The Human Face of Love

The island where you live, whether a geographical or mental state, which you might well hope will be your personal paradise, is still an effect of the sea of humanity of which each of us is a part, not apart. Those featured in this book have come together through poetry readings in Alameda, island in the San Francisco Bay, and, together, present an impassioned collection of poems, songs, art, journal excerpts, and stories showing the human face of love, Here is concern for mental health issues, brain chemistry balance, head injury, emotional trauma, genetics, and social attitudes; - all that affects the human persona, the psyche, that makes human, a humanity, where each can better love and be loved.