Search with the Heart
Poems for the Love of Your Life
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This, that I carry like a butterfly,
Imprisoned in my cupped and outstretched hands
is, of all things, small, but great in its demands
and possessing within it an ocean of power.
I close my hands upon it like a vise.
There is neither time nor season, just fragile reality.
I open my hands, fingers outspread. Look!
This holds within it life and breath.
Look long, look carefully: This love is for you.
On Flying Away
I stood at the airport door with a kiss drifting off my lips
And breaking in the silence between us.
Waiting, I hoped you’d turn around
Waiting still, I hoped you’d come back;
I hovered there in the silence....
Whisper
Whisper my name, love.
Deep, where synapses dart across your brain
where you secure memories of persons dear
Whisper my name...
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About the Book
small deliberate steps,
standing side by side, hand in hand,
eyes open, hearts connected,
starting over sometimes.
You and me. Check mark today.
It all begins with chemistry—a magnetic attraction between two people that, if they are lucky enough, eventually transforms into love. In Search with the Heart, poet Leda McIntyre celebrates the many faces of this spectacular phenomenon, filled with moments of hope and longing, joy and anxiety, and the everyday blessings of trust and forgiveness.
Anyone who has ever been in love has certainly felt some or all of the accompanying, sweeping emotions—desire, wistfulness, happiness, sorrow, and compassion. In her first compilation of poetry, McIntyre offers the inspirational, touching poems she has previously given as gifts tucked into luggage, mailed with cards, and folded in lunch bags. With an invitation to share the poems with the loves of their lives, McIntyre lyrically encourages others to reflect on deep feelings that make us all choose and believe in love despite its risks and uncertainties.
Search with the Heart is a poignant collection of verse that honestly explores a passionate, often complex feeling, ultimately reminding all of us how important it is to experience love in our lives.
About the Author
Leda A. McIntyre currently resides in Washington, DC. She has been writing poetry for several years. This is her first book.