Life, love hate, sorrow, envy, death, wishes, the journey of the mighty river and more! Straight from the Heart is one woman giving vent to the ocean of thought and varied experience that lies buried deep within her. Semi autobiographical to some extent, the book travels from past to present only to change course and focus on faith and belief. Within the pages lie the heart and soul of the poet. The story of one child...one teenager...one woman who has survived it all!

Life, love hate, sorrow, envy, death, wishes, the journey of the mighty river and more! Straight from the Heart is one woman giving vent to the ocean of thought and varied experience that lies buried deep within her. Semi autobiographical to some extent, the book travels from past to present only to change course and focus on faith and belief. Within the pages lie the heart and soul of the poet. The story of one child...one teenager...one woman who has survived it all!

Soul Stories; because they have soul; because they are real. Because they are a part of me, of who I am; because they reach out and softly touch someone's life; somehow, sometime, somewhere. The collection is inspired by the patchwork of people from all walks of life that fate has brought my way, with whom I have chanced to cross paths, who have until now dwelt somewhere in the deepest crevices of my mind. I have shaken them loose, dusted out the cobwebs, added colour and conjured up silent tongues that speak with words blotted over pages of white and black. To all those wonderful people...I...