17 | June | 2013 | DonaTo

Good Morning,

Hoping this finds you all well. The weekend came and went and now Monday is upon us whether or not we’re ready. My writer’s block is officially over. In fact, I have written more each day over the past two weeks. And as always I am divided. I am elated to be working through some important issues by way of my craft. The poems are some of my bravest pieces I have ever written. The journal and essay work, however, is too personal and a bit on the dark side for me to share at this time. But who knows? I may share an excerpt or two when I start putting my next book together. Stay tuned.

Starting today (June 17) through Friday (June 21) you can download my first four books on Kindle free. This is the last of my free promotions. So if you haven’t already, you can find links to all four of them at my Amazon.com Author Central Profile Page

I wrote most off those books ten years ago during the summer of 2003. I have improved over the years but still have a long way to go. One thing that hasn’t changed is the recurring theme which just so happens to be my word of the day week..So to kick things off here is a poem I wrote on Friday night.

A Love Poem:

It’s monsoon season in my head

The shape of my face changes with the tide

You believe things I never said

My heart is at war with your mind

You seem to love multiplying my insecurities

with a long list of unnecessary complexities

And when I think of you, I divide

One half of me will laugh

And the other, well… he dies.

The weight of our actions

Twenty-two thousand two-hundred and seventy-nine

pounds of steel shackle me to your will

Despite your chill my love for you grows deeper still.

There you have it folks. Another twist on love. I thought I would do a two-part post for this word of the day week. Today’s definition (provided to you from Merriam Webster Online Dictionary) explores the word love as a noun. At some point this week I will return to explore it once more as a verb.

Definition of LOVE

a (1) : strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties love for a child> (2) : attraction based on sexual desire : affection and tenderness felt bylovers (3) : affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests <love for his old schoolmates>

b : an assurance of affection love>

: warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion <love of the sea>

a : the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration<baseball was his first love>

b (1) : a beloved person : darling —often used as a term of endearment (2) British —used as an informal term of address

a : unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another: as (1) : the fatherly concern of God for humankind(2) : brotherly concern for others

b : a person’s adoration of God

: a god or personification of love

: an amorous episode : love affair

: the sexual embrace : copulation

: a score of zero (as in tennis)

capitalized Christian Science : god

— at love

: holding one’s opponent scoreless in tennis

— in love

: inspired by affection

See love defined for English-language learners »

See love defined for kids »

Examples of LOVE

Children need unconditional love from their parents.
He was just a lonely man looking for love.
Mr. Brown seems to imply that when he retired he relinquished her love as casually as he dispensed with her secretarial services. —Ken Follett, New York Times Book Review, 27 Dec. 1987
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