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About Lucie Brock- Broida’s “Real Life”
About Lucie Brock- Broida’s “Real Life” As I was scrolling through my Facebook feed on Monday, after having posted the previous blog earlier in the day, I discovered Lucie Brock- Broida’s (1956- 2018) poem, “Real Life” (poets.org>poem>real-life). I say discovered because I’d never encountered the poem before. “Real Life” was published in Brock- Broida’s first… Continue reading
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What I Know and What I Don’t Believe
As a male in my early sixties, I’m one of the twelve percent of thirty- five- to seventy- nine- year- old Canadians who’ve been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Alberta, the Canadian province that is my home, in the summer is exposed either to heat and smoke or to humidity with impending rain.… Continue reading
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5-13, 2023-Living With COPD
My medical condition is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). There is severe impairment with my breathing function. I live with a constant sense of congestion in my lungs. There are efforts to cough the phlegm up several times a day, but it seems easiest to cough it up after I go to bed. The COPD… Continue reading
About Me
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