BODY PARTS: A COLLECTION OF POEMS ABOUT AGING

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF 50 POEMS ON AGING JUST LIKE THE TITLE SAYS. THEY RANGE FROM THE EARS AND HEARING TO THE KNEES AND BENDING, BUT THEY MUCH MORE THAN THAT SOME EVEN BRING UP THE TOPIC OF AGING IN THAT WHEN YOU REACH A CERTAIN AGE PEOPLE CALL YOU ELDERLY, YET AT TIMES YOU DO NOT FEEL ELDERLY. I ENJOYED MANY OF THESE POEMS IN THIS COLLECTION, BUT I DO GOT TO SAY I CAN NOT FULL GRASP THIS SUBJECT COMPLETELY SINCE I AM ONLY IN MY 20S. I RECOMMEND THOUGH THAT IF YOU HAVE A MOM, DAD, AUNT, UNCLE, OR GRANDPARENTS IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT GIFT TO THEM CAUSE THEY MOST CERTAINLY WOULD ENJOY THE SUBJECT.

THE ONLY REGRESSION I HAVE AGAINST THIS COLLECTION IS NOT ONE AGAINST THE WRITING ITSELF OR THE AUTHOR IT IS THAT I WISHED MORE WERE FUNNY, CAUSE SOME WHERE A TAD SCARY TO ME IN THAT THIS IS WHAT I HAVE LEFT TO FACE WITH MY BODY GIVING OUT.

WITH THIS REVIEW I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SMALL SPOILER IN THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE MY TWO FAVORITE POEMS FROM THE NOVEL SO YOU THE READER CAN SEE THAT THIS NOVEL IS BOTH HUMOROUS, YET SERIOUS. SO IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE ANY PART SPOILED PLEASE STOP READING HERE......

THE FIRST IS TO ME A MORE HUMOROUS ONE:

MEMORY LAPSES

Several dozen years ago

I was on a TV show.

I won a car and lots of money

"Great Books" and chairs and jars of honey.

My Mind was sharp, right on the mark

I knew I couldn't lose.

These days I'm really lucky

If I can find my shoes.

When I need to park my car

I let the valet mind it.

If I parked my car myself

I don't think I could find it.

Often I see people

I know that I once knew.

But how or where or when we met

I haven't got a clue.

What happened to this memory

That once I often flaunted?

Now when I go get something

I forget what it was I wanted.

(page 2)

AND NOW ONE WITH A MUCH MORE SERIOUS TONE.....

TIME TO DIE

I want to die with dignity.

Not how the system plans for me.

Not in a hospital bed

With many tubes about my head

My body undergoing tests

When all I really need is rest.

For I'll know when and I'll know why

The time has come for me to die.

(page 50)

FROM THESE TWO EXCERTS YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS COLLECTION RANGES.

THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM AND OUTSKIRTSPRESS.COM/BODYPARTS. IT IS $10.95, BUT ALL THE AUTHOR'S PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS BOOK GO TO THE CSULA EMERITI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP WHICH WAS SET UP IN THE MEMORY OF HER SON DAVID CAMERON FISHER. SO NOT ONLY WILL YOU GET A GREAT COLLECTIONS OF POEMS ON AGING YOU CARE GIVING TO A GREAT CAUSE!