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Notes from a Caregiver - by Meg Lindsay (Paperback)

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  • Inspired by the doctor and poet, William Carlos Williams, who wrote poetry on his prescription pad when on house calls, the poems in Notes from a Caregiver originated in waiting rooms and doctors' offices when Meg Lindsay's husband collapsed with multiple myeloma, a cancer causing bone fractures.
  • Author(s): Meg Lindsay
  • 52 Pages
  • Poetry, Women Authors

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Inspired by the doctor and poet, William Carlos Williams, who wrote poetry on his prescription pad when on house calls, the poems in Notes from a Caregiver originated in waiting rooms and doctors' offices when Meg Lindsay's husband collapsed with multiple myeloma, a cancer causing bone fractures. Lindsay writes of her personal journey as a caregiver, not clichés and 'feel good' sayings, which can be isolating and make one feel inadequate. Instead, she uses poetry to reveal authentic emotions, often odd and unpredictable, ranging from compassion to despair to anger and even to humor.

"Notes from a Caregiver is a 'must read' for anyone, caregiver, patient, family member, or friend, who finds herself or himself in the chaos of a critical illness. I wish I had had it to accompany me when I was the primary caregiver for my husband in similar circumstances. In addition, as a psychotherapist in private practice, I see Meg Lindsay's book of poems as a guide for medical professionals, psychotherapists, and technicians, who treat people suffering from life-threatening illnesses, and their families. We can all become more educated to the sensitivities, and vulnerabilities, of the psychic shock that comes with this territory."

--Bonnie L. Damron, PhD, LCSW, Archetypal Pattern Analyst



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When a wife suddenly becomes her husband's caregiver, everything changes--"because the rules of this road are different." In poems that are brutally realistic and deeply tender, poet and painter Meg Lindsay tells us what it's like when this new road is traveled. When her husband, Gary, collapsed with aggressive Multiple Myeloma, neither was prepared for the journey ahead. Just as Doctor William Carlos Williams wrote poems in between patients, Lindsay writes in exam rooms and waiting rooms, writes as Gary receives infusions and endures tests--and her poems tell of a new marital intimacy, one that emerged from the physical tending required by bed bath and commode, and from the emotional support demanded by a spouse's pain and disabilities. These are important and moving poems, beautifully transparent, and a roadmap for others who may be walking this same unfamiliar path.

--Cortney Davis, author of Taking Care of Time (Winner, Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize, University of Michigan Press)

Through her capacity for deep and sustained attention, Meg Lindsay has transformed the burdens of caregiving into a strange sort of beauty. Small, painfully human moments and mundane tasks reverberate with profound meaning. We can feel Lindsay using language to heal the rupture that illness has created, and thus, her poetry becomes a salve for all of us, who will inevitably experience the suffering of someone we love. Notes from a Caregiver offers comfort, companionship, wisdom, and even humor, to those on caregiving's arduous journey. Lindsay's writing teaches us that to look closely and to struggle to put what we see and experience into words, is a powerful form of love.

--Charlotte Friedman, Adjunct Professor, Narrative Medicine, Barnard College, Columbia University

Meg Lindsay's poems are deeply moving and sometimes even humorous. Each verse guides us through the twists and turns of a bone cancer diagnosis too late to avert injury, treatment, repair. Her words gently illuminate the arduous road she and her husband are traveling and the continuous dialog between caregiver and patient. Their unrelenting partnership and love offer us a way forward.

--Jen Walker, Attorney, Literacy Advocate and Multiple Myeloma Caregiver

This new collection, Notes from a Caregiver by Meg Lindsay, is laden with imagistic gems which brave the paradox of hope, when the "facts" are not in your favor. But there remains hope to this author, and hopelessness, inexpressible will and work and grief--all as true as any "fact." Lindsay writes "Death is a dash/or could it be.... Theoretically?" I love the provocative questions which Lindsay insists be answered--answered with a dash--

This is a large-hearted, beautifully sequenced, well-crafted, and careful collection.

--Kate Knapp Johnson, poet, author of The Wind-Bike

"These poems are fierce, passionate paeans to love--love of self and love for a beloved husband whose sickness has interfered but not destroyed the intensity of the relationship."

--Julie Bondanza, Jungian Analyst


Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .12 Inches (D)
Weight: .17 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 52
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: Women Authors
Publisher: Poetry Box
Format: Paperback
Author: Meg Lindsay
Language: English
Street Date: January 21, 2020
TCIN: 1005015152
UPC: 9781948461528
Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-1288
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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