In reading the thousands of poems we receive every year, it became obvious that the majority of the poetry we received was centered on four basic themes – Faith, Love, Self, and Society and where I fit in. In pondering this truth further, it became quite clear that these four elements are, indeed, the basic beliefs that shape our personalities and determine the type of person we are or are to become. What we believe… How we see ourselves… Who we love… How it all fits together… This is poetry with passion, poetry with truth, poetry that comes from faith and morality, love and admiration, pain & heartache, and questions without answers that one can only ask oneself in the darkness of the early morning hours.