These poems delve into the complexity of modern health care, illness, and healing, teaching us what should be the human response to suffering: take a moment to stop and respond to the longing for compassion in each of us.
These poems delve into the complexity of modern health care, illness, and healing, teaching us what should be the human response to suffering: take a moment to stop and respond to the longing for compassion in each of us.
Amy Haddad is professor emerita in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions at Creighton University. She is the author of the chapbook The Geography of Kitchens and has published poetry in a number of journals, including Aji Magazine, Persimmon Tree, and DASH Literary Journal. For more information about the author, visit amyhaddadpoetry.com.
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Contents 1. In the Clutch of a Rubber Band Making Camp Cafeteria—2013 Admissions Flexion/Extension The Day after Memorial Day At Rehab Home Assessment Flipping Garlic Toast From the Motel Window Whole-Berry Cranberry Sauce The Promises Women Make to Each Other My Role as the Wife The Fit of Suffering 2. What We Did on the Floor Overture A Guide to the Physical Exam Blame Placing Dehiscence Gallows Humor Second-Degree Block The White Stucco House Families Like This The Course of Leukemia Day’s End at the Farmer’s Market in Montparnasse Ten Items or Less 3. Cut along the Lines Stereotactic Biopsy Nuclear Bone Scan An Otherwise Healthy Woman Infidelity Chemotherapy Lounge Post-Op Cat Scan Chemotherapy Side Effects French Weaving for Damages Before- and After-Breasts Port-a-Cath Dark Rides High-Wire Act New to the Joint Ode to a Freckle above My Left Breast Oarsmen at Chatou Cut along the Lines Jug Shots Bottom of the Cup The Commercial Version of Metastatic Breast Cancer Acknowledgments
Contents 1. In the Clutch of a Rubber Band Making Camp Cafeteria—2013 Admissions Flexion/Extension The Day after Memorial Day At Rehab Home Assessment Flipping Garlic Toast From the Motel Window Whole-Berry Cranberry Sauce The Promises Women Make to Each Other My Role as the Wife The Fit of Suffering 2. What We Did on the Floor Overture A Guide to the Physical Exam Blame Placing Dehiscence Gallows Humor Second-Degree Block The White Stucco House Families Like This The Course of Leukemia Day’s End at the Farmer’s Market in Montparnasse Ten Items or Less 3. Cut along the Lines Stereotactic Biopsy Nuclear Bone Scan An Otherwise Healthy Woman Infidelity Chemotherapy Lounge Post-Op Cat Scan Chemotherapy Side Effects French Weaving for Damages Before- and After-Breasts Port-a-Cath Dark Rides High-Wire Act New to the Joint Ode to a Freckle above My Left Breast Oarsmen at Chatou Cut along the Lines Jug Shots Bottom of the Cup The Commercial Version of Metastatic Breast Cancer Acknowledgments
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