Life's Elements (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781508920984)

Life's Elements book of poetry is made up of four elemental chapters. These chapters represent determination, inspiration, love, as well as adversity.

The Fire chapter represents the determination to turn ideas into reality and dreams into the upper echelon. Certain poems have the sun as a symbol of passion "Hate is to riot. Power is to want for more. Love rises the sun." This haiku represents this chapter well as it acknowledges God's love and shows that in the scheme of things He is still bigger than any problem we face today. It also speaks on today's issues as one of the poems deserves to be echoed nationwide: "America the beautiful, America the free, America don't forget about me."

Challenges make us who we are and so do the losses, but the key is having the confidence to overcome anything while defying the odds and facing deficits head-on. "I rise with the sun, my head directed to the clouds. When I'm lost, God lights the path of a kept child." In the Air We Breathe chapter, inspiration is more important than anything else as poems inspire victory: "Opportunity knocked on his door. He answered like it was the only time he had seen him. The next day prosperity moved in." This chapter contains personal feelings of hope. Even when it seems all is lost, sometimes a little belief will be all you will ever need: "And now it's time for me to spread my wings without worrying about them getting clipped. I'm not boasting and bragging, I just decided to use my gifts."

"I thought it was you who found me early in my youth. Renaming lust to love without living and staying true. Older and wiser, I often wished I had chosen you." Without the presence of love, the fire and inspiration will leave and make room for tragedies. Love Like Water chapter allows you an opportunity to make love with you in all that you do. On display are poems that describe love at times in a certain rhythm: "The seasons of life change but my love will stay sweet. Your smile lifts me into an eternal paradise throughout the week. As you lay on my chest listening to the sounds of my heartbeat." The Love chapter presents poetry only from the heart and gives tribute to our inspirations for love: "Pain, Life, and Love coincides with her. With the Pain she births Life. And I can't go without her Love."

"Watching multicolored lights go by in a blur - I hear the sounds of sorrow travel throughout the night" Tragedy is what happens to life when you plan something else. The Ground chapter represents adversity. Sometimes tragedy can be something we can use: "I wanna hear the blues for the days and nights I spent alone
The melodies from these songs made me remember her tones." This chapter includes different styles of poetry with an unforgettable finish. This is lyrical poetry that you will feel deep: "And it is sad because you're the one left with a chip the size of a boulder.
When you cried I was denied the chance to be the extra set of shoulders."

Author: Andre Davis Jacobs
ISBN-10: 1508920982
ISBN-13: 9781508920984
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/20/2015
Pages: 140
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d