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Songs of Arthritis
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781639801985
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Published: Oct 20 2022
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
-Steven Dale Davison is the author of three books of poetry, Dancing Mockingbird, O My Heart, and The Road to Continental Heart.
John Muth is a wordsmith, a stand-up-comic trapped in the soul of a poet. He wields satire like a rapier-witty, timely, intelligent, a reflection of the times in which we live, yet with a heart hidden beneath dark humor. In Songs of Arthritis, John takes us on a Camino of the aging process, with its incessant reminders, through bodily discomfort, of everyone's journey from cradle to grave, and the myriad ways we defend ourselves against the pre-ordained hook-up with the Grim Reaper. John uses suffering as a common vehicle in which we can all find communion -that slight relief from the inescapable degradation of the body over time. Misery has to have something to enjoy and with John Muth, you are in good company.
-Steve Nolan is the author of three books of poetry, Go Deep, Base Camp, and American Carnage, An Officer's Duty to Warn.
John Muth's latest book, Songs of Arthritis, is a walk on the wry side into the shadows of aging. The collection shares a uniquely personal and witty take on the aches, pains and medical misadventures that may be thrust upon us. This book with poems like, Grandma's Fingers, Music as Medicine, (with lines like Mozart's timpani in forte/ strikes off the ice/ from a half-frozen muscle, ) and Cortisone Hope all wonderfully resonate with his droll and spirited take on the world and you meet someone who will never, Go gentle into that good night.
-Coleen Marks, is the author of Writing Naked and Twin Passions and an award-winning photographer.
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