The Book of Love

About the Book

In The Book of Love, you will find more than a collection of haiku-styled poems, “petite histoire” (little stories). They are timeless moments that capture present events in the lives of couples in the present, past or a thousand years from now. Each is a meditation intended for those contemplating their romantic condition. They are set within the context of the story of an old couple who has spent a lifetime in love. He, now aging, leaves his wife with the wisdom and faith to carry on after he is gone. He tells a tale of unfathomable time and asks her to contemplate all the events, which needed to coalesce so that they would be joined together for a lifetime. These events are captured for all eternity in The Book of Love. Each of the one-hundred-three-stanza, two-line, free-verse haiku is intended to gently toss a pebble into the pool of the reader’s mind. The thoughts that ripple out paint a picture completed by the reader’s imagination. Find your resting spot within these pages and share it with the one you love.

About the Author

Bob Alba has been writing short stories and poetry for over forty years. His longer poems include: “Autumn Leaves”, “Between Venus” and Mars”, “Jamaican Alchemy”, “Kiss Box”, “October in Chicago”, “Rain”, “Texas Moon”, “The Day after Valentine’s”, “The Shadow World”, and “The Perfect Shape of Words.” His short stories include In the Beginning, Fear, The Nature of God, Michael and Isabella and The Meeting. The Woman on the Beach is his first published novel. The book of Love is his first book of self-styled Haiku. A constant theme in his poetry is love lost and the joy of love found and cherished. Bob now spends his business life managing the Children’s Speech Care Center his wife Lynne’s, pediatric speech and language clinic. The proceeds of this book will be donated to the clinic to help supplement the work they do helping children afflicted with speech and language disabilities, particularly those children with autism. Please feel free to contact him with your comments or questions at bob@childspeech.net or visit the Web Site at www.childspeech.net May love find and keep you joyous all the days of your life.