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control, feelings MaryJane Nordgren control, feelings MaryJane Nordgren

retreat from anger

comment from Eileen gives author hope

retreat from anger

wait to the count of one hundred

and ten

and then

wait until tomorrow before answering

at times, sleep unravels cause

so the anger can be channeled

at times, the feeling is appropriate

but the response must be moderated

and truth expressed quietly, but firmly

and that cannot be accomplished

if the anger still rules

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Poems, reaching out MaryJane Nordgren Poems, reaching out MaryJane Nordgren

touch

An original poem by MaryJane Nordgren after seeing the photograph ‘Together’ by William F. Wood, Forest Grove, Oregon

haikus

we need to touch, hand

on shoulder, not to possess

but to say i care

 

to touch is to connect

to feel, to know a presence

beyond my own world

a gentle, resting touch

to share experience

greater than each self

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