“Cross my Heart” is a montage of original poetry, written in a variety of styles meant to reacquaint one with the emotional passion that can accompany a “Promise”. Whether it is a Promise kept or one of the many which were broken, the human emotion is never left unaffected and maintains resolute faith in this priceless concept. For Generations, children have affirmed the sincerity of their intent by reciting the age old axiom “Cross my heart and hope to die, Stick a needle in my eye”. Through the color of language, Pam seeks to explore the emotional implications of a concept still noted as intensely endearing in every human culture, “a Promise”. Every reader will find something within these writings to enrich, enlighten or renew their faith in a simple promise "Cross my heart”.
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About the Author:
Pam Robinson Porterfield, an educator by profession, grew up influenced by Rock n' Roll, Rocket Science, the honest, Earthy poetic realism of Rod McKuen, Leonard Cohen, Shel Silverstein and a deep love of Romantic Literature. Her fascination with science led her academic pusuits to a BA in Cultural Anthropology concentrating in Archaeology and a couple of MA's in Science and Education. Her love of language, irreplaceable experiences as a "Belle from the South" struggling to make sense of an evolving world, permeates her writing as a common theme within her uncommon style of contemporary poetic discovery.
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