Tugs at a Heart

By Margaret Ann Adams

This is a short collection of twenty selected poems. The poems run the gamut of emotion, from joy to sadness, happiness to despair, holding on to letting go. Come along.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Margaret Ann Adams
• Release date: Mar 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524273873

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Dedication

Peggy, co-creator

of a psychologically safe space

for learning iPads, assisted me

with e-publishing my first digital book.

I dedicate this second one to her.

OREGON MIST

This morning we had an Oregon mist—

reminds me of crisscrossing

the U of O campus as a student,

warm, waterproofed pea coat,

headscarf a necessity, wet shoes.

Later—toddlers playing inside with blocks

their dad made from plywood scraps,

laundered clothes hanging in the carport,

windshield wipers wiping,

flowers blooming,

huge zucchini growing,

strawberries appearing,

friends' fruit trees bearing,

nineteen ways to use zucchini squash in cooking.

Nostalgic—yes—a tug at the heart—

reminiscing beginnings

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SNOW IN MOONLIGHT

Walking home alone

from some