This poem is taken from PN Review 62, Volume 14 Number 6, July - August 1988.
Medical PoemsIn Practice
Suppose I have to prescribe
a formula, such as
happiness being the extent
to which one loses the sense
of being alone.
Or that affection,
the nearest word I dare to use,
might be a remedy
to heal so much.
As one
who spends his days and nights
listening to old complaints,
feeling for tenderness,
awake to the usual events
of birth and death,
I'm on my own.
Second Generation
I cannot remember
...
The page you have requested is restricted to subscribers only. Please enter your username and password and click on 'Continue'.
If you have forgotten your username and password, please enter the email address you used when you joined. Your login details will then be emailed to the address specified.
If you are not a subscriber and would like to enjoy the 282 issues containing over 11,400 poems, articles, reports, interviews and reviews, why not subscribe to the website today?
If you have forgotten your username and password, please enter the email address you used when you joined. Your login details will then be emailed to the address specified.
If you are not a subscriber and would like to enjoy the 282 issues containing over 11,400 poems, articles, reports, interviews and reviews, why not subscribe to the website today?
