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Erin McGee Ferrell

Professionally a Visual Artist for over 30 years, I occasionally have poems that come to me. Please look at my paintings, ArtistAMERICAN.com, and understand that both the pen and the paintbrush do the same job. One I am a master of, the other...poetry...a novice. The past year I have dealt with Breast Cancer. My collection of works on this site reflect this unexpected and difficult journey. The Pirate Crew Paper Doll Collection is a Breast Cancer Educational Tool featuring Ms. Mastectomy, Ms. Chemotherapy, Ms. Radiation, Ms. Oophorectomy, and Ms. BRCA2. These works are dedicated to all who have walked in this path.

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StrangeHoliday

➗Holiday Outfit:

2 gummy disks wrapped in cadaver skin and sewn onto my chest.

2 plastic tubes connected to plastic bulbs connected to torso.

↗️Holiday Travel:

Our daughter was hiking the Scottish moors and watching River Otters not realizing her flight home left that exact moment. (She’s coming home later today!)

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CABIN MORNING

Why so many open, raw wounds?

Deep grief of rejection by son, daughter.

Both far away with no desire to reach home.

Deep longing to nurture a baby, to rock, kiss and soothe a tiny being.

Mother that I am.

"She that soothes those who cry in the night."

by Erin McGee Ferrell

(Cabin Front Porch With Coffee & A Bowl Of Kix)

Mugu and I arrived here last night.

Unloaded the crap and went for a "date" at Flying Goose Pub where he had French Fries and a Sprite and I have beer and a burger.

This morning, neither of us has spoken a word - it's 9:15 - Slow Time.

Nate Brango - Joy this afternoon after he does a funeral.

Fiona & Dogo back in MAINE.

Angus at West Point.

by Erin McGee Ferrell

Please Look Me In The Eye

With my newly-shaved head, please look me in the eye.

At the gym, no-one knows where to look.

An elephant in the room, I would do the same.

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ALTAR In My Room

Three small flames are lit.

St Francis, Picasso and my grandmother's rain poem sit on the table.

The medicine bag from Ghost Ranch and some good papers from a wise woman.

This life is hard with fewer and lessened moments of joy.

I sit on the prayer bench Nate made and commit my crap to God's care.

Tired of it all.

by Erin McGee Ferrell

4th Day After Chemo #1

Making the bed is overrated...

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Couldn't Help Crying

Today, each time I sat in front of a nurse, I cried.

I cried when she asked me to pee in a cup.

I cried when she asked me to confirm my name.

I cried when she asked me to take off my coat.

I cried at this day and how I so wish I wasn't there.

by Erin McGee Ferrell

Gather Round Me Nest

Oh gather these things round me.

Round my room and into boxes marked "new".

The money spent is silly in exuberance and steward-less sinfulness.

Two hundred dollar leather wool boots and Costco matters.

Pregnant and driven with unknown, excited anticipation.

Out with the old and chipped and into the broken boxes goes my MAINE home.

by Erin McGee Ferrell

Crow

Thank you Crow for sitting outside my window.

You watch me closely.

I like your companionship.

I like your attention.

I like your shape.

Black against White sky.

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#IFinishedTheRace

Running my first 5k without stopping to walk.

Internal mantra of strength and endurance.

I hate running but did it still.

Keeping a good pace, I pushed till the end and then sprinted to finish,

a strength unknown to me that I possessed.

Lord, may this race symbolise the weeks to come with endurance painting in MAINE.

by Erin McGee Ferrell

If I Were a Doctor, I Would...

Ok docs... Learn the sandwich technique.

Teachers, team leaders and parents all know the value of gathering bad between good when delivering results.

Instead of starting the sentence with, "Your bone density scan showed osteopenia", I would say...

"The ligaments around your elbows are the most fabulous ligaments I've ever seen. Look at the shape of your ear canals...perfect specimens of the human race!"

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#PinkShirtDay

Angus smiles with muscles bulging.

Yes, it is Pink Shirt Day.

For me on this new anti-depressant, it also is Pink Shirt Day.

The worlds does seem a bit rosier.

The sky is Grey and Gloomy and Rainy and Cold.

But inside my mind now, I am unaffected.

by Erin McGee Ferrell