[Yale-readings] Caduceus Reading April 19th

[Nancy Kuhl]

>Caduceus Poetry Reading
>
>There will be a poetry reading by contributors 
>to Caduceus 5, the poets at Art Place on April 
>19^th , 2 p.m. at the Yale Bookstore ­ Barnes 
>and Nobel located on Broadway, New Haven. 
>Caduceus is a collection of poetry and a 
>publication of the Yale Medical Group. Copies 
>are distributed in the waiting rooms of the Yale 
>Physician’s building for the reading pleasure of 
>patients, staff and faculty. Two Yale Medical 
>Group physicians have work featured in this 
>issue of Caduceus, Dr. Laura M. Manuelidis, 
>professor and Section Chief of Surgery and Dr. 
>Barry L. Zaret, the Dr. W. Berliner Professor of 
>Medicine (cardiology), and professor of 
>Diagnostic Radiology. The reading is free and open to the public.
>
>In addition to contributors who work in the 
>medical, health and caregiver fields, other 
>accomplished poets as well as first time 
>published authors are included in this 
>collection. Those reading on April 19^th 
>include: Merrill Adams, Christine Beck, Shula 
>Chernoff, Ginny Lowe Connor, Audrey A. Fitting, 
>Tony Fusco, Patti Fusco, Emi Gonzales, Doris 
>Henderson, Laura Mauuelidis, Pat Mottola, Pit 
>Pinegar, Alexandrina Sergio, Vivian Shipley , 
>Peggy Sapphire, Sheila Murphy, Elaine Zimmerman, 
>Richard Tietjen and Mark McGuire Schwartz.
>
>In the poems in this volume, Sharon Charde 
>shares with us some of the anguish of her son’s 
>death. Award winning poet Laura Boss observes 
>her father “smiling the smile/ that made the 
>ladies/ move across the room to him” and how 
>“Too many women cried at my father’s funeral” in 
>her poem: /I Am My Father’s Daughter./
>
>Dr. Sara Cross offers us a unique perspective as 
>an OB/GYN resident with her sharp observations 
>and ability to find beauty in her surroundings. 
>Renown Cardiologist Barry Zaret lauds Rabbi 
>Richard Eisenberg in /Teach Me./ Dr. Laura 
>Manuelidis who has recently published her book 
>of poetry is represented with a lyric and 
>musical the /Stab, /while Shula Chernoff who 
>also has a new book out enchants the reader with 
>such lines as: “The dahlia, like the woman who 
>drew you to her, delicate with a spread of brilliant petals.”
>
>Vivian Shipley never fails to stir our memories 
>and move our hearts as she does again in 
>/Orphan,/ when at Thanksgiving ,her mind returns 
>to her mother, she frets “writing/ this poem is 
>like tapping a code on a cement wall/ not 
>knowing if the cell on the other side is empty.”
>
>Doris Henderson implores us to have “a Victorian 
>day” and Pat Mortolla tells us / Lovers Always 
>Say They’ll Never Leave You Sometimes You Should 
>Believe Them/, and that is only the title!
>
>Copies can be ordered for a donation of $10 each 
>by calling 203-785-3438 or mailing a check made 
>out to Yale University- to Caduceus, Yale 
>Medical Group, 300 George Street 6th floor, New Haven, CT 06536

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