Shrapnel

titanium screws for your shattered dreams
…

so don’t give us all that natural bullshit
carry with pride the shrapnel of the age.

These poems are warm and accessible personal reflections ranging from medical practice to a close observation of the telling details in daily life; from family fun and loss to the natural world and time-wrought transitions.
In this collection, poetic form playfully traverses haiku, compact vignettes, sonnet, villanelle and lyric free verse.