The book titled "The Art of Poetry" is a signal of one woman's journey, homage, and humbleness. This body of works and their varying styles and sounds are meant to capture anyone who needs the lines of these poems, and the emotions that they break apart. These words are from one woman and over the course of 30 years, come to you to soothe, delight, calm, reach, and entertain you. This work is not meant to flatter the author, but to entrance the most lavish of senses. This collection of words and phrases provide a range of thought and extension to one's senses and feelings. Hopefully, this body of poetic work will lead many into their most favorite one poem. The end of a long day is the intent of these words, to soothe, to calm, and to penetrate what ails the heart, mind, body, and reader's soul.