This book, which is a collection of poetry, sayings and the reflections of writers was according to the editor “a last minute caffeine brainstorm”. How-ever, I found this book extremely well put together; with an outstanding collection of writers within its covers. “HeArts Desire” was originally published as a complement/fund raiser to a show at the Adobe Art Gallery. (Each artist represented in the book donated his/her work to this worthy cause.) The subject matter of this book is love; but there is a great deal of diversity in how that subject is presented and the different aspects of loving, or in some cases lost love. There is Carolee Gearhart who wants a man “Who’ll lick the sweat / off a cold beer / before he guzzles it down. elizaBeth Benson-Udom who in her outstanding poem “loving him”, writes of the loving relationship with husband and family. Now as some of you know I am not overly fond of reading love poems, but I found this book refreshing in how the subject matter was presented and in its variety of writers. I found this book to be one of those books in which you find something new every time you read it. Debra J. Harmes Kurth, Editor