Ascending into Euphoria: A Collection of Poetry

By Tiffany Tinney

"Ascending Into Euphoria" is a collection of poems that were written when the author was between the ages of 14-25. In these pages are poems of nature, poems of love, poems about life experiences, and miscellaneous poetry. It is in hopes that in reading this book of poems it will evoke laughter, tears, and sighs of memories that you hold dear to your own heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Jan 4, 2012
• ISBN: 9781426966934

Tiffany Tinney

Tiffany Tinney has been writing the majority of her life. Poetry is one of her great loves, both reading it and writing it. Some of her favorite poets are Walt Whitman, Emily Bronte, Maya Angelou, and Edgar Allen Poe. She currently lives in Seaford, Virginia, with her four cats and one dog. She is currently employed as a Registered Nurse.

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Contents

Section One:

The Love of Nature

Indian Paintbrush

Fallen Colors

A Loner

Spring Haiku

Spring Haiku II

Autumn Haiku

Halloween Haiku

The Essence of Beauty

Native America

Red Is for Apple

Uncivilized

The Morning Dew

A Summer’s Dream

Section Two:

Nonsense

Nonsense II

Painful Breakup

Elwood Pines

Creatures

The Small Things in Life

Prince Charming

The Taste of Sweetness

Wedded Bliss

A Star

Section Three:

You

Real Love Doesn’t Hurt

I Tell You, I Love You

A Loss for Words

The Best

Another Sappy Love Poem

My Choice

Thanks for Nothing

A Chance

Section Four:

The Life I’ve Never Known

This Incredible Woman

9-11-01

Note to Jerry Falwell

Troubled World

The Color Black

Loneliness Is a Disease

Today Is My Birthday

A Small Prayer

My Virginity

The Last Afternoon of My Life

Maybe It’s Better

Nobody’s Perfect

For Amber Grace Brown, a.k.a. Pamps, because I promised you.

For my mom, Grace Ann Tinney, thanks for believing in me.

The Poet

In evening shadows

  of the skylight’s radiance,

              the Poet ascends into euphoria.

Section One:

Poetry Expressed Through Nature

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The Love of Nature

Sunshine and the ocean breeze,

I’m with you, and I feel these.

Blades of grass and sands of grain,

you’re with me and I see no rain.

The summer ends and autumn starts,

we’ve just met, but you took my heart.

Trees in the wind, rocks in the stream,

I’ve known you forever, it seems.

A hyena’s laugh, a wolf’s howling cry,

I like you a lot, but I wonder why.

Smile of an angel, sweetness of a baby,

could this be the attraction? I don’t know—maybe.

Hair like Black Beauty, sparkling eyes like a jewel,

honey, whatever the reason is, I really like you.

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