Category: PTSD
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DAN ANDERS
I lost a good friend on Wednesday, 5/6/15. His name was Dan Anders. He was a Vietnam Vet. He died at 1420 hours about 5 to 10 minutes after I walked out of his room. I had spent over an hour visiting with him and his wife. He had pancreatic cancer. He was in the…
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Dan On Friday
I saw Dan on Friday. I saw him and met his wife and daughter at the VA hospital at Bay Pines. He is in the hospice unit. That unit is unique because the people working there volunteer to be there. They are not assigned. Each has personal reasons for being there. It is an incredibly…
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Second Followup on Dan.
I learned just a few days ago that Dan had originally been given six to nine months. That was only a month back. Then the time was shortened to three months. Sadly, on Tuesday this week, Gina called to tell me that Dan was in the VA hospital and had been given three weeks to…
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Thanksgiving!
Good morning, afternoon, evening!….I have a lot of followers from all over the world. Some of you may be celebrating Thanksgiving and some of you may not. Even so, I wanted to write you and say thank you for following this site. I have over 700 people following this site. That is quite a lot…
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WHEN I WAS YOUNG — ONE
WHEN I WAS YOUNG — ONE Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All rights reserved. When I was young, I once ran naked into the sea, And swam as far as I could swim, Almost drowned! But I was young. And that was then. When I was young, I drank a lot of beer, And held in…
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DEPRESSION 101
DEPRESSION 101 Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All Rights Reserved U Toucha My Poem I Breaka U Face Depression comes to visit and Finds me sleeping on the floor On the floor near the door Sleeping on the floor near the door A pillowed blanket colored sand In the bedroom by the bed Where such dreams…
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RAGS BY THE DOOR
Rags by the Door Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn Poet in the Rain, All rights reserved. It’s fucking 3 AM! I growl at it —I growl at him, There, There, the reflection by the door. I should be in bed! I should be in bed, but I’m not. I’m not! Instead— I’m drinking beer, At a…
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Raindrops Falling
Raindrops Falling Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All rights reserved, The Poet in the Rain. Raindrops Thick, fat, doomed rain drops Falling blindly from the sky Not knowing they will die Thumping drops Bumping drops Hunting drops For a dry place to land Falling still Not know they will die And spread out on the landing…
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Whatever is Fun?
Whatever is Fun? A Poem by Gordon Kuhn, Poet in the Rain Copyright 2013 All rights reserved by Gordon Kuhn Memories, Wish they were lost in the rain But, instead They follow me, and I lick the pain I am tricked to believe That somehow Someway Someday It will all go and leave me To…
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THE PUPPY IN THE RIVER
The Puppy in the River Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All Rights Reserved Subliminal thoughts of deep despair, Beneath the Des Plaines surface there; Shallow waters ran cold and dark, Did silence the puppy’s plaintive bark. A toss, a throw, from bridge above to water flowing not far below; A brick about its neck, a final…
THOUGHTS OF A POET IN THE RAIN 