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    In the Care of Plenty: Poems
    In the Care of Plenty: Poems
    In the Care of Plenty: Poems
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    In the Care of Plenty: Poems

    By Allan Hugh Cole Jr.

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    The poems in this book were written after the author was diagnosed young-onset Parkinson's disease at the age of forty-eight. Some of the poems include reflections on and accounts of his experiences of sadness, darkness, and struggle, especially during the first year following his diagnosis. More of the poems capture experiences of deep questioning, discovery, acceptance, joy, and hope. This range of reflections and experiences is what we would expect for one who mourns and learns to live in peace after a life-changing loss.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResource Publications
    Release dateNov 12, 2021
    ISBN9781666702767
    In the Care of Plenty: Poems
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    Allan Hugh Cole Jr.

    Allan Hugh Cole Jr. is an ordained Presbyterian minister and Nancy Taylor Williamson Professor of Pastoral Care at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is the coauthor of Losers, Loners, and Rebels: The Spiritual Struggles of Boys, and author of Good Mourning and The Life of Prayer.

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      In the Care of Plenty

      Poems

      Allan Hugh Cole Jr.

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      Poems

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      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Acknowledgments

      I

      The River

      Unforeseen

      Persistence

      Determination

      Night

      What?

      Hope

      Not Yet Complete

      Sanctuary

      Disparity

      Church Bells

      II

      Staying Afloat

      Scraping the Knee

      The Front Porch

      Values

      The Secret

      My Physician Friend

      For One Who Has Lost

      The Teacher

      Doctors’ Words

      Listening

      For the Newly Diagnosed

      The Fall and The Swallow

      Medicine

      Give and Take

      Illness Calls

      Our People

      One Click

      Are You Angry?

      My Kindred

      The Lake

      More Than Before

      Faces

      A Long Haul

      Comfort

      Healing

      Sojourning

      Disabled

      III

      The Exam Room

      Nine Words

      The Wise

      The Cul-De-Sac

      Insomnia

      My Pacer

      The Man by the Lake

      What If?

      Levodopa

      Coping

      Daughters

      In the Care of Plenty

      For Michael Adams and Elizabeth Gaucher

      But I have promises to keep,

      And miles to go before I sleep.

      Robert Frost

      Acknowledgments

      I am grateful for several people who inspired the poems in this book or helped improve them. A particular

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