As I walked down the hospital hall a couple of weeks ago I noticed a sign that read, “7 out of 10 colon cancer patients have no symptoms.” I could agree with that whole-heartedly, because I had no symptoms that one would associate with colon cancer. Since January of 2022 I’d felt short of breath and seemed tired, but who would associate that with colon cancer? I made an appointment with my general practitioner who did the usual blood tests…
It’s November again. Time to take in earth’s beauty before denuded trees stand stark against winter’s wind. Where did the year go? Every November I join Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem a Day Challenge. http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2018-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-4 Robert is the poetry editor for Writer’s Digest. He feeds poets a prompt every day during November and April. The prompt for last Sunday was, “Write an I’m sorry poem.” These lines popped in my head when I read the prompt. It’s now been over six months…
During April and November Robert Lee Brewer, Poetry Editor of Writer’s Digest, posts daily prompts. Poets can post their work online at http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2018-april-pad-challenge-day-2. I have decided to chronicle what’s happening in our lives at the moment as the theme for this month’s poems. I’m not posting them on the Poem a Day website because they are considered published if I do. The prompt for April 2 was “Portrait.” Here is my offering: Portrait of an Illness Husband of fifty-six years complains…