Angels at Midnight

By Douglas Wilson

As is the case with Doug's other poetry collections, Angels at Midnight, the fourth installment of poetry, tends to be a collection of “snapshots” of life that most of us can easily relate to. The poetry in Angels at Midnight is easy to understand, and will cause the reader to reflect and to feel.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Aug 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781663241375

Douglas Wilson

Douglas Wilson is a senior fellow of theology at New Saint Andrews College. Wilson isthe author of numerous books on education, theology, and culture, including: The Case for Classical Christian Education , Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning , Mother Kirk , and Angels in the Architecture , as well as biographies on both Anne Bradstreet and John Knox.

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PROLOGUE

Douglas L. Wilson grew up and has spent much of his life in the small rural Northern Michigan town of Grayling. Doug is a member of the Grayling High School Hall Alumni of Fame, and he is a graduate of Central Michigan University. Doug has recently retired from a forty-five-year career as an educator, youth counselor, and family social worker. Doug and his wife Tracy continue to reside in the Grayling area and they are frequent visitors to Doug’s alma mater in Mount Pleasant.

Wilson is rapidly becoming one of America’s best contemporary poets. A prolific writer, Angels at Midnight is Doug’s fourth collection of poetry to be published. Angels at Midnight focuses on the emotion of love and romantic relationships. The poetry is easy to relate to, and it speaks to the joy and heartache involved in matters of the heart.

DEDICATION

Angels at Midnight is dedicated to Patty Jane, Mary Joy, and Tracy Ann. My life has been richer and more meaningful because of your love, support, and friendship. I am a better and wiser man because of you. My heartfelt thanks to each of you.

CONTENTS

A Human Heart is A Curious Thing

On The Soft Wings of The Night

PATTY JANE: MY FIRST EVERYTHING

The Grapes of Blue

Wondering (On Love)

Only in Dreams

Breathless

I Need You

When You Don’t Talk to Me

Let The Sun Shine

Punch and Judy

Searching for The Answer

The Saddest End of All

Same Woods, Different Paths

I’ll Never Love Like That Again

The Time of Magic and Miracles

Without A Word

Do I Still Remember?

Love Asks Not

No More Than Dreams?

Your Quest is Through

We Were Much Like Them

I Wonder Where They Went

THE SANDMAN’S CHRONICLES: PART ONE

Lover Lady Mystic

Face Within The Window

Sweet Lady Virtue

The Girl Next Door

Come Pretend

An Autumn Memory

You Need Not Ask Me Twice

Ever in Nova

Hold Me, Say Nothing

The Unbroken Circle

Say Goodnight, Not Goodbye

A Tanqueray Night

A Dangerous Girl

A Love Most Rare

An Orange Sherbet Sky

Don’t Order Another Drink

Goodbye Sweet Rosa Lee

I Will Never Leave

I’m Not That Sort of Man

Lavender Nights and Midday Blues

One Night in Luzon

Sunday Morning, Coming Down

The Ballad of Tom and Polly Hill

The Holiday Letter

Throughout Time

Where Ever Does My Love Go?

A Heart Must Come To You

A Quarter Moon Love

After The Hurricane

Be Careful What You Wish For

Because You’re Not Here

Blush of The Rose

Endlessly Searching

Knowing When to Leave

Lipstick and Whipped Cream

Love Will Change Things

May Lynn (Comes To Me In Dreams)

One Can Never Know

Promises Made in June

Same Time Every Year

Seven Times She Rises

She’ll Be Back

MARY JOY: MY FOREVER ISLAND GIRL

I Will Still See You

She Sleeps

I Thank You My Lady

Your Threshold

I Love It When

Fourteen Hours from Cebu

It’s A Mystery to Me

Love Was Not Enough

If I Would Have Known

Mandarin Eyes and Magadang Smiles

It Was How She Looked at Me

The Moon in Cebu

Love Eternal

Remembering with Regret

Out of Love, I Let You Go

Somehow, It’s Enough

Life is Lived in Moments

It Was Once Upon A Time

Returning to Cebu

Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?

THE SANDMAN’S CHRONICLES: PART TWO

The Casual Friends

The Death of Eddie Myers

The Magic of Jasmine’s Eyes

The Old Friends

What Do You See?

What Most Impresses Me

What Will I Remember?

When Love Exists No More

When Our Two Worlds Collide

Why Did It End Like This?

Why Must it Be You?

Does The Cat Have Your Tongue?

Where Art Thou My Lady?

Stand on Your Head

Take What You Need

The Enchantress

Water Beneath The Bridge

When The Darkness Starts To Fall

Bell’s Retreat

Close Your Eyes and Kiss Me

Finish What You Start

Guide Me with Your Light

Insomnia

Let Me Cross Over

Lines You Should Not Cross

Once She was My Queen

The Angel and The King

The Fool That You Are

The Garden Of My Dreams

The One-Winged Angel

Yesterday Dreaming

Your Spirit Again Shall Fly

TRACY ANN: MY LIFE PARTNER AND SOULMATE

A Place That We Might Go

Who Done It?

So Seldom Does A Rainbow Rise

Passing The Point of No Return

The Carol I Sing

To Know and Remember

I Didn’t Believe in Luck

The Faith To Believe in Us

The Sweet Surrender

You and Your Little White Dress

If Only I Were Dreaming

She Shall Wonder, Why?

How Does it Work?

My Better Half

I Wish To Fall in Love Again

Why Don’t We Go There?

You Lose A Part of You

Your Star Pocket

Until The Last Star Fades Away

Where Do I Begin?

A Window in The Calico Sky

Who Will Bring The Sunshine?