POETRY FROM MY HEART by Paul Guerin

  

Poetry from My Heart: A Journey through Feelings

by Paul Guerin 

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GENRE: Poetry 

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 BLURB: 

"Poetry: writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm." 

"Poetry: a literary work in which special intensity is given to expressing feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm." 

Poetry means different things to different people. For me, it is all about feelings. If it captures the emotions of the reader, a poem will resonate and fill the soul. It can mean everything to one person and not much at all to another. The mood of the reader, and no one else, determines the outcome. 

For example, love poems are wonderful when you are in love, and their passion is amazing. If you are facing adversity, however, love poems likely will just annoy you. 

In this second book, Poetry from My Heart: The Journey Continues, I have again divided the poems into categories which will fit your mood no matter what you are experiencing at the time you choose to explore them. There should be something for everyone, whether you are in love, out of love, hurt, lonely, angry, abandoned, or facing other challenges in your life. 

Poetry has a healing power that nurtures the soul and quietens the mind and so I hope that whatever your situation is in life, you have found something here that helped you safely on your own journey. 

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EXCERPT

 

Puppy love

I met her in my fifteenth year

And threw caution out the door

I had no doubts, I had no fear

I hoped there would be love and more

 

Her hair was blond, her eyes were blue

Her smile was sunny bright

I hoped that she would love me too

I felt unsure but thought she might

 

I spent my summer days with her

Playing on the ocean shore

And there I felt my feelings stir

My heart and soul expect more

 

I was enchanted by romance

There was nothing I couldn’t do

I was lost in youthful first love dance

I thought my feelings must be true

 

Those summer days came to an end

And we went our separate ways

But my longing for her never ceased

Her memory burned throughout my days

 

And then one day along my way

With another boy, she came

There was nothing much that I could say

So I wished her well and hid my shame

 

It was my first romantic show

Puppy love filled up my heart

I had to love and let her go

It was my role, I played my part

 

Back then I thought she broke my heart

But those feelings weren’t real

It was just a youthful small-bit part

That taught me love and how to feel 

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AUTHOR Bio and Links: 

Paul Guerin is an Irishman. He was born in September 1946 in Castletownroche, a small townland village in County Cork, Eire.

 It was there in Castletownroche that his romantic imagination was sparked as he came to love and appreciate the magic of his surroundings. Those early experiences were the genesis of his poetry that emerged in later life. 

As a young adult, Paul lived in London, England, where he became a chartered accountant. 

At age 25, restless for adventure, Paul moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he still resides today. 

Paul is happily married and is a proud father and grandfather.

Paul writes poetry as the inspiration comes to him. As long as his mind, body and soul are willing companions and his spark of inspiration remains alive, he will continue to write. 

This book is Paul's second publication in his Willing Heart series. His first book was published in the Spring of 2022 and is called Poetry from My Heart: A Journey through Feelings. The book reached #1 on Amazon’s Kindle chart in British Poetry and #2 in Poetry Anthologies in November 2023. 

For more information visit 

www.paulguerinpoems.com 

Poetry from My Heart: A Journey through Feelings by Paul Guerin | Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60876796-poetry-from-my-heart 

Paul Guerin – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulguerinpoems 

Amazon Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/Poetry-My-Heart-Journey-Feelings-ebook/dp/B09XFFQ5GW/ref=sr_1_4 

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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE 

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