Three Poems from THE HORIZONTAL POET by Jan Steckel, MD

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Saturday, September 08, 2007
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I’d probably still be a pediatrician if it weren’t for bad degenerative disc disease that started in medical school. I’ve been in increasing left low back and left leg pain for nearly twenty years. For the first twelve years I had difficulty sitting, so I would st...

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That&#39;s not enough poems we need more.
Susan lic
Sunday, September 09, 2007 at 01:43 AM
I love to read poems. I feel that you have a great way of showing what mind is thinking. You can picture what a poet is writing about and know that they have found a way to get in touch with what is happening. The pain may stop you from getting around but the words put you back in motion. I use to baby sit a lot and I did a lot with the children. Children with disabilities, babies, to large group of kids at a time. We would go camping, art work, farming, and just spend time together when they needed to talk. Now my back is out and my ms holds me back. I try to paint still and every now and than I try to write poems. It's hard to find people who are good with words, you differently have a talent for using words.

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Jan Steckel7
Sunday, September 09, 2007 at 02:00 PM

Hi Susan,

Thanks so much for your kind comment on my three poems from The Horizontal Poet. I hope your back improves; I have a friend who's a painter, and it's harder for her to paint when her back hurts than it is for me to write. If you'd like to get a newsletter four times a year with links to new published work and a schedule of my upcoming readings, just send an e-mail to jan.steckel@post.harvard.edu.

All my best,
Jan

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