Cornucopia: 2023 National Poetry Month 8
Adapted Senryū ((8)
April 08, 2023
Aren’t you proud of me?
I’ve written a poem each day.
A poetic roll.
Cornucopia: 2023 National Poetry Month 7
(Adapted Senryū ((7)
April 07, 2023
My dog is retired
She’s a pure-bred Black Labby
Pain meds help her sleep.
Cornucopia: 2023 National Poetry Month 6
(Adapted Senryū 6
April 06, 2023
Yum! Roasted walnuts
Tossed on a Waldorf salad
Healthy and crunchy.
Cornucopia: 2023 National Poetry Month 5
Adapted Senryū5
April 05, 2023
Pecans for Easter
Praline or baked in a pie
Pecans, not walnuts!
Cornucopia: 2023 National Poetry Month 4
Adapted Senryū 4
April 04, 2023
The dishes are washed
The cat has been fed tuna
Hot tub awaits me.
Cornucopia: 2023 National Poetry Month 3
Adapted Senryū
April 03, 2023
I think about poems
I prefer not to write them
But I’ll read your poems.
Cornucopia: 2023 National Poetry Month
(Adapted Senryū (2)
April 02, 2023
Now is the best time
To try to write a poem
Before April ends.
Cornucopia: 2023national poetry month
Adapted Senryū 5-7-5)
April 01, 2023
April, for poets,
Is a time to get thinking
About word rhyming.
Cornucopia: Military Child poem
Poem for Dad
He doesn’t mean to make you frown
It’s just time to pack up and move to another town
Just when you get used to things
He never means to make a sting
Don’t bother unpacking that box
If you do, I give you props
Be careful if you get too comfortable
He doesn’t mean to make you cry
He’ll make it up, sing a lullaby
He’ll send you flowers on your birthday
While mommy says he’ll be home one day
For some, that day never comes
For me, I pray so I won’t go numb
I get my poster, markers bright
While “welcome home,” he’ll soon be in my sight
I march to the airport in my camo dress
As he comes off the plane there goes my stress
I can see right through him
Like he can see through me
Although he’s happy
He’s got PTSD
He hugs me tight and never lets go
I say “I love you, Daddy”
He replies “Oh how you’ve grown”
He hands me a bear with a message inside
I hug it and cry as time passes by
His voice echoes within as I hug its furry brown skin
He knew that I’d love this, he just had to within!
As I think back to what daddy told me,
(“Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty”)
I get scared when he’s out at sea
“USCG” I chant all day
I sway and rock all just for play
As time goes on I know it’s coming soon
That dreaded phone call, “Pack your things, we’re heading out this afternoon.”
Daddy leaves in a hurry, hugs me oh so tight
I know what he’s doing, going out to just fight
I know he’ll be back soon or so I thought
When that man came to my door I became distraught
He will not be forgotten, though gone too soon
There are no more tears, emotions become immune
As I lay in my bed I turn to face the side
I get up and scream then it’s time to decide
I go to my closet, the bottom shelf to be precise
There is a little brown box, what’s inside? Well that’s a surprise
I rip it open with hopes that it’s you
What do I see? There’s no way that it could be true
Just the bear nothing else but had I forgotten
All I needed to do was push the little black button
I pushed his stomach and gulped hoping to remember
The sound of your voice I last heard in September
My head laid to rest, tears running down my face
I vowed to follow in your footsteps I wouldn’t want to be a disgrace
I shut my eyes to get some sleep
I felt you tuck me in almost half asleep
“I love you, Daddy,” I thought to myself
“I love you too, baby girl” his soft voice mewled
Angelina F.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Night Shift: a Novel” by Robin Cook
“Night Shift: a Novel” by Robin Cook
I enjoyed Robin Cook’s books throughout the years, even though they scare the heck out of me. I’ve learned not to read them prior to any hospital visit, much less stay.
This story did not disappoint me and, yes, it sure gave me things to think about. How this kind of thing really could happen!
From the website:
Robin Cook is an American physician and writer of novels about medical issues united with thriller genre. He was born in Queens, New York. Cook was graduated from the Wesleyan University and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. His post graduate studies were from Harvard University. His books are a fusion of medicine and fantasy.
In his childhood Cook wanted to become an archaeologist and then later on his aspiration turned to medicine. He was a class valedictorian and graduated with Chemistry as his major and gaining a distinction in Government. He was in charge of the Blood/Gas chemistry lab at the Columbian Presbyterian Hospital.
After he was fully trained, Dr. Robin Cook went to the Navy where went to the submarine school and navy diving school. After his service ended in the Navy, he worked in the Ophthalmology department in Harvard. His career as an author started with his novel ‘The Year of the Intern’. This novel was written underwater while he was in the Kamehameha in 1972. In 1977, a second novel followed called ‘Coma’. This went on to become an instant hit and eventually a bestseller. Cook wrote this novel while at job as a senior ophthalmologist at the Kennedy School of Government. Cook has written more than twenty five best sellers till date and has sold over one million books all of which are about medicine and biotechnology related ethical issues. His goal was to enlighten the public of issues such as organ transplantation which he did in his book ‘Coma’. The issue of stem cells and egg donation was dealt in his book ‘Shock’. Bio terrorism and xeno transplantation was looked into in the books ‘Vector’ and ‘Chromosome 6’. His recent books are ‘Critical’ and ‘Foreign Body’. The later is concerned with the recently growing problem of medical terrorism.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Night shift: a novel DB111399
Cook, Robin. Reading time: 10 hours, 10 minutes.
Read by Will Damron.
Suspense Fiction
Mystery and Detective Stories
Medical Fiction
“Colleagues turned spouses Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton already have their plates full with crazy work schedules and family pressures. The last thing they need is a murder. When Laurie’s longtime friend, by all accounts healthy Dr. Sue Passero, dies mysteriously in the hospital parking garage, an autopsy is required, which falls squarely under Laurie’s purview as newly appointed chief medical examiner. So when Laurie asks Jack to take special care with the case, he can hardly refuse. With his curiosity sparked by the mystery around Sue’s death, the indefatigable Jack, compelled to resolve the case at hand, sets out to investigate on-site at Manhattan Memorial Hospital, even though it means blatantly defying the Office of Chief Medical Examiner’s rules. What started out as an inquiry into Sue’s tragic passing soon turns into a deadly and dangerous chess game between Jack and the clever and deranged killer, who might just administer another lethal blow if Jack isn’t caref
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