Bits and Pieces

By Sunday McKinley Bailey

Ms. Durrance was born Sunday McKinley Bailey in Ona, Florida. She grew up in Fort Meade, Florida, attended the University of Tampa and resided in Tampa for thirty years. She is the mother of one son, Coyt J. She has two granddaughters, Amanda and Melissa. Ms. Durrance lives in Bowling Green, Florida.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781469198040

Sunday McKinley Bailey

Ms. Durrance was born Sunday McKinley Bailey in Ona, Florida. She grew up in Fort Meade, Florida, attended the University of Tampa and resided in Tampa for thirty years. She is the mother of one son, Coyt J. She has two granddaughters, Amanda and Melissa. Ms. Durrance lives in Bowling Green, Florida.

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Contents

RELATING

GOD IS SPEAKING

PEOPLE ARE THEIR WORDS

BUTTERFLIES

HOMESICK

WHAT IS LOVE?

IF YOU WOULD FIND ME

ANOTHER WORLD

I BELIEVE IN MAGIC

SOMEDAY MY SON

BEGINNING OR END

BE MY VALENTINE

AN ARROW HEAD

BREAKING POINT

BETRAYAL

BACKWARD THOUGHTS

AN ADOPTEE

COLORS

SOLITUDE

COMPETITION

CLEAR THINKING

DRIFTING

I DREAMED

DAUGHTER

DENIED

DESIRES

I DIED

DOES SHE KNOW

DREAMS

ENCHANTED

EAGLE

AN EVIL

ELEVATION

THE EYE

EASE

EGRETS

EDGE OF SADNESS

FRUSTRATION

FROM MY MIND

A FRIEND’S DOG

FRIENDS

FOUNDATION

FLEETING MOMENT

50TH BIRTHDAY

FEAR

FAIRY TALES

GO QUIETLY

GOING TO WORK

GROWING

GIVEN A CHOICE

THE GIFTS

HOPELESSNESS

HELLO

IT MATTERS NOT

IS IT POSSIBLE

IT COULD HAVE BEEN

ITS A DATE

I NEVER WISHED

I WANT TO GO

JUST

INMATURITY

I ALWAYS

I AM TOLD

I COULD NOT HAVE GONE

I’LL SMILE

KEEPING BUSY

LACK OF LOVE

THE LIGHT

SADNESS IS BORN

LOVING YOU

LOVING LIES

LOVE

LILAC

LIFE

LEAVES

LEARN

THE LAST TIME

LOVING MEMORIES

MY DREAM

MEMORIES

MANY DREAMS

MY LAST SMILE

MY LAUGHTER

MY SON’S EYES

MYSTIC PATHS OF LIGHT

NO WORD OR ACT

NO RETURN

ONE MORE TIME

NIGHT SOUNDS

NOT ANYMORE

ONE WISH

MR. RIGHT

MATHAMATICS

MANY LOVES AGO

THAT MAGIC MOMENT

MY GRANDSON

MADNESS

MY FATHER

NOTHING TO LOSE

NEEDS

NEXT TIME

NO ONE HEARS

ONCE MORE

ONE SEPTEMBER

NEED

NEW HOPE CEMETARY

NO TRADE

NOTHING IS FOREVER

ONLY TIME

SADNESS WITHIN

PERHAPS

RESIGNED

PRIDE

REMINDER

THE PROMISE

REALITY

REGRET

REMEMBER THE LAUGHTER

REMORSE

THE ROSE

RICH AT THE AGE OF SEVEN

MY SONG

SOME LONESOME TIME

THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE

SOUVINIERS

SADNESS

SELF DECEPTION

SUCCESS

STAND NOT IN MY SHADOW

SPECIAL LOVE

SOMETIMES, IF YOU LOOK REAL CLOSE

SEPTEMBER

SITTING ON A PARK BENCH

SNAP SHOT

THE STRANGER

A SOMETIME THING

THE TRUTH

TO LOVE

TO MY SON

TUNES

THREE’S A CROWD

THIRST

TEARS

THE ONLY WAY

THE THINGS WE DO

TWILIGHT TIME

THAT DAMP TOWEL

THOUGHTS

TODAY

VETERAN

VALUES

VALLEY OF SLEEP

UPON LOSING A FRIEND

UNDEFEATED

UNIQUE TASTE

UNAWARE

DEATH

NO MORE

WINTER DREAMS

WILD STRAWBERRIES

THE WIND’S SONG

WHAT’S IMPORTANT?

WORDS

WHAT SECRET

THE WEED

WHOSE FOOLING WHO?

THE WORD

WORDS I MEANT TO SAY

WHAT WILL BE YOUR THOUGHTS?

WHIPPOORWILL

WHEN YOU LOVED ME

YOUR LOVE JESUS

YOUR GOODBYE

YESTERDAY

YOU ARE THE MOISTURE

THIS MOMENT IS MINE

WHEN YOU READ MY VERSE

GRIEF

NO ME

LOOKING FOOLISH

COME

WORDS

I KNOW A PATH

EXCEPT YOU

RELATING

To understand poetry

You must become

As meek as a child.

Look deep into your innerself

And while absorbing the words,

You will recall feeling similar

Pains and joys

Never realizing others felt them

So clearly they were able to put

Those feelings in words.

Words that touch you so closely

And so softly

You feel as if you are having

A