Poems From The Heart

About the Book

All of my poems actually do come from the heart. Each one has its own little story behind it. The ones that talk about a man who was tragically killed in a car accident was my fiance. We got engaged in Dec.1976 and planned our wedding for June 18, 1977. He was killed on Valentine's Day but not discovered until the next day. The baby that was given up for adoption was my son whom I had searched for 35 years. We were reunited last year when he was able to make more progress with the system than I could. We have a beautiful relationship and I have a daughter-in-law and three more grandchildren. The abusive relationship that I was in came from the man I was married to and fathered two boys. He wasn't bad till the boys were born. I couldn't take anymore when he started to attack the boys and we left. The cover of the book reminds me of my mom and dad. Moms' name was Rose and dad liked to watch the birds in the yard. Hence, the flowers and the birds. They have since passed. So you see, each poem has a special memory for me. I put a lot of feeling in my poems. I just feel so honored to be able to express these feelings in poetic form. I hope the readers will take these to heart and feel the moment. Some of them can also give them advice. If you are in a bad relationship and it also involves children, then they need to get out before something really drastic happens. We have enough violence in this world today. People need to think about what they are doing and who they are doing it to.

About the Author

I was born and raised in a small town in Central Illinois. I came from a very loving and hard working family. After high school, I got pregnant and had a boy. I didn't have the financial means of taking care of him so I had to give him up for adoption. That was the hardest thing I had to do in my life. Later on in life, I thought I had met the man of my dreams. We had planned to get married but he was tragically killed in a car accident. I thought I'd never find love again. A few years later, though, I did find a man who I thought loved me very much. We got married and had two boys. That was when the abuse started and we were thrown out. I got divorced and found a new home for me and the boys. I started writing poetry in 1991. It was my way of putting my feelings in writing. I entered a poetry contest and they loved my poem called "How Our Lives Were Changed". After that, I continued to write and was getting them published in books and having them put to music. I then decided that I had so many that I would try to get them published in my own book. That's when I came up with the name "Poems From The Heart". It revolves around different happenings in my life and how I felt. It's like my bio put to poetry. During this time, I had also been looking for the son I gave up for adoption but I always ended up at a dead end. I could not get the rest of the info I needed but miraculously, he had been looking for me too. We were reunited in 2011 and have had a close bond ever since. He has a wife and three children. He was introduced to his other brothers and their families. I got to meet the adoptive parents and they are just wonderful. Now my family has been put back together with my sons and their families, in which I now have 3 handsome grandsons and 8 beautiful granddaughters. I want to thank Xlibris for giving me the opportunity to share my poems with the world. Thanks again, Patricia Emery