BURSTING WITH DANGER AND MUSIC - Tecno-Libro

Jack Coulehan&rsquo.s latest collection of poems arises from the uncertainties, pain, and limitations of medical practice where moments of insight and joy are bursting with danger and music. &mdash.&mdash.&mdash.&mdash.&mdash. In pitch-perfect poems that see clearly the humanity behind a patient&rsquo.s illness and actions, Coulehan investigates life&rsquo.s essential minutiae&mdash.the observed moment, the healing gesture, the internal response. In poems such as &ldquo.Forbidden Perfume&rdquo. and &ldquo.Referral from Dolores,&rdquo. he is not afraid to examine the often unspoken-about reality of care giving&mdash.the human odors of illness and neglect. And yet his poems are elegantly humane. they look beyond the difficult surface to see the worth, the holiness, of the individual person. My favorite poem in this new collection is the lovely, &ldquo.Darkness is Gathering Me.&rdquo. There is darkness in this collection&mdash.the &ldquo.Danger&rdqu