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Iowa Writes SAM ERWIN is a second, As a measurement, I section my day preparing a holiday meal, When traveling, My diagnosis slows time. Appointments and treatments, Midnight, I discover I recognize A minute |
About Iowa Writes Since 2006, Iowa Writes has featured the work of Iowa-identified writers (whether they have Iowa roots or live here now) and work published by Iowa journals and publishers on The Daily Palette. Iowa Writes features poetry, fiction, or nonfiction twice a week on the Palette. In November of 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Iowa City, Iowa, the world's third City of Literature, making the community part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Iowa City has joined Edinburgh, Scotland and Melbourne, Australia as UNESCO Cities of Literature. Find out more about submitting by contacting iowa-writes@uiowa.edu SAM ERWIN Sam Erwin lives in West Des Moines, where she is exploring a path toward acceptance through words, art and spiritual direction. She was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1999 at the age of 43. She wrote this poem as part of The Patient Voice Project. The Patient Voice Project (http://artshare.uiowa.edu/pvp/index.html) offers free creative writing classes to individuals with chronic and mental illness in the Iowa City area. Created by students at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and Arts Share, the classes are conducted in both one-on-one and group sessions and are intended for all age ranges and ability levels. |
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