Poetry Issue #9: Open Call November 19th, 2021 November 19th, 2021 When I Tell the PA That I’m Shaking, Constantly Shaking, He Says, by Ron Riekki When I Tell the PA That I’m Shaking, Constantly Shaking, He Says, “Show me.” He says it like he is sick of me already. He just met me, already sick of me. The VA is full. The VA’s stomach is full of people. So many are homeless. They see me as homeless. They hate the homeless. ...
Read MorePoetry Issue #9: Open Call November 19th, 2021 November 19th, 2021 Love Lost & Found: For Qi Hong by Yuan Changming Love Lost & Found: For Qi Hong 1. Missing in Missed Moments Each time I miss you ++++A bud begins to bloom ++So you are surrounded by flowers Everywhere you go Each time I miss you ++++A dot of light pops up ++So you are illuminated by a whole sky Of stars through the night 2. The Soft Power What softens ++++++++A human heart is Neither money nor ...
Read MorePoetry Issue #9: Open Call November 19th, 2021 Letter from the Poetry Editor: A Requiem’s Saving Grace by Steve Granzyk he chorus of poetic voices in our Winter 2021 issue intone a requiem for the losses of mortal humanity. Lost innocence, lost pregnancy, loss of mobility or memory, lost loved ones, lost opportunity to speak love, and, importantly, the loss of respect we deserve from others, due to physical abuse or racism and other forms of ...
Read MoreEditorial Issue #9: Open Call November 19th, 2021 Letter from the Editor: Choosing the Light by Tracy Granzyk very issue of Please See Me usually begins with a call for submissions based on a health-related theme in need of exploration and elevation. We never know who will submit, what type of stories, essays, poetry and art will arrive, and what inspiring conversations or personal growth will come from working with our authors. Our ninth issue was ...
Read MoreNonfiction Issue #9: Open Call November 19th, 2021 Letter from the Guest Nonfiction Editor: Thoughts From the ICU by Brenda Arthur t is an unusual experience to take care of a patient who is mechanically ventilated. In the Emergency Department, we encounter patients in respiratory distress often. Sometimes, patients are in so much distress that a breathing tube is placed down their throat. The tube is connected to a ventilator that helps them breathe. These ventilated patients ...
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Read MorePoetry Issue #9: Open Call November 19th, 2021 November 19th, 2021 Poem Title or # by Author Voice It is raw. Purpled and chafed thin, worn and warned. It denotes mere meemies before white coats: ++++++++another Medicaid queen to diagnose. It is tight. Squeezed fingers dig with nails that pierce the silence and trust that whatever pain I’m in, ++++++++it’s better than treatment in this skin. It is sore. It has hollered and howled, generations of harvests and fibroids and is now a high-pitched white noise— ++++++++bloody murder into the void. It ...
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