Premium & Rewards Members 25% Off Pre-Order Books With Code PREORDER25 Ends 6/26 Shop Now Online only. See page for details.Premium & Rewards Members 25% Off Pre-Order Books With Code PREORDER25 Ends 6/26 Shop Now Online only. See page for details.
Paperback
$22.00
Promotion message icon
Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5.Learn More
Formats
In stock
This item is currently out of stock online.
Free standard shipping on orders over $60
Select a store to view item availability.
CODES: Poems from the Edge of Living is a poetry collection about urgency, survival, and the fragile truth of being alive.

Drawing from the language of healthcare—Code Blue, Asystole, Ventilator, DNR, ROSC—Alexis Cullen transforms medical terms into reflections on mortality, burnout, grief, resilience, and presence. These poems live in the space between crisis and clarity, asking what happens when life interrupts our autopilot and demands that we pay attention.

Written with restraint, honesty...