News at Eleven: That's a nightmare every parent dreads,

and it resonates with fear, anguish, anger, and doubt. [John] Morgan has captured a visceral emotion and given it voice, given it color. It made goose pimples rush up my back, and I dropped the book to call my three daughters, just to assure myself they were OK. They're all adults, but that fear never really goes away.

This is a poem in 24 parts, covering the extent of illness and recovery, from sitting in the hospital waiting for word, to flying his son to another state for treatment, to the doctor's angry "Why didn't you bring him sooner?"

from Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Morgan's no-frills 'Spear-Fishing' an excellent poetry collection

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