Poems of Love and Loss
Friends, Lovers, Self, and God
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One Don’t try to chain self-confine or rearrange. The pressure of difference is all I can take. My feelings are changing But ever so slowly. Don’t hurry me – Self! I’m not sure I’m ready.
Your beings have meaning. bringing joy with moments of truth But the bond you share- glows green on my face—at times when I’m weakest. Then I stop and realize I’m happy for just to be knowing you.
So please do not question My Why’s? or Why nots?
Someday I’ll be ready to accept life your way. For now I must take my strength from Today— And the thought— I have “Friends” who don’t demand from my heart and action— for me, I need never to start.
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About the Book
College was a difficult time for me. Between the ideas of free love and drug experimentation, I felt lost and confused most of the time. I started writing down thoughts and feelings to help me cope with emotions that I could not or did not totally understand. In the beginning I only numbered my thoughts, but as time passed I started naming my works after the people who touched me in some way or by an event that was shared with someone special. My original writings started in 1973 when I was at the University of Central Arkansas and continued until I was in my forties. Since that time I have kept a journal that has become more of a source of comfort to me than my poetry.
I hope that you find comfort, solace, joy, or pleasure from reading my memories.
About the Author
Leigh Cole was born in Piggott, Arkansas, in 1950. After graduating from college she taught math for over thirty years. Even though she worked with concrete concepts, she enjoyed the arts. Since retiring, she has enjoyed concentrating on her hobbies of photography, playing the guitar, riding her bike, scuba diving, and traveling.