs. Leova Z. Gundaya,

To all my Brothers and Sisters and their Spouses,

And to all my Nephews and Nieces,

whose names are all written in my heart

PREFACE

Writing poetry comes from the heart. It is something you can’t ignore when a poem wants to be born. It is a powerful force to be reckoned with.

Two poems started the whole collection. The Gift of Faith and Courage on page 124 which depicts the People Power in the Philippines in 1986; and I Can Paint a Dream on page 2, which was lovingly dedicated to my parents on their fortieth wedding anniversary in 1987.

A part of this collection remained hidden and forgotten since 1986. It was only revisited recently, and more poems were added in 2003.

This collection of poems is a celebration of life and death, love and romance, family and friendships, faith and moral values, nature and travels, career, hobbies and pets.

Below is a poem that is included in this collection to celebrate my parents. It is found on page 102.

My mother, my reality, my strength

My father, my dreams, my inspiration

Two different facts of life

But I can’t live without the other

Without reality, I can’t live fully

Without dreams, I can’t move on

Without strength, there’s no life

Without inspiration, there’s nothing to live for.

It is my ardent hope that the poems in this collection will touch your heart and help you find joy in your own life experiences. Enjoy every poem; it is all for you from me.

Hazel

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank everybody that has touched my life, especially my family who had always loved me all these years and all my friends who became my anchor and cheering squad at various stages of my life.

Grateful acknowledgements go to my friends at Galveston College: to Mary K. Clark who was the key to opening up my yellowed notebook of poems and kind enough to edit the first draft of this work; to Dee Florence for being one of my readers and for her support and encouragement ; to my mother Leova who prays for me everyday and loved all