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December 27, 2006 at 23:43:41

Author Turns Pain Into Healing Hope For Cancer Patients

by Kathlyn Stone Page 3 of 3 page(s)

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wish I were better

at being better

gave more to strangers

stopped to taste the world completely

vanilla to pistachio

stood tall on principle

Left earth behind for somebody's bright balloon
________________________________________

I had briefly seen her
heard a snippet here and there
brain tumor
they whispered
noted the missing hair
thin and thinner still
coming in slowly

I was too busy with myself
pacing and pacing and chasing my tail
to say hello
I have had cancer
have
had
cancer
both and always too
like you

It took seeing you her once twice
several times
walking the halls dressed and wrapped in a blanket
sitting silent in the middle of the middle of the middle of the floor
same blanket
lying on the coach
wrapped again in the blanket
before I thought to stop
to say quietly
gently
unobtrusively

Can I help

Can I you forgive me

_______________________________

*Poems reprinted with author's permission.

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Kathlyn Stone is a Minnesota-based writer covering science and medicine, health care and related policies. She publishes www.fleshandstone.net, a health and science news site.

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An interested reader.
Patty ContaxisAn interested reader.

Great Article

Kathlyn Stone did a great job reviewing this beautiful book of poetry by Jeff McCallum. Jeff is an accomplished poet writing about an all too common experience. His writing stirs emotions that are often too hard to handle unless they are bound in words or images. His poetry does both and so gives voice to feelings so many have experienced but may not have been able to express or share. Stone's review got to the heart of this. Well done.

by Patty Contaxis (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 11:11:08 AM