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    Correspondences
    Correspondences
    Correspondences
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    Correspondences

    By Debra Milligan

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    During the course of writing letters to friends, business associates, and loved ones, Debra Milligan recognized far too many poetic phrases and images for her to ignore. She started her new year of 2015 by composing CORRESPONDENCES: letters of poetry. Each one of these 23 poems is a message of correspondence – among love, life, art, and friends.

    This poetry comprises the final volume in the quartet of spring poems. Themes include being a woman, being afraid, being wise, being hurt, being alone, being in love, being a writer, and, quite simply, being.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebra Milligan
    Release dateApr 24, 2015
    ISBN9781310276071
    Correspondences
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    Debra Milligan

    Debra Milligan is a novelist, essayist, poet, and short story writer. She is fluent in French and has varied interests in the fine arts, architecture, history of all kinds, music, horses, hounds, the Golden Age of Hollywood, quilting, fashion, and gardening.

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      Correspondences - Debra Milligan

      Correspondences

      Debra Milligan

      Copyright 2015 Debra Milligan

      Smashwords Edition

      All Rights Reserved

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      Table of Contents

      Dedication

      1. Poem For Sophia

      2. Perseverance

      3. Seedless

      4. The Snowman

      5. The Clown

      6. Et cetera

      7. Tiara Time

      8. Yearning

      9. The Owl

      10. Fidelity

      11. Resolutions

      12. The Doctor

      13. Finesse

      14. The Doll

      15. Release

      16. The Epiphany

      17. Knowing

      18. Romance

      19. Today

      20. Into the Fire

      21. Kismet

      22. Music

      23. Closure

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      DEDICATION

      Letters

      Of

      Love and Friendship

      ~~~~****~~~~

      1.

      Poem For Sophia

      Whoever he was

      Does not matter

      He was a reflection of

      Your sadness

      Making you sadder.

      The flicker of his smile

      You saw as desire

      Was the fire

      Hidden for someone

      Else.

      How could you tell

      The arms that held you

      Placed you into a hole

      Of forbidden fears

      That foretold

      Only your tears

      And wounded pride

      Whoever he was

      You no longer need

      To hide

      The tears that fell

      Like harvests of pain

      Those tears were

      Footsteps toward

      The forested rain

      That washed you clean

      Of his perfidy

      Whoever he was

      You did not see

      Who he

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