The Zimbambwean novelist Tsitsi Dangaremba says, “I’d try to look for myself in the books I read, but I didn’t find me.” But in my book Heart of Love with 200 very short love poems, I hope every reader will surely find their own image and the reflection of their feelings. They will indubitably enjoy the verses. The famous English romantic poet John Keats says, “If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all.” You may say these poems came to me naturally or spontaneously rather. They were first conceived in the womb of my imagination before being given birth to in words with pen and paper.
- Swayam Prashant

In my time as a writer, and more importantly as a reader of genuine poetic verse, laying words upon a page and reading the work of those who have come before, as well as those who continue to write and share their voice with the world ... One thing that has become abundantly clear is that eventually every poet taps into the aspects of love...
I first met Swayam Prashant through online mediums where I had the opportunity to read a bit of his work. I was struck by its simplified beauty and clarity ... A point that has often been lost to the reader, where complex creates an illusion of importance that can easily mislead intent...
Where many color their words in flamboyant phrasing and clever wordplay, along came Swayam to deliver a genuine and universal truth in language that can be easily understood and felt, reminding us all that sometimes less is more...
Which leads me to the book you hold in hand, and the journey you're about to take along the winding path of love...
From beginning to end we are granted insight into thoughts and feelings that we all share, delivered with an impact born of heartfelt truths that span the globe in every individual who has ever known, or wishes to know, love...
From the gentle touch of Spring's dawning to the eternal flow of emotion that guides us through life until the end of our days, as one ... Swayam lays bare the heart and lets the world know that these feelings are not his alone, but a part of existence itself...
No doubt, everyone loves differently. Without question, how we express ourselves within that love will always manifest in ways that may not make sense to another ... Despite this simple fact, Swayam manages to inexplicably reach his readers through a truth that we all feel...
With a reach of strength that few can manage in so few words.
I think that Swayam expresses this point splendidly with the words, "You are a metaphor I have been trying all my life
to decipher."
A simple turn of phrase that delivers a punch that leads us to question, and by questioning come to the realization that love is an ever-evolving mystery that we hope to never solve or ever lose...
Swayam Prashant's Heart of Love is a wonderful gathering of short verse in eastern style that offers profound eye-opening tenderness in a wonderfully grounded manner easily understood and felt in the depths of who we are.
It is this poignant delivery found in the work bound here that will keep each reader turning to the next page in anticipation of a simple truth...
That the time spent indulging in the work of Swayam Prashant will always remain time well spent and time that you will come to love...
- Keith E. Sparks Jr.