After my second heart attack, I couldn't work at my normal job. On my 23rd Anniversary I wrote my first poem for my wife. Everyone loved it. I started writing about my past, present and dreams, also about family, friends and people I've met, people in general. All of my poems are from the heart. Thank you for reading my poems. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did writing them. Jerry Lee Hodges

The rain is falling on this cold, rainy day. It's the kind of weather that stirs memories from years gone by. Today I was thinking of my precious mother, who left us when she was forty-three years old. At the time, I was only a child, the age of eleven. Many years have passed since then, but still some of the memories are clear and warm. Beginning today, August 16, 1999, I'll endeavor to write them down - - - TO PRESERVE THE SMILES. TO PRESERVE THE SMILES By Delphia Hodges

God's been so nice to me. He helped me write all the poems in Poems of the Heart. The book, Empty Vessel is my special thanks to God for helping me write all the books, and for touching other souls who helped getting them in a format and getting them published. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Lord.

After my second heart attack, I couldn't work at my normal job. On my 23rd Anniversary I wrote my first poem for my wife. Everyone loved it. I started writing about my past, present and dreams, also about family, friends and people I've met, people in general. All of my poems are from the heart. Thank you for reading my poems. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did writing them. Jerry Lee Hodges

This is my third and last book on poem's of the heart. I feel like God touched me to write these Three books of poems. I truly believe God wants people to see these poems and maybe be touched by them. I hope these poems in such a way might bless your life as it has mine.

All of my poems are from the heart. This is my second book. Thank you for reading my poems. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did writing them. Jerry Lee Hodges