NOT JUST ANOTHER LOVE-book review

First of all let me give you a little bit of my background in writing. I don’t think there was ever a time when I didn’t love to write. I had a love affair with pen and paper and I think part of that was from me always wanting to write. When it came to writing I never saw it as a chore because I felt like I would only write when I had something to say. Most of the time I was writing notes to people. It was never surprise for me to write a 3 page note to someone. It was my freshman year of high school when I started writing poetry. I took inspiration from relationships and things around me. My thing was I was never good at poetry because to me all my poems sounded all the same. As I got older my poetry changed and I enjoyed writing about sensual experiences. But that never lasted.
In June of 2008 my writing changed to what it is now. I found Gavin DeGraw again when his song “In love with a girl” came out. The song put a feeling in my heart that I couldn’t explain. I had a fire in my heart when I would hear the song or see Gavin’s face. In my eyes I was in love. Upon seeing the video I started writing like crazy and couldn’t stop. I began writing like I had never written before. My writing style changed and I had so many ideas that I couldn’t write quick enough to keep up with them. I would spend hours online searching for things about Gavin to give me ideas of what to write about. Gavin was my muse and inspiration for a couple months. Then while searching I found his older brother Joey and the fire was out. I felt something else. Joey became what I would write about. His music touched my heart and I wrote like I had more to say. The words poured out of me. When I wrote the poem “Walk Home” we had been out with my best friend and her daughter. We had been shopping and out to dinner with her. I was in a crazy mood that day and I felt like I was on a cloud and when I got home from being out with her I wanted to write. I laid down on the bed with my pen and paper and that poem came out of nowhere. I couldn’t explain to you how or why but it just came out.
From that day in June to now my heart has felt like prayers had been answered. I felt like I can see my gift of writing now. When I look at my book I see that these poems were written to go in that book. When I wrote all these poems I felt like there was something special in my heart. I still can’t explain what came over me when I wrote them but it was the best feeling that I have ever had. I want these poems to be in your heart the way that they came in my heart.
I want people to buy this book because I want them to want to feel their heart on fire. You want to feel that feeling that I had and know that this love is something special. This book is more than poems but a walk in my shoes during a period of my life. My book can be purchase from the following sites. Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and publishamerica.com

Not Just Another Love

My book of love poetry is out and can be purchased at the following site

http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?catalogid=27772

If you have questions about this book or would like to know more about me you can check me out at myspace.com/jstroudpainter. I have poems posted on two sites. These poems are meant to find a way into your heart the way they found their way into my heart.

Deserve You

Deserve You

Who we are

We are who we are.

Very Special

Some people have special relationships.

Pain

We all feel pain.

Love

We all feel love.

Love Thought

There are thoughts of love.

People hurt People

People hurt people: Is a poem of what it feels when people make fun of people.

Walk Home

A Walk Home to find that there is love and a relationship.

Center of Attention

This poem is a reminder of love they were the Center of Attention

Perfect Evening

This is a poem of love Perfect Evening

Very Special

This poem is a love Very Special

Joey & Gavin DeGraw

Joey and Gavin DeGraw: These are to me two artists that know how to hit someone's heart.

Couple Instantly

Couple Instantly: Two people find their connection instantly. It's love at first sight.

Alone

Alone: This is a poem about a couple spending the evening in his bedroom.

Cost of Love

Cost of Love: There are many times that we pay for loving someone. I took what I felt in my heart as the ways we pay for love.

Pages and Pages

Pages and Pages: This poem was written because of all the pages that I had written about this one person that took my heart. All the poems that I had written about him that he will never see.

It Didn't Matter

It Didn't Matter: Was written because I was hoping to get his attention but he never saw me. I hope people can relate to this and understand where I was coming from when I wrote it.

Walk Home

Walk Home: is two people finding their relationship on the way back to his apartment.

Deserve You

Deserve You: is when you don't think that you deserve the person that you are in love with.

Perfect Evening

Perfect Evening: is a couple that doesn't get a whole of time together and this poem tells about their time together.

Center of Attention

Center of Attention: A poem showing the world that they are together regardless of what the world thinks of them being together.

Poems on Triond

I am a poet and love for people to read my work. I also post a blog on my Myspace page as well. I have a couple links to the sites that I have poems on. I would love for everyone to take the time to read them and give me their input.

https://www.triond.com/users/Jackie+Stroud+Painter

I guess that I could tell everyone a little bit about myself. I am 31 years old. I have a son that will be 11 in November. I have always had a love of writing but as I got older I found that I didn't function well without it. I take inspiration from family as well as the DeGraw's. I love music and spending time with my family. I just celebrated my third wedding anniversary. I have three step kids from my marriage. It's not unusual for me to give my heart to someone because that's where my writing comes from. I am working on my manuscript so that I can be published. I like to get input from other's to know what they felt when they read my poems.