Trailing Emotions

About the Book

Trailing Emotions is the second poetry book authored by Shirley J Black, which continues from her first book – A Place For My Soul Filled With Flowers, which exposes the author's pure feelings and emotions from a life dealing with cancer. From confusion and pain to love and life, Shirley tells a story in poetry of the reflections of her life. Trailing Emotions is wholly embodied in the emotions of her later life in 2007 having lived through the pain and emotional agony to a certain stage. Culminated in this book is not just the story of her livelihood and fight against her medical conditions, but the emotional distress in the lack of intimacy and her lack of romance and love for her loved ones. This book is a reflection of Shirley’s aggressive determination and strength to prove to others in her capacity of how one can be a role model even through trying times, like hers. She further goes into the depths of her love life and the dreams of an ideal setting should she had never faced herself with a deadly disease like breast cancer. A truly sensational and intimate poetry art is delivered in this book through her own preferred and selected words.

About the Author

Shirley J. Black was born in a little province of San Enrique Negros Occidental in the Philippines. She is the first of six children born to Jessie and Gloria Palma. Shirley was raised in Victorias City where she completed most part of her earlier education from elementary to college. From Victorias North Elementary school she went to Victorias Municipal Public School and further to Riverside Medical Center in Bacolod City where she took Midwifery. Upon completion she went on further to St. Augustine College where she took BS in Nursing. After completion of pre-nursing Shirley underwent Internship with Our Lady Of Mercy Hospital (Bacolod City). Unfortunately Shirley did not get to complete her BS and decided to shift to West Negros University where she attained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Shirley also holds a business certificate from Eldorado College and a Real Estate License from Allied Real Estate, both attained in California, USA. Shirley loves to bowl play scrabbles and enjoys very much writing poetry.

Shirley has been a professional in the Real Estate Industry for 12 years as a Document Specialist, Senior Loans Processor and Senior Loans Funding Officer. In recent days Shirley has decided to stop working and continues to write and express more of her thoughts and feelings through writing poetry and stories.