The human heart has many facets. Complex yet simple, fragile yet robust, it can change the world with its unbridled passion or beat quietly in isolated grief. As individuals and as nations, we often fail to understand each other. But no matter who we are or where we come from, our hearts are the same, beating for the people we love and in spite of the many losses and hardships we face. Our life experiences all leave their marks on us, for better or worse, and that is what the author explores in Expressions of the Heart: the joy, pain, and everything else that goes hand in hand with simply being human. Beautifully crafted and thought-provoking, these poems are also highly relatable and unpretentious, meant for everyone to enjoy, whether they know a thing about poetry or not. Expressions of the heart speaks with the humble voice of one man, articulating the emotions of a lifetime for those who don’t have the words to do the same.

Expressions from the Heart, Poems of Love, Life, and Perseverance, is a compilation of the words that helped shaped who Debi White is, and what she wants to be. God has always shown her the way, and put just the right essay or poem in her path to keep her grounded. Some of the poems are cited, while others are not. The purpose of the book is to share with family, friends, and the world, the words that have touched her heart over the years.

Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, p, e, i, s, t.

If you have had any affiliation to any individual, this book is definitely for you. Expressions of the Heart is a collection of poems which emanated from the heart of the author, expressly for readers like you. It sets out to serve as a comfort and inspiration to all readers. It embraces real life issues in a manner that gives meaning to some of the experiences that are buried deep inside us as well as those we encounter in our daily living. The use of figurative language, sets to present you with novel ways of unfolding those feelings. Expressions of the Heart allows you to reflect on your situations, and encourages you to personalize the experiences of others so that the poems do not become just words on paper, but something that you can relate to or imagine; something captivating, something REAL. It also presents life experiences from a Caribbean culture which can be quite different from that of other cultures around the world. For example, common law unions are often frowned upon, especially in times of death and people make judgements about the souls of those who died in those unions. Such issues are addressed in the book so as to allow the voices of those caught in the 'seat of judgement' to to be heard and understood. No matter what your interests are, you will enjoy moments of joy and laughter coupled with feelings of sadness for unfulfilled love. You will experience something. There is something for everyone. .