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Love Poems is the fourth collection of poetry by Fabu. Fabu was selected as the third Madison Poet Laureate (2008-2012) and the first African American. She writes to encourage, inspire and remind. Fabu includes historical research in all of her poems; especially little know facts about African American history, culture and legacy. Love Poems is divided into four categories; Spiritual Love, Family Love, Love for People & Ideals and Romantic Love. Fabu writes in her introduction that "all kinds of love are integral to our lives and need to be fully explored and expressed." One poem from the romance section is You Fit Me.You Fit Meby FabuA missing puzzle piecefound and fitted.A key in a lockthat turns easily.A right amount of currentflowing through prongssnug in a socket.You fit me.Fabu's other books are Poems, Dreams & Roses, In Our Own Tongues, Journey to Wisconsin: African American Life in Haiku and the forthcoming fifth book of poetry, Mary Lou Williams in Poetry. Poems, Dreams & Roses encourages youth to write poetry. It is about Poet Fabu's growth in the literary arts from a child to an adult. It includes photographs and hand-drawn illustrations. In Our Own Tongues chronicles Fabu's experiences as a graduate student attached to the University of Nairobi, and later as lecturer in African American Literature and Caribbean Literature at the Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya. This book looks at three generations of southern women, the English they spoke and the history of their lives. In Our Own Tongues' first printing was by The University of Nairobi press and is currently being taught in the Department of Literature. Journey to Wisconsin: African American Life in Haiku follows the journey of enslaved Africans from Africa to the South and on to the Midwest in hopes of better lives. A narrative poem about Nathaniel Owens begins each section because Nathaniel Owens was brought as a child to Baraboo, Wisconsin and there are seven generations of his family in Wisconsin. Haiku fills the rest of the book. This book won an Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Award from the Wisconsin Library Association. The last book, Mary Lou Williams in Poetry is forthcoming. The result of careful research, the book traces the life of the child piano prodigy Mary Lou Williams into the jazz great that she became as an adult woman. Some of the poems have the same title as Mary Lou Williams's compositions. This book awakens the public through poetry to the often forgotten jazz genius who spanned six decades of jazz. Hear Poet Fabu reading her original poems on www.Artistfabu.com.