Life, Heart, and Soul

By Amanda Jayne Gilmer

This book aims to show that there is more to author Amanda Jayne than mental health. Whether it is her personal experience or experience in general. It explores her spirituality and faith, as a commentator on social issues, as a protagonist of love and places she has cherished.The book is her first three former books which were published in 2014 brought together to form one larger book. Repackaged, edited and brought up to industry standard. The book aims to showcase her skills as a diverse and skilled poet covering many different topics.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Dec 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9781665599016

Amanda Jayne Gilmer

Amanda Jayne Gilmer worked as a mental health nurse for eleven years and this is reflected in her work that tackles many topical health issues and life as general.

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Published by AuthorHouse 12/08/2022

ISBN: 978-1-6655-9902-3 (sc)

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Contents

Foreword

The Death of Love

Plastic Love

Poison

Queen

Save Me

Picture Perfect

Beautiful Boy

The Black Abyss

Dying on the inside

Memories and Loss

Life

Love and Hate

Power

Shades of Grey

Life Truths

Critics

Disgrace

Addiction

Flooding planes

Barbed Wire Love

Scotland

Shadow dancing

Intimacy

Passion

The Nile

Pyramids

Perfection

Open Heart

Forlorn

Passionata

Flickering Lights

Love

Love’s Journey

The Puzzle

Timeless Beauty

Inner Truths

Free

Deepest blue

Fleeting Love—Awakened but Empty

The Clover of Love

Loves Charade

Fragile Heart

Brain Drain

Falling

Catch my dreams

Awaken Me

Loves tombstone

Pure Gold

Love Bites

The Chill of the Mist

Charades

Time

The Beat to My Heart

A Blow To The Heart

Trilogy of Love

The Cry of the Dove

Cosmic Love

Forest of Hearts

Shakespeare in Heaven

The Colour of The Dove

The Courting Game

The Walk of Life

The Melting Pot

Faith

The Seasons of Time

Hazy Days

The Cycle of Love

Spring Rain

The Colours of Spring

Loves Sweet Blossom

A Rainbow Across My Heart

Love

The Summer of Life, Changes

Summer of Life, Changes

The Summer Of Growth

A Mothers Love

The Golden Key

The Sweetest Song

A Vision of Love

The Winters Rest

Evergreen

Robin Red

Lady Twilight

Decadence

Light a Light

The Final Word

Finally

Foreword

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The author Amanda Jayne Gilmer was born 28th of April 1968. She has two grown up sons Jacques and Cal and three grandchildren Hollie, Riley and Willow. She grew up in Hensall a semi-rural village and went to Hensall primary and then Snaith secondary school.

The area she grew up in and faith developed in early childhood is a big influence on her works. In her early twenties she undertook her nurse training and was a psychiatric nurse for 15 years which influences many topics in this book. In her early thirties was diagnosed as being bipolar and rediagnosed as schizoaffective in 2012. This was life changing for her as it led to more suitable drug therapy. After two years of psychosis on and off from 2010 to 2012 with little insight. She had in the main been free from psychosis ever since. But still continued to have highs and lows, the lows were more problematic. Eventually in 2020 was prescribed a mood stabilizer which helped her lows. She is now more able to think positively about her future

Her love of poetry was developed in early childhood after reading Philip Larkins poetry book the Whitsun weddings and later saw poet Attila the stockbroker live.

The book life, heart and soul is her first three former books published in 2014 brought together to form one larger book. Repackaged, edited and brought up to industry standard. It aims to show that there is more to amanda jayne than writing on the subject of mental health. Whether it be her personal experience or experience in general

It explores her spirituality and faith, as a commentator on social issues and a protagonist of love. The importance of family and faith are key elements in some of her poems. Many of her poems celebrate the human spirit, faith, forgiveness and the human family and are a fusion of nature, psychology, psychotherapy and philosophy. There is also a nature theme running throughout some of her poetry

A recurrent theme in this book is the love of the area she resides in and other places she cherishes. Love is very much explored in many of her poems both her personal experience