A visit from The Healing Muse: 'In the ER Waiting Room, I Sit Reading'
Deirdre Neilen, PhD (photo by Jim Howe)
Deirdre Neilen, PhD, shares a selection from Upstate‘s literary journal, “The Healing Muse,” every Sunday on “HealthLink on Air.” Neilen is the editor of the annual publication featuring fiction, poetry, essays and visual art focused on themes of medicine, illness, disability and healing. Read The Healing Muse Cafe Blog.
Today‘s selection is "In the ER Waiting Room, I Sit Reading" by Elaine Fowler Palencia.
Deirdre Neilen, PhD: Elaine Fowler Palencia is a poet from Champaign, Illinois, who has spent a lot of time in hospitals with her adult son, who has multiple disabilities. Her poem "In the ER Waiting Room, I Sit Reading" moves between observing her surroundings and seeing similarities in the James Baldwin book she is reading.
