Debra Milligan: 25 books

Enthusiastically encouraged by a friend to publish her poetry, Debra Milligan now presents Voyage, a cycle of sixteen of her poems. This writing is published under the name Debra Tanis Milligan since many of these pieces were written prior to her marriage. Themes include love and loss, time, and the...

Several years ago, the author had a dream in vivid colors. She was gazing from the upstairs back porch of her childhood house, across the 4 back yards of the neighbors’ houses. Each yard was one of the 4 seasons. Dreams can be fertile! From that single dream of seasons and colors these poems...

EquinoxEquinox is the solar phenomenon that occurs twice a year, on 20 March and 22 September. It is the autumnal equinox which colors and shades these 20 poems by Debra Milligan.Day and night are believed to be of approximately equal duration but technically they are not exact. The duration...

“Lilacs in Bloom” presents 16 poems by Debra Milligan. This second cycle of a trilogy of spring poetry celebrates this herald of spring: the heart-shaped lilac in bloom. Love is in the air for the fortnight during which lilacs bloom. Themes include the many sensations of love; the pain of heartache;...

SOLSTICE IIIn mid-July 2014, Debra Milligan put to good use some claustrophobic insomnia due to an intense heat wave: she composed poems about moving. She simply wanted the heat to go away. She found it easier for her to go away -- to move to a winter mood!Her summer of poems continued for...

Moon Glow is a summer cycle of sixteen poems by Debra Milligan. Written during the space of four days in August, these poems express the glow of love, as symbolized by the moon. Themes include true love, betrayal, the justice of the heart, heartbreak, the healing power of love, freedom, fate, and...

During the course of writing letters to friends, business associates, and loved ones, Debra Milligan recognized far too many poetic phrases and images for her to ignore. She started her new year of 2015 by composing CORRESPONDENCES: letters of poetry. Each one of these 23 poems is a message of correspondence...

The sacred trust between two people: man and woman, woman and child, child and God, friend and lover, friend and friend, sister and sister — is the major theme of these 22 poems by Debra Milligan.How does anyone believe promises of the heart, promises in the dark, promises brought to light?...

Solstice - A book of PoetryA collection of poems to bookend the cycle of poetry entitled Voyage. The writing of these pieces all began with a spark - the wish for a “Happy Solstice” from the daughter of Debra Milligan. A four-hour shopping excursion with a dear friend that same day added...

Gambit in chess is an opening move : the player sacrifices a pawn to gain some kind of advantage to win the game. Gambit in real life requires similar sacrifices. Life — and love — are full of risks. Sometimes we win; sometimes we lose. The important thing is to keep playing.The 26 poems...

Flight is the third volume in the quartet of spring poetry by Debra Milligan. Each of these 16 poems is an invitation to a voyage in flight for anyone who dares to dream, for anyone who dares to let a reverie soar. Flight then is timeless for anyone who yields to the desires of the heart to take fly,...

Written in memory and in honor of dearly departed friends and lovers, Somewhere in Time offers 20 poems as tributes to the enduring trust of amitié, true friendship. True friendship inspires true love. At some point, they become indistinguishable. Amitié eternally gives - even during the...

Debra Milligan presents a quintet of short stories about love and growth, the catalysts for life that translate well into fiction. Each story is set in a different era, with conflicts and resolutions that transcend time. The Widower is Gerhardt Schildt, a man who must learn to love, after the...

Je me souviens, poésie des souvenirs d’amour. Il y a onze poèmes ; chacun rappelle une fleur qui fleurit mais ne s’effacera jamais. Debra Tanis Milligan, l’écrivaine, offre ce volume de poésie à ceux qui veulent se souvenir. . . des sentiments du passé qui vivent de nouveau dans...