Only A Start And Beyond

By Rebecka Vigus

This book is a combination of two books. Only a Start was first published in 1978. It was probably the worst attempt at self-publishing ever seen by mankind. It is a compilation of poems Rebecka Vigus wrote as a teen until she was 23. It includes her poem, This Our State, which was introduced to the state Senate as a possible state poem for Michigan. These are her first writings and some are amateurish.

Beyond contains poems from Miss Vigus' later years. They deal with death and loss, her daughter's teen years and life in general. It also includes some song lyrics she has written. In this update she added some poems under the heading of memories. There are some poems here to capture your heart, but they also tell a story. It's up to you to find them.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author Academy Elite
• Release date: Aug 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9798885832335

Rebecka Vigus

Rebecka Vigus is a retired teacher doing what she loves best...spinning tales. She has been writing since she was ten or eleven. It has been a passion of hers. Now it is a dream. She currently lives in South Carolina but sees a return to Michigan in her future.

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Only a Start and Beyond

Rebecka Vigus

Copyright © 2004 Rebecka Vigus

Second Edition ©2023 Rebecka Vigus

All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the US Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in any database or retrieval system without prior written permission from the publisher.

LOCC number: 2023912553

Poetry, author growth, the 1970s

ISBN:

Paperback: 979-8-88583-231-1

Hardcover: 979-8-88583-232-8

Ebook: 979-8-88583-233-5

Published by

Author Academy Elite

Columbus, Ohio

Cover design by

Jerry Reid

ebookorprint.com

Additional Books by Rebecka Vigus

Macy McVannel Series

Rivers Edge

Crossing the Line

Sanctuary

Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Of Moonbeams and Fairies: Collected Tales

Escape

Stand Alone

Secrets

Out of the Flames

Target of Vengeance

Children’s

G is for Gymnastics

Santa is for Real: But he doesn’t always wear a red suit.

Non-Fiction

So You Think You Want to be a Mommy?

Writing

Let’s Write Fiction: Tears, Fears, Confidence, Book

Contributing Author

Tales by the Tree

In Creeps the Night

A Winter’s Romance

This combination book is for

Mom and Dad

Thanks for your love and support

Introduction

I came of age in the 1970s. Those were my teenage years. It was also the time of the Viet Nam War, peace protests, campus sit-ins, campus shootings, the sexual revolution, free love and rock and roll. Flower children were everywhere, airports, bus stops, college campuses.

The early poems in this book all came from my first book; Only a Start, originally published in 1978. They reflect those times and are the beginnings of my writing. Some are amateurish, others had some real thought put into them. They were then and are now a reflection of my feelings at the time. They tell their own story.

My poems still reflect my feelings. Some mark major events in my life, some were thoughts that just came to me. Many of them have been included in other anthologies. Some have never seen publication before.

This book shows the