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Belated Valentine's Day Love and Love Anthology

As an adult, I'm not a huge fan of Valentine's Day.  I could really take it or leave it.  Maybe I'm too rational or stringy.  But, what keeps my heart from becoming frozen over is that I am an elementary teacher and the feeling one gets when they open their box of valentines is the same at 38 as it was when I was 8.  You see it in the students' eyes when they place a hand written note in a friends container and you see the magic when that friend opens the note and smiles.  We could all learn to give more of these moments to each other.  Especially in the world we currently live in.  A little more love would be good for all of us. In honor of Valentine's Day, Low Ghost Press out of Pittsburgh, PA published a new anthology devoted to all types of love poems title, "Unconditional Surrender: An Anthology of Love Poems."  I'm honored to a be a part of this anthology, especially since so many amazing poets from Pittsburgh and beyond are found in the collec