Charges – Inspirational Poetry 

From the jacket

For someone looking for spiritual enlightenment, through imaginative writing, cool, clear verse, and a thoughtful style, Charges, Diane Babcock's first published book of poetry, is just the volume to choose. When the reader begins almost any of these diverse and unique poems, there will be a surprised sense of "I've been there before". As a collection filled with love, hope, direction, and most of the other true feelings one experiences in life, the author's work provides an incredible opportunity to raise one's emotional level to soaring new heights.

In the author's own words, These writings are meant to guide one with confidence and inspiration out of inferior thinking, which may have been produced by past conditioning. Powerful words which can charge one to listen to their inner voice are written here, since within that voice lies the answers to greater happiness in one's life."

So it is with the intensified vision of Ms. Babcock that we are lured down the multi-faceted avenues of the human spirit. She reveals her personal perspective in a way that will appeal to every lover, idealist, realist, and pursuer of fine poetry. Her words are an inspiration, dealing with life, society, and physical health. they comment meaningfully on life's joys and pleasure, its rewards and bittersweet moments, and proves to us that poetry is something that really matters.

Remember to allow
Yourself now
It is your time
To bear
A fruit of your own
And you will know
What kind of tree you are
And that is called
Your truth

Charges, by Diane Babcock, is highly recommended for the visceral outpourings of a creative, sensitive human being's feelings about life. Here is a provocative and moving collection that deserves to be read again and again.

Many selected poems from the book have been restructured into paragraph form at Charges for the personal development website, Dedan.com. The difference is that the poems in the book are of the literary nature where the lines really have no periods which allows them to be read in a continuous flow. The reader can thus create their own starts and stops, and get deeper meaning from the poems. In paragraph form, the concept is still there, but it has deliberate periods and the reader is directed.

For example: 6. To love is to allow:

Poem from the book... 

There is some time today to reflect on life
Receive enjoyment
Receive joy
We have been letting it envelop us
Now we can go on
`Being' happy is a learned thing
You should learn as a child
If you give the gift of happiness
Which is more of an allowing
The time spent giving
Has your world
In a down spin
To fare a hand
That takes from you
The same
What they expect
But, are not prepared to give

...
It is your turn to receive
Your time to gather
Accept with a measure of gusto
To help bring back the life
That should have been
They love you
Though they cannot show it
They can't help but
Do not bother yourself
With trivial things
Such as "Who needs what"
To love is to allow
And you allow

...Restructured into a paragraph

There is some time today to reflect on life, receive enjoyment, receive joy. 'Being' happy is a learned thing, you should learn as a child. If you give the gift of happiness which is more of an allowing, the time spent giving has your world in a down spin to fare a hand that takes from you the same what they expect, but are not prepared to give. It is your turn to receive, your time to gather. Accept with a measure of gusto to help bring back the life that should have been. They love you though they cannot show it, they can't help but. Do not bother yourself with trivial things such as who needs what. To love is to allow.