Words from the Heart

About the Book

Words from the Heart takes its readers on an emotional journey through three chapters of poems. Each chapter offers its own flair, focusing on a variety of subjects including inspiration, self-reflection, race/ cultural issues, love, loss, and emotional healing. Something to Think About presents reflective verses that promote mindfulness and healing. It’s Not as Simple as Black & White challenges us to look at race issues and explore our perspectives toward different cultures of people. Letter introduces poetry in the form of messages written to anonymous readers, expressing gratitude, remorse, elation, grief, and inquisitions of life. Come and take this journey, you’ll never be the same!

About the Author

Keith E. Carter was born in Kentucky and moved to New York at eighteen to pursue a career in the performing arts. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Wagner College and master’s of science degree from Columbia University. Keith has been fortunate in holding a career as a performer (actor/singer/dancer) and later transitioning his career to the health and helping field. He has participated professionally in the fields of performing arts/creative art therapy, child welfare, academic clinical research, HIV prevention, school social work, homeless services, LGBT services, college instruction, and inpatient/ outpatient psychiatry. Keith currently runs a psychotherapeutic private practice and is the founding director of The Creative Solutions Connection, INC. Keith is currently working as a college professor at several colleges in the New York City metropolitan area, including Touro College, Metropolitan College of New York, and Borough of Manhattan Community College.