Expressions of the Heart: Heart to Heart

By Flora Emmanuel-Joseph

If you have had any affiliation to any individual, this book is definitely for you. Expressions of the Heart is a collection of poems which emanated from the heart of the author, expressly for readers like you. It sets out to serve as a comfort and inspiration to all readers. It embraces real life issues in a manner that gives meaning to some of the experiences that are buried deep inside us as well as those we encounter in our daily living. The use of figurative language, sets to present you with novel ways of unfolding those feelings. Expressions of the Heart allows you to reflect on your situations, and encourages you to personalize the experiences of others so that the poems do not become just words on paper, but something that you can relate to or imagine; something captivating, something REAL.

It also presents life experiences from a Caribbean culture which can be quite different from that of other cultures around the world. For example, common law unions are often frowned upon, especially in times of death and people make judgements about the souls of those who died in those unions. Such issues are addressed in the book so as to allow the voices of those caught in the 'seat of judgement' to to be heard and understood.

No matter what your interests are, you will enjoy moments of joy and laughter coupled with feelings of sadness for unfulfilled love. You will experience something. There is something for everyone.
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Apr 26, 2012
• ISBN: 9781426997785

Flora Emmanuel-Joseph

Mrs. Flora Emmanuel-Joseph is an educator and literary enthusiast from the small Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. She is a proud mother of two and has been an educator for the past twenty-four years. Flora is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, where she pursued her degree specializing in the teaching of language arts and ventured on to specialize in education at the University of Sheffield.

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EXPRESSIONS OF 

 THE HEART

Heart to Heart

FLORA EMMANUEL-JOSEPH

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A collection of poems compiled by Flora Emmanuel-Joseph

© Copyright 2012 Flora Emmanuel-Joseph.

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ISBN: 978-1-4269-9776-1 (sc)

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ISBN: 978-1-4269-9778-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2011917742

Trafford rev. 04/23/2012

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Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Forbidden Love

Love’s Message

Memoirs of Love

My Love

You

I Cry

Prisoner of Love

Heartbroken…

The Road Ahead

Love’s Friendship

Stolen Moments

And Love Came

Reflections of a

Wounded Heart

Make a Wish upon a Star

Promises for Tomorrow

A Repentant Heart

Affirmation

September 11th

That Voice

Caution Bells

The Serpent’s Tale

The Storm

Tomorrow’s Gift

Trapped

A Heavy Heart

My Heart’s Cry

Look on the Bright Side

Reality Check

Common-law Union

An Innocent Question

A New Beginning

Mirror, Mirror

on the Wall

Frustrated Mother

Fear Factor

Woman… that’s me

The Sea’s Tale

Celebrating Friendship

Choose

Talk of the Night

and the Day

When Good News came

The City of Corruption

Teach Me

Limited Possibilities

And now… .

The Making of a Stranger

A Mother’s Cry

Memories of a Loved One

The Decision

My Son I was There

That’s What friends Do

The Last Farewell

When the Rains Came

It Starts One Day

at a Time

The War of the Heart

and the Head

At Last It Came

A Sunset Experience

The Poor Man’s Response

Lessons Learnt

It’s Time to Let Go

The Story of the Heart

Stop all Activities and Listen!

A Woman in a Man’s World

The Hand of Time

It’s all in the Game

Hot Love

The President’s Touch

Because of You I Can

House of ‘Piece’

Guilt Trip

Liberation Day

The Time had Come

Nature’s Story

Making the Difference

The Plea

The Verdict

King of Hearts

‘De Money Come’

Destiny’s Call

Dear Teacher,

The Search

The Place Where

Love Prevails

Helen

Let’s Talk

1st National Bank

Life

Broken Resolve

Dependency Syndrome

Those Were the Days

I’m Proud St. Lucia

I’ve Found Love

A Gift of Teaching

A Word to the Men

Love Wreck

Confessions of the Heart

Thank You

From my Heart to your Heart

With Love

Flora

Dedication

Sometimes all we need in life is a spark to set a fire going. I found that spark in a ‘friend’ who unknowingly triggered my creative juices and ignited a desire so intense in me to capture all those thoughts into poetry. It is therefore with undying love and heartfelt gratitude I dedicate this anthology of poems to Vernon F. You were the inspiration behind this book. Your belief in me was all it took to put my thoughts on paper. Thank You.

Also to my son P.J whose wisdom and encouragement are far beyond his nine years. If every child displayed the interest and support in the activities of parents, then many parents would become successful. Your curiosity about what I was writing and how soon would the book be published, made a world of difference to me in getting this book completed. It’s just a pity that you can’t read most of the contents as yet. I love you very much.

Love Always

Flora

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If words alone could paint the picture

Of my heart,

All you would see is a mixture

Of love and gratitude

From the start

For your part

In propelling the dream,

My dream and yours, St Lucia.

My sincerest thanks to the management of

1st National Bank St Lucia.

Acknowledgment

Nothing happens if it is not blessed by the hand of God. Today I say thank you Lord for your many blessings on me.

The successful completion of a book takes time, effort and dedication. I was blessed in abundance to have received all of those in completing this book. Let me take this opportunity to thank all those who provided much needed support and encouragement to me in fulfilling this dream of making this book a reality.

Firstly I wish to thank my dearest husband, Paul for his generous support. I could not ask for more from you. I love you.

Heart felt thanks to my mother-in-law Mrs Carmelia Joseph -Albert for the small gesture of support. It will not go unnoted.

Special thanks also to my family for being patient and understanding when I needed some quiet time to write. To my son Aldon I say thanks for taking care of things for me. Your maturity is indeed an asset to the family.

I also wish to acknowledge the contributions of Keri Antoine, Olson O.P. Peter as well as Chris Huxley who provided some of the photos for the book. Thanks to my best friends Diana Fanis and Mrs Majorie Maxwell-Serieux who provided valuable suggestions for improving the book. Your comments were appreciated.

I am immensely grateful to Monica Victor, Alexia Ernest, Claudia Bissette, Ms Chantal Sonson, Ms Donetta Cox, the Mon Repos Eastern Credit Union in Micoud, St Lucia, the St Lucia Teachers Credit Cooperative Union, Michelle Page of Trafford Publishing for your persistence in getting me to sign up with you as well as Dennis Taylor my check-in coordinator,