The Parkinson Poems

by Jan Seale

Overview

Parkinson's disease and poetry square off in this volume written from the perspectives of a caregiver and her husband. With grit, humor, and compassion, Jan Seale spells out the vicissitudes of dealing with this so-far incurable neurological condition affecting seven million people worldwide. From onset through progression and treatment to final simple toleration, the poems testify to the mysteries and vagaries of the disease. Seeing faces in everything, lacking the ability to smile, stalling in doorways, obsessing on creativity-these and other peculiar symptoms of the brain syndrome are explored in accessible poetry from the desk of a Texas poet laureate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780985083878
Publisher:	Lamar University Press
Publication date:	11/26/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	82
Sales rank:	1,127,633
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.17(d)