Dueling Sisters:Passage of Time: A Book of Poetry

By Carolyn M. Headrick and Marieta L. McMillen

Passage of Time is a collection of poems which reflect their values, interests and life experiences, which were understandably quite different. They are based on remembrances throughout the years as well as current events in their lives. The poems adequately express the rare blend of characteristics that identify their unique personalities. The topics span a wide range, such as time, music, collections of things that are important to them, their love of art and of color. Readers will also find humor and the influence of aging. Their love of the changing seasons is represented as are Children, an important ingredient in both of their lifestyles. Readers of all ages, they hope, will find something in this collection that they can identify with, regardless of their position in life..

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 29, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477288757

Carolyn M. Headrick

The authors are sisters that shared a difficult childhood. The family suffered multiple deaths, including their parents and grandparents. They were raised by their one surviving maternal grandparent during their junior and senior high years in Kansas City, Kansas. After graduation they both worked at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri for several years. Later they both received a Masters Degree in Education from Kansas University and have worked with children of all ages throughout their long careers. In addition, they both shave raised sons of their own. They have shared their poetry with each other over the years. It has served as a means to vent their frustration, joys and sorrows. What has impressed them is how differently they express themselves, both in mood and style. Yet there is a consistent thread running through the works based on their individual ife experiences. This is the second Dueling Sisters to be published. A possible third one is in the works. .

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Dueling Sisters:

Passage of Time

a book of poetry

M. L.McMillen & C. M. Headrick

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My candle burns at both ends;

It will not last the night;

But oh, my foes, and oh, my friends–

It gives a lovely light.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,

no follies to have to repent;

but reflect on the past,

and be able to say,

that my time has been properly spent…

Ann and Jane Taylor

Time is

Too slow for those who wait,

Too swift for those who fear,

Too long for those who grieve,

Too short for those who rejoice;

But for those who love,

Time is eternity.

Henry Van Dyke

Quoted from the

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

sixth edition 2004

edited by Elizabeth Knowles

Prologue

Contents

Dueling Sisters: Passage of Time

a book of Poetry

by

Carolyn M. Headrick (CMH) and Marieta Louise McMillen (MLM)

CMH                                     MLM

1. a page of haiku

2. Passage of Time CMH

3. Season’s Passing (MLM)

4. Time Is Evanescent (CMH)

5. On the Move (MLM)

6. Record of History (CMH)

7. Trail of Crumbs (MLM)

8. Coins (CMH)

9. And Then There Are Books (MLM)

10. What Used To Be (CMH)

11. Everything Must Go: sonnet (MLM)

12. Yesteryear (CMH)

13. Forget the Gaps (MLM)

14. Interior/Exterior Blues (CMH)

15. The World as We Know It (MLM)

16. February (CMH)

17. The Seasons (MLM)

18. Reflections (CMH)

19. In Quiet Moments (MLM)

20. Change of Season (CMH)

21. Fleeting Moments (MLM)

22. Rainbow Walking (CMH)

23. Colors of My Life (MLM)

24. Hold a Rainbow (CMH)

25. The Elusive Singer (MLM)

26. The Color of Jazz (CMH)

27. Music That Dances (MLM)

28. Black (CMH)

29. Color By What Name? (MLM)

30. Blue (CMH)

31. Great Blue Heron (MLM)

32. Rain, Rain and More Rain (CMH)

33. The Night So Quiet (MLM)

34. Backwater (CMH)

35. Silver Raindrops (MLM)

36. Rain Gently (CMH)

37. Listen to the Falling Rain (MLM)

38. At a Given Moment (CMH)

39. Peaceful Interlude (MLM)

40. Serendipity (CMH)

41. Melancholia (MLM)

42. Transience of Life (CMH)

43. Cartwheels (MLM)

44. Time Will Tell (CMH)

45. Variations on a Theme (MLM)

set of haiku

46. Grandeur in an Ordinary Moment (CMH)

47. Kodak Moment (MLM)

48. Befuddled (CMH)

49. Can’t Sleep Wonder Why? (MLM)

50. This Old House (CMH)

51. Drawings on the Sidewalk (MLM)

52. Alone (CMH)

53. Latent Memories (MLM)

54. Mementos (CMH)

55. Pack Rats (MLM)

56. A Singular Occasion! (CMH)

57. A Point in Time (MLM)

58. Saturday Afternoon (CMH)

59. Thursday (MLM)

60. Governed by the Clock (CMH)

61. I am Awake (6 a.m.) (MLM)

62. An Afternoon at Daycare (CMH)

63. What’s That Smell? (MLM)

64. Silence (CMH)

65. My Home (MLM)

66. Change (CMH)

67. For the Sake of a Broken Frame (MLM)

68. She’s Back! (CMH)

69. Resisting Change (MLM)

70. Slow Days of Summer (CMH)

71. Surprise (MLM)

72. Space Time Continuum (CMH)

73. The Many Faces of Dull (MLM)

74. Tornado (CMH)

75. Sunrise to Sunrise (MLM)

76. Fall is in The Air (CMH)

77. Ode to Fall (MLM)

78. October (CMH)

79. Listen to the sounds of Autumn (MLM)

80. Thankful (CMH)

81. Thanks From a Random Thinker (MLM)

82. Food For the Mind (CMH)

83. A Palatte of Colors (MLM)

84. Flea Market (CMH)

85. Just Browsing (MLM)

86. December (CMH)

87. Winter Great (MLM)

88. Winter (CMH)

89. Winteriscoming (MLM)

90. Winter Will (CMH)

91. Winter Fog (MLM)

92. Color Not a Color (CMH)

93. Colorful (MLM)

94. Shades of Deception (CMH)

haiku

95. Dry Clean Only (MLM)

96. ME (CMH)

97. I Am (MLM)

98. Nighttide (CMH)

99. Synergy (MLM)

100. Mental Whirlwind (CMH)

101. Do It Tomorrow (MLM)

102. Aging (CMH)

103. When Is Old, Not Old (MLM)

104. Released (CMH)

105. Venting (MLM)

106. Continuance (CMH)

107. Fallen Behind (MLM)

108. Life (CMH)

109. Thinking Up (MLM)

110. Turkey Soup (CMH)

111. Off World: a word study (MLM)

112. Tanka (CMH)

113. tanka (MLM)

1. a page of haiku