Lilacs in Bloom

By Debra Milligan

“Lilacs in Bloom” presents 16 poems by Debra Milligan. This second cycle of a trilogy of spring poetry celebrates this herald of spring: the heart-shaped lilac in bloom. Love is in the air for the fortnight during which lilacs bloom. Themes include the many sensations of love; the pain of heartache; the glorious renewal of life through yearning, through forgiveness, through any new beginning.

The lilac is a favorite flower of the author. She was inspired to compose these 16 poems for “Lilacs in Bloom” as a testament to love and to life, especially to life anew as it is celebrated every spring during Easter.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Debra Milligan
• Release date: Mar 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310449024

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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Lilacs in Bloom

Debra Milligan

Copyright 2015 Debra Milligan

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Table of Contents

Dedication

1. Procession

2. Lilacs in Bloom

3. Cat Tracks

4. Flow Blue

5. Heart Flower

6. The Game

7. Change of Seasons

8. Turnabout

9. The Old Lilac

10. A World United

11. Sharing

12. Good Night

13. Believe

14. The Gift

15. Green Lilacs

16. Homecoming

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DEDICATION

To Friends and Lovers,

May they always discover

Lilacs in Bloom.

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1.

Procession

Come to me

in your strength

and not your weakness.

Proceed with peace

that harms not

this heart that at last

beats freely.

Let me see your eyes

open wide

to rejoice

at the sound of my voice

with the pleasures

I tried

to show you

when our love