Free Spirit: Poem
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Then check out my poetry book,Digging to China, released by Sweatshoppe Publications. This poem is in it, along with fifty others. Signed copies are available throughSweatshoppe Publications. It's also available on Barnes and Noble and
For my Uncle Dale
5/10/47-4/16/11
Restrained
by tubes and wires
by pain that will not
abate
by fatigue that will not
be cured by sleep.
He is leaning over you
cradling you the way you
used to cradle him.
His hand massaging the back
of your bald head.
You whisper to him,
coarsely, through the mask
feeding you the oxygen
you're too weak to consume
on your own.
You whisper words
you've been saving up for.
You whisper words
you've been living your whole life.
He tries to comfort you.
“Be with Jesus,” he says.
And through your mask
you smile and pat his arm.
all rights reserved. copyright Justin W. Price 2011
Thanks for Reading.
A FREELANCE WRITER, HONORS STUDENT AND GOVER PRIZE FINALIST, JUSTIN W. PRICE (AKA, PDXKARAOKEGUY)IS A POET, SHORT STORY, BIOGRAPHY AND HUMOR WRITER. HIS POETRY COLLECTION,DIGGING TO CHINA, WAS RELEASED FEBRUARY 2ND, 2013 BY SWEATSHOPPE PUBLICATIONS AND IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM, BARNES AND NOBLE AND THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSELLER.
HIS WORK WILL ALSO BE FEATURED IN BEST NEW WRITING (2014 EDITION), AND HAS APPEARED PREVIOUSLY IN THE RUSTY NAIL, EFICTION, THE CRISIS CHRONICLES, THE HELLROARING REVIEW, BURNINGWORD, THE WHISTLING FIRE, SEE SPOT RUN ANDTHE BELLWETHER REVIEW.
HE WORKS AS A FREELANCE WRITER, EDITOR, AND GHOST WRITER, AND IS WORKING TOWARDS HIS PH.D. HE LIVES IN A SUBURB OF PORTLAND, OREGON WITH HIS WIFE, ANDREA, THEIR LABRADOODLE, BELLA, SCHNOODLE, SAUVEE AND BLACK MOOR GOLDFISH, HOWARD WOLOWITZ.
My uncle's memoir
A Review of my uncle's memoir
- Two Copper Coins: A Book Review
a review of the book Two Copper Coins by Dale Price
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a short poem written by a high school student - Hot Pink Lipstick
a person's first real life encounter with dead body - Entangled
a major revision of a metaphorical poem. - Foreign
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