I’m pleased to announce that my poem “Waiting for the Call” is live at River and South Review. Many thanks to managing editor Alexandra Thomas and the River and South Review team for taking this piece, another in my series of hendecasyllabic poems.
O at the Edges
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O at the Edges 
Love the feistyness of this piece! And hope you got your wish! Congrats again, Bob!
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Thanks, Lynne. And no, I’ve been rejected from three trials thus far.
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Yikes! Well I think love conquers all 🙏 Wishing you the best health in 2025
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We’re still trying!
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Oh my! A clinical trial gave my father seven pretty good years. Hope is a double edged sword. May the new year bring some.
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Thank you, Angela. As it turned out, I was disqualified for this trial due to a new brain lesion. Rather ironic, don’t you think, to be disqualified from a cancer trial due to, uh, cancer?
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My brother spent his entire career in that business. I don’t have a good view of it. So sorry.
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We’ll keep trying. Options are dwindling…
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Crap!
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Congrats, Robert.
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Thank you, Andrew!
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You’re welcome.
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Sometimes anger is the only proper response. But one never knows what tomorrow will bring (hopefully better sleep at least). (K)
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It was depressing, as they disqualified me just a few days before I was scheduled to begin. Oh, well.
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Ask if you can try it anyway? Can your doc push it and get the treatment?
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That was months ago, and that particular study is no longer open. But others will appear.
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Congratulations on the publication of your gutpunch of a poem, Bob.
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Thank you, Liz.
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You’re welcome, Bob.
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Oh I hope for a clinical trial with great results
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That’s our hope, too. Keep your fingers crossed that one pops up!
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They seem to be doing a lot of new exciting things.
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The last five years have seen remarkable advances.
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Such a very powerful piece. I, too, hope for a successful trial
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Thank you, Derrick. We’re trying to find other trials!
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This is such a powerful poem. So honest. Real. I am rooting for the right new trial, Bob.
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Thank you, Alison. It’s just a matter of time. 🙂
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Thanks, Ken!
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Thinking of you, hoping to see new posts, new poems here, as I catch up with the beginning of year. Sorry to hear of the disappointments, happy to read you though. Weird huh?
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Thanks, Frank. It’s been a strange two years. But I’m here, still active, or as active as I can be. Life is good!
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