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Longing

Margaret Doran


I used to send you love songs in the mail
I hold my breath remembering what we shared
when romance really was a fairy-tale
when we were young and oh, so unprepared

And so we practiced love with all its rules
and learned to toss the rules to the breeze
but now love comes so hard we must be fools
to let this busyness usurp our needs

It cannot be that passion has grown cold
when thoughts of you still cause my heart to skip
it cannot be that we are now too old
to grasp desire’s grail and take a sip.

A well-placed tongue or touch still knows the way
past longing if we listen and obey.


Margaret Doran lives in rural Oregon in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Though currently (officially) unemployed, she and her husband produce grass roots concerts and she builds affordable websites for small businesses. You can read some of Margaret's classroom poetry by using the graphic links below.


Margaret's Chance Encounter Poem Margaret's Shape Poem Margaret's Haiku Margaret's Pantoum Margaret's Rhythmic Imitation Poem Margaret's Sestina


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Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon


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