The Heart and Two Wings
Kendall Merriam was born and raised in Rockland. He has a history degree from Gordon College and pursued graduate studies in military and maritime history at the University of Maine at Orono and Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Conn. He received grants to study historical research at Colonial Williamsburg and the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Kendall Merriam was born and raised in Rockland. He has a history degree from Gordon College and pursued graduate studies in military and maritime history at the University of Maine at Orono and Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Conn. He received grants to study historical research at Colonial Williamsburg and the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
For Kathleen Harper, MD
She considers every angle
every beat
topped by lovely curly silver hair
over ridiculous pink sneakers
she changed my meds
for the better
trying to avoid a cutting
but if she says I need
to pace myself
I will
trusting her will and knowledge
implicitly
I do not know
how to write about her fully
knowing nothing of her life
outside the Hospital
but that is enough
she sees so many
she works nights and Saturdays
she calls Phyllis, my wife
regularly so she won’t worry
a boon of words
for us both
hardly separated almost sixty years
a week ago I wanted to kill myself
now I want to live forever
writing poems, writing plays
writing from my heart
which Dr. Harper keeps beating
Kendall Merriam, Togus V. A. Hospital, room 328-2 March 11, 2021 10:07 AM
Listening to my neighbor on the phone.
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