2nd Chance

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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The poems in 2nd Chance are written in the voice of a doctor; the speaker often imagines he is talking to students, residents, patients, families—anyone who is ill or has witnessed illness and suffering. The poet, Daniel M. Becker, has been a physician for over thirty years, working in general medicine, geriatric clinics, and addiction clinics, supervising medical students and residents, and more. With poems such as “Goals of Care,” “Before Flu Season,” and “Advance Directives,” 2nd Chance covers the full spectrum of medical care—birth, death, and all the surprising moments in between. Written with warmth and empathy for the human condition, these poems attempt to understand, share, and honor what both patients and medical professionals experience. Serious matters are approached with intelligence, humility, and humor, making this collection an affecting entry into the growing field of medical poetry.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-11-26
Mått155 x 218 x 6 mm
Vikt108 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor72
FörlagWestern Michigan University, New Issues Press
ISBN9781936970674

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Poesi inom Skonlitteratur
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Consult Among the Deep Listeners in Deep Listening 101We’re Talking About What To Look For When Listening In the Office of the Balance Center Director Joint National Commissions Galore Reading Middlebrow Cosmology Home Visit Twilight The Best Story Teller Award Physic for Poets Goals of Care Before Flu Season Security Questions After Life and In Between What I Like About Gout At Medical Center Hour Like All Perfect Strangers This is Not a Drill Sleep Hygiene Standing in Line at Pet Forum Bulkheads In Memoriam Swimming with John’s Ghost Last Day Even After Retiring Advance Directives Christmas Bird Count

“Daniel Becker’s 2nd Chance gives its readers two simultaneous chances—to perceive at once the acutely physical and the expansively spiritual. Like his doctor-poet predecessor William Carlos Williams, Becker studies ‘where to draw the line / between uncertainty and mystery,’ listening often with a stethoscope, often teaching others to listen. . . . The frank, reassuring voice of these poems ranges with ease from the somatic to the ecstatic and back. ‘Among the Deep Listeners in Deep Listening 101’ suggests: ‘Look around, listen up: there are worlds beyond our thresholds. // During the field trip inside the sound free chamber: / those strangers pounding at the door? / Heart beats.’”