From the Heart the Mouth Speaketh

LaDetra N. Burks was born on September 23, 1980, in Princeton, Kentucky. As a middle child raised by her single mother, LaDetra soon began to encounter many frustrations. Growing up was hard for her because she had to deal with the pains of being neglected by her father, verbal abuse by other family members, her family was very poor, and she didnat fit in at school or church. At the age of eight, she began to write down her feelings, and she soon realized that she could naturally write poetry. This book contains quite a few poems of heartache and inspiration that will let the reader know how she succeeded in becoming the strong-willed woman that she is today.