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In this, his second volume of published poetry, Dr. John McDonough has provided us the opportunity to look within his written lines for images of freedom, water, sky, courage, grace, and so much more. All together, there are eight chapters of various poetic themes, each chapter representing a unified subject matter. "Shimmering Petals" includes twelve poems of the natural world, "Pristine Waters", nine poems of rod and reel, while "The Gathering" provides twenty two poems dealing with family bonds. "The Open Door" presents twenty one poems of philosophical reflection, "The Wondrous Light" includes seventeen of religious insight, "The Healing Touch" gives nine poems dealing with medicine and science, "Let Peace be Waged" brings fourteen of strife and struggle, while "Fireflies" are seventeen poems of whimsical humor.
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John R. McDonough is a native of Tacoma, WA, and a graduate of Seattle University (B.S.), Creighton University (M.D. and M.S. in Physiology), and the University of California (M.P.H. in Epidemiology). He did his post-graduate medical training as an intern at St. Joseph Hospital in Tacoma, then as a resident in Internal Medicine at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in New Orleans, LA, and finally as a Cardiology Fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. He served as a Medical Officer with the U.S. Public Health Service from 1955 to 1975, and also served on the medical staff as Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at the University of Washington, where he was engaged in teaching and research. He then entered private practice as a cardiologist in Tacoma, retiring in 1998. He has since devoted greater time to family, traveling, fishing and composing verse. This is his second published book of poetry. The first, Casting About, was published in 2013.
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- PublisherMill City Press, Inc.
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1634130243
- ISBN 13 9781634130240
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages188
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