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In Carole’s Alaska Letter 10, she asked the question, “Why can’t I have a conventional life and be satisfied with that?”  A question many of us have asked ourselves while imagining our future lives.
In this letter, Carole searches for answers to help her make decisions about how to live her life.

Mike Cohen, a poet, story
teller, and novelist returns to the NESTER with a new poem, My Child’s Recovery From a Fall, previously unpublished.  It fascinates us that each of Mike’s  poems is dramatically different from the others and this poem is no exception.  My Child’s Recovery From a Fall dwells on what might happen when a child lets go of the parent’s hand and climbs on monkey bars, first rides a bike without training wheels or dashes off on her own into the unknown. There’s always risk involved.  Most of the writing about children’s accidents centers on the child’s experience and what is the appropriate response from the parent. Less is written about what the parent is experiencing during the event.  

We resonate with this poem and so will you!

Mike’s poems, short stories and novel excerpts have appeared in several literary magazines. In addition to writing award winning short stories selected for publication, his stories have been anthologized and reviewed. Mike also authored a coming of age, legal thriller, RIVERTOWN HEROES, set in the Northwest.