My Heart Beats For You And You Only

Love has been one of the most powerful and enduring themes in poetry throughout the ages. From the ancient Greeks to the present day, poets have expressed their deepest feelings and experiences in the language of love. This anthology contains a collection of love poems from different poets and scholars. Each poem speaks of the universal human experience of love and explores its many facets: from the joy of new love to the pang of heartbreak, from the tenderness of intimacy to the longing for connection. As you journey through these pages, you will encounter love in all its forms: passionate and engaging, tender and nurturing, transformative and enduring. These poems will inspire you to reflect on your experiences in love and appreciate the beauty and complexity of this very human emotion. Whether you're a lifelong lover of poetry or just want to explore this rich and timeless genre, this anthology will capture your heart and deepen your appreciation for the power of love and the beauty of language.

With Kadia still missing Phantom is doing everything he can to find her and make things better with Inaya, that is until Inaya turns up missing too. Letting the stress get to him Phantom makes a mistake he will come to regret later on. Inaya finds Noah only to realize he doesn't have Kadia, now she doesn't know who to trust or where her daughter is. When all is said and done she will learn that not even family can be counted on when times get tough. Sahnai wakes up to find Lox kissing the enemy, her cousin missing and a blast from her past standing in her hospital room. As always she makes one bad decision after another only this time there may be no one around to help her help herself. Lox has to become super dad to his two sons when Sahnai gets stabbed but when family appears in town are they a help or a hindrance as they come with a suitcase full of drama. When Lox meets up with a once forbidden lady from his past will he make it work with Sahnai or give his old friend a real chance? Join Phantom, Inaya, Sahnai, and Lox in part two as they deal with crazy exes, unknown enemies and one surprise after another.

Author, Linda J. Martin while under the name of Linda J. Bennett was a successful student in Creative Writing which was taught by MS. Bradley while at Diablo Valley College of Pleasant Hill, CA., in 1979. The following year Linda completed the course in Technical Writing taught by Mr. G. T. Hurly while also at Diablo Valley College of Pleasant Hill, CA., in 1980. Later on Linda J. Martin moved to Everett, WA. and met the requirements in writing for Children and Teenagers of The Institute of Children's Literature located in West Redding, CT. Linda was nominated by its Faculty and awarded her Diploma by Chairman Bryan K. Judge in 2001. Linda J. Martin now lives in Lake Stevens, WA. and has a married daughter and son-in-law who have two children all living in the same city. Linda came to WA. in May of 1999 from Bay Point, CA.

Come with me and share this journey life takes us on. These poems are written from deep within the heart sparing nothing. I mean to inspire and encourage. To reach out and touch any soul that needs to be touched, anyone that needs one to just say hey, I understand. May the reader through these verselets find common ground and comfort knowing there’s someone out there who just understands.

he Soul Tales" is a collection of poems, stories and quotes... which has been written by our phenomenal writers . It shows their Emotional connection with their Soul... "When Emotions speak , About the Soul's Tales, They open the gates, to the Heaven's way"...

This book is a collection of both literary and visual art produced by the students at Yerba Buena High School in San Jose, California. After working numerous hours on their own creating their pieces for the book, these students then spent countless hours working one on one with us to perfect their work. For many people this may seem an easy task. However, life is not so easy on San Jose's east side. When we came up with the idea to create a literary and visual art book, the Consortium of California Subject Matter Project at San Jose State University, the group who funded the project, did not see it as such a unique idea. We had to convince them that this was unique. First, one needs to understand that while many of our students have caring and supportive families, they still face great challenges in their daily lives. Some students are parents, some have parents who cannot read or help them with schoolwork, some face various forms of violence, some move from place to place looking for stability and security, some help raise their younger siblings and many are full of amazing talent that needs to be shared. Yerba Buena High School, where these students work to earn their diplomas, is classified as an under-performing school, but we are improving, as the work in this book will show. We are a school where we have common dress to help prevent gang violence, where 46% of our students are eligible for free lunch, where college is more often a dream than a given, where students joint teachers and staff to improve both academically and socially. Our school is a wonderful place where we are making great strides in improved students' performance. But, it is not like those schools you see on television or in the movies. In all of those schools the kids can read but just don't want to read. Here, over half of our incoming freshmen are reading 3 or more years below grade level. Here we are not just covering curriculum for grades 9-12; we are, at times, having to go back to fourth or fifth grade curricula to re-teach skills that for various reasons are lacking. Here, at Yerba Buena, our students are running up hill and still finding ways to lead the race. In this book, our students have the opportunity to show just how talented and amazing they are. Thank you and enjoy, Meghan Engle and J.A. Epstein