Cotton Candy: Poems for the Entire Soul

By F.L. Jones

Jones poems are mostly motivational and inspirational poetry. However, there other poems warm the heart as well. I hope these poems touch your heart, mind, and spirit as they cross all aspects of life. I do hope that it creates in you a feeling to love better and to
share that love more deeply with your family, friends and loved ones.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 28, 2012
• ISBN: 9781462864645

F.L. Jones

F. L. Jones is a poet, writer, and storyteller. She enjoys writing articles about children issues, disability issues, spirituality, romantic love, teenage problems and current events. She touches on all aspects of relationship issues, such as falling in love, domestic abuse, infidelity, etc. Jones has a gift of listening and projecting emotions and feelings from diff erent perspectives in her poems. Jones Cotton Candy is a reflection of mostly spiritual poems that are motivational and inspiring. Jones is a single mom, and she enjoys mentoring youth and volunteering in the community and at her local church. She is originally from Marianna, Arkansas, but considers Fayetteville Arkansas her second home. She currently resides in Memphis, Tennessee. Jones holds a Master’s degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Furthermore, she is a true Razorback fanatic.

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Copyright © 2012 by F.L. Jones.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2011906743

ISBN: Hardcover 978-1-4628-6463-8

Softcover 978-1-4628-6462-1

Ebook 978-1-4628-6464-5

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Contents

Love

About the Author

About the Book

Acknowledgements

Foreword

~ Book Review ~

Terminology

Sweet and Fluffy

Cotton Candy

The Lord’s House

To Help The Ungodly

I Am Serene

Only You Lord

I Celebrate You

When You Are Where God Assigns You

There Is A Rainbow In The Sky

Are You The Same God

Did You Dream Of The Angels Last Night?

Sticky Mess

You Don’t Know My Struggle

Don’t Shatter My Dream

Ole Man River Cried

Oh, Valentine

Just a Sweet Taste of Life

It Must’ve Been Yesterday

If I Wake Up Suddenly Deaf

Father

All I Want For Christmas Is To Hear The Bells Jingle!!!

Headband

Do You Know The Story Of Johnny?

Cast The First Stone

Love

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"In order to receive love, you must give love.

In order to give love, you must understand love.

In order to understand love, you must be in love.

First, love yourself; love your whole being, inside and out.

Then, and only then, can you show that love to others.

Love is such a beautiful thing"

– F. L. Jones

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my son, Leron, who is always a big part of my inspiration, to my beloved parents for teaching me to believe in myself and to reach for my dreams, to my dynamic brothers, nieces and nephews. Thanks for your patience, assistance and love. I love you always.

About the Author

F.L. Jones is a poet, songwriter, actress, and storyteller. She enjoys writing articles about children’s issues, disability issues, spirituality, romantic love, teenage problems and current events. She has written about many different aspects of relationship and life issues, such as romantic love, domestic abuse, gang violence, etc.

Jones has a gift for listening and possesses the art of projecting emotions and feelings into her poems. She wears many hats in her poetry and is acting out her poems in different perspectives as she writes them. She is very talented and gifted as she can develop poetry for almost any situation.

Jones is a single mom who enjoys mentoring youth and advocating for children with disabilities. Her own child has a hearing disability which involves her in Deaf and Hard of Hearing organizations locally and nationally. She also has hearing loss herself and so does three of her young brothers. She enjoys volunteering in the community and at her church, The Dwelling Place of Fayetteville Arkansas.

She is originally from Marianna, Arkansas but currently resides in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She has also lived in Memphis Tennessee.

Jones holds a Master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Arkansas (UA) at Fayetteville. She is currently pursuing another graduate degree from the UA. She is a true Razorback fanatic.

About the Book

Cotton Candy is a candy bought mostly at amusement parks, fairs, festivals or other occasions promoting fun and family. Cotton Candy is sweet, colorful, soft, fluffy and very tasty. Jones compares her poems to Cotton Candy as being sweet, delightful, gentle and tantalizing to the soul.

Cotton Candy, a poem in this book, is a follow up to her poem Candy Apple written in her previous book of the same name, Candy Apple- A Diverse Collection of Poems. The Cotton Candy poem is a female