When All the World Is Old Poems

Name: When All the World Is Old Poems
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ISBN: 9780984592265

ISBN-10: 0984592261

ISBN-13: 9780984592265

Edition: 2012

Authors: John Rybicki

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At the age of twenty-nine, just five years after they met, John Rybicki's wife, the poet Julie Moulds, was diagnosed with cancer. Here, in poems raw and graceful, authentic and wise, Rybicki pays homage to the brave love they shared during her sixteen-year battle and praises the caregivers--nurses and doctors and friends--who helped them throughout. He invites the reader to bear witness to not only the chemotherapy, the many remissions, and the bone marrow transplants, but also the adoption of the couple's son, the lifted prayers, borrowed time, and lovers' last touches. A husband smashes an ice-cream cone against his forehead to make his wife laugh. He awakes in the middle of the night to…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Publishing Laboratory at UNC Wilmington, The
Publication date: 4/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 106
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English