Rhonda,

If you are interested I have just published three very nice books of poetry on Amazon.com entitled:
Loose Cannon Parables: A Search for Truth.......... Poetry dealing with our search for truth.
American Jesus: Warlord.......... Poetry dealing with a Jesus worshipped by white American Republicans
God: Conscience Within.......... Poetry dealing dealing with the teachings of Jesus

You might enjoy taking a look at and even purchasing one or more of my books as my poetry is very easy to read and understand as well as some very nice liberal Democrat satire, if you like that sort of thing.

Your Friend
Doug

PS I really did like you poem: On Emerging from a Coma.

Thank you everyone in the production of this piece. Nicely done.

Thank You, James!

Excellent and thought provoking.

Thank You both, Doug and Victor...and I definitely will connect with you, Doug; my son just got out of the hospital and I will try to get caught up on everything over the weekend. Didn't Victor do a wonderful job of performing the poem? I am humbled, and grateful...Thank You again, Victor, and sending get well wishes your way, Doug. =)

This piece fits itself together in many amazing ways. I love the use of language such as: as I pulled blue / Bullfights from his tongue; he tasted like music and / crushed wineglasses. The reference to being pulled back from Guernica is powerful. Kudos Rhonda!

Yes! Very nice poem! Extremely creative, and well said as one who is on the "verge of death" somewhere "deep in the heart" of Mexico or Spain is now very thankfully receiving "the saving breath of life" from an individual that one would not ordinarily associate with or even perhaps recognize as a human being........ at least that is how I have interpreted your poem.

You may write me at:

Doug Soderstrom
dougsoderstrom@sbcglobal.net

Thank You, Paul! =)

Ah, yes! Art can bring us back to life! Loved it.