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For those who like their poetry on the light side:
The link: http://youtu.be/0nTmSu6v0LA
Sporks have always favored BBC. While they don’t agree with everything BBC has to say — although for the moment we cannot recall any serious disagreement with BBC’s reporting — they generally find enlightenment and occasional illumination there.
This “take” on poetry is no exception.
A Protest in Montreal against raising college tuition.
It’s not often that a protest is as beautiful as this one. The real question, of course, is how effective it will be. But the beauty of it is a revelation.
Direct link:http://vimeo.com/42848523
One of the truly nifty aspects of being addicted to poetry is that even after years of reading and writing poetry, it is still possible to find new and exciting work.
(Actually, new to me, although not new to the world.)
A real pleasure to see a book, dip into it, and think, “Wow! You can do this with poetry.”
Alan Casline explores Native American history, Dutch colonial history, and environmental themes in this 40-page volume from Foothills Publishing. The poems are presented in the order in which they were written over an 18 month period.
Here’s a snippet from one of my favorites, “The Mystery of the Ghost Haunted Hills”:
Breathe in
a thousand souls.
Breath out
correspondingly.
Martina Sinnott (niece) and Katie Ryan (daughter) at the inquest into the death of Teresa Doyle at Clonmel Courthouse yesterday.Photograph: Dylan Vaughan
A woman with Behcet’s Disease died because her doctors failed to investigate the cause of her current illness. They assumed that Behcet’s Disease was causing her illness. But it wasn’t.
Because this happened in Ireland, not in the United States, an inquest was held and the true cause of her death was determined. Perhaps the results will prevent other deaths in the community.
Caspian Tern flying above Lake Ontario at Wilson, New York
And I am flying, too, by car, to a much-anticipated poetry event. (And leaving Surly Man at home to guard the house and mow the lawn.)
Experts: Use patients to reduce errors in electronic records
Well, here’s a revelation that makes it worthwhile to get up in the morning.
(Yes, I know. Sarcasm does not work well on the internet. But I cannot resist.)
It took a federal grant and a webinar to bring this to the health system’s attention? They could have asked any patient who has ever looked at these records. Only exception I’ve encountered is “My Chart” at Cleveland Clinic where the records are shown to patients as they (the records) are created.
Our experience there shows that careful record-keeping is possible.
But not usual in most places I have visited. Which is why I am still hand-carrying medical reports from one facility to another. And why I keep a paper file of medical records at home, obtaining them from each medical facility as I go, so I know they are correct.
Most recent experience involved a bone density test with a dumbed-down report “that our doctors asked for” which could be understood by a kindergartner and was of no use whatsoever.
Had I authorized transmittal of that report to a specialist without seeing what was in it, I would have been embarrassed for the facility that produced it and the doctor who supposedly asked for it in that form.
It took footwork, up and down stairs between two offices before I was able to extract the usual report.
No wonder patients get crabby and wear sneakers when dealing with health care.
Spork Minor aka Martha Deed, Connecting the Dots: From Family Advocacy to Patient Safety in the Hospital, Patient Safety InSight, May, 2012
Millie Niss aka Spork Major
May 6, 1973 - November 29, 2009
We do not forget how difficult your life was.
We remember how strongly you held on to that life.
We do not forget your apprehension that medical error could kill you.
We remember that medical errors killed you.
I write things. I make things. I code things. When I die, something will be left. Can you say as much for yourself?
…
Take joy in me. I am alive. I may not always be alive, but I fight very very hard to stay alive…
Millie
August 6, 2001 7:09 PM
This is where I often walk to look for birds. Usually, I’m in the park a couple of times a week, and sometimes more often, especially when the birds are migrating — as they are now. Fortunately, I did not go birding in the park last Friday.
It’s another lesson in “It can happen here.” And, it’s a tragedy for the family.
