My Diary Poetry of Hope, Despair & Freedom

This book is made for all individuals who may be in different emotional states from time to time in their daily lives. It serves as a therapy in soothing wounded hearts, negative thoughts and unfortunate experiences in life. The poems have been divided into different sections where some are religious base; few address educational issues and others are on emancipation or the struggle of the oppressed. The poems on religious backings are much focused in the Christian religious ways where a few references are made from the Bible. The motivational section is mainly to serve as a therapy to people who fall victims of different emotional states in life like bitterness, un-forgiveness, giving up, marriage, true love and so on.

For classroom purposes such as discussions, the writer uses a number of literary features in some of the poems. Some of the poems are clear and straightforward whereas others are not straightforward. Some get the interest of the reader going as this keeps the reader in suspense and anxious for what follows next.

It is the writers hope that all readers make good use of the book in their own unique ways.