Author Biography - Darren Heart
Born amid the rolling hills of Hampshire, South of the United Kingdom in 1968, Darren Heart has always found poetry a comfortable medium for expression. Love poems were a particular passion, although often passionate and private by nature. Indeed love poetry often served as valuable communication tool with his long term partner.
Tragedy strikes the family when his long term partner becomes unwell, requiring significant surgery and a lengthy hospital stay. Once again romantic poetry steps in to lend a hand, with loving poetic messages tucked away in Get Well Soon cards.
Tragedy, unlike lightning, can indeed strike twice, only nine months later, her struggle for life comes to an end. Tragedy thrice, four days pass, their son sadly passed away suddenly from a massive heart attack, caused by the same genetic disorder that had taken his mother.
Heart-broken, overwhelmed by grief, and suffering the extra strain of new found single parenthood with their young child, Darren soon turned back to the pen, using poems to document and help process his feelings.
Over the next ten years Darren's writing, at the time not shared with the world, played an important role in his journey to recovery from such tragic bereavement and grief, and therefore now makes his poems available to the public. His goal is to provide some comfort to those who may be struggling with a similar journey.
With a preferred style leaning towards Ballad and Tanka, Darren's writing captures and expresses raw emotions that often provoke a tingle down the spine, or bring a tear to the eye.
The forthcoming book My 5 Stages of Grief by Darren Heart is a chronicle of this journey to recovery, containing poems related to the various stages of grief; Denial, Bargaining, Depression, Anger and Acceptance are all covered via the medium of poetry and prose.
Other poetry publications by Darren Heart include A Suffering Soul, a Chapbook containing 20 original dark love poems, featuring some titles from the forthcoming book My 5 Stages of Grief, along with other poetry touching upon the darker side of love.
More information, including links to published works can be found in Darren's Hearts Author Pages on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
