Tag Archives: breast cancer

A Story About Time or Why I Wear a Mechanical Watch Every Day

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Mark Kerstetter

When I was a kid I liked wristwatches and had a couple of Timex hand-winders in my possession. One, a small plain white dial piece with Arabic indices and a strap of gray with black speckles, I liked to wear … Continue reading →

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Of Ice Crystals and Flaming Hearts

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Mark Kerstetter

My poem, The Effulgent Heart is out now in the new issue of Survivor’s Review. It’s a poem very close to my own heart. I wrote it at the end of the cycle of poems that became my chapbook Prayers … Continue reading →

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Prayer for Tomorrow

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Mark Kerstetter

Monday morning, 9:30 your life will change —from Prayer for Tomorrow, the first poem of my chapbook, One Step: prayers and curses. On the 12th of this month it will be exactly one year ago. I was at work when … Continue reading →

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On Illness as Metaphor

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Mark Kerstetter

Note: I wrote the following earlier this year and for obscure reasons didn’t want to share it then. Now, with the publication of my cancer related poems, the time is right.   A quick scan of the reviews of Susan … Continue reading →

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