E26 Alcestis by Rebekka DePew

Send us Fan MailDescription: An immersive reading of Alcestis by Rebekka DePew with reflection on resuscitation, life after death, and work-home balance.Website:https://anauscultation.wordpress.com/ Work:Alcestis by Rebekka DePewThose who die and then return areoften silentwhich has never once been attributed tohaving seen godsometimes when I come backI do not speaksometimes when I come backI smell on my children's breaththe tinge of flesh left too long unfedsinew without nervewe are lightning set to smolderI know that nowbefore I left I was toldthat the sun and the moon were too heavy forthe same skyI was not told that death would lingerI was not told that the river Styx was pettyand bureaucratic I was not toldthat I would always see theasphodel in its upperworld daffodil shadowsand never again fit like salt into water inthis living world with itsolive trees and vineyardsand chamomile tea in the eveningI belong to another worldone that does not know what to makeof such thingsReferencesAlcestis: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M22-1169 DePew R. Alcestis. Ann Intern Med. 2023;176(3):422. doi:10.7326/M22-1169 Enjabment: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/enjambment  More poems by Rebekka DePewhttps://ars-medica.ca/index.php/journal/search/index?query=Rebekka+DePew&dateFromYear=&dateFromMonth=&dateFromDay=&dateToYear=&dateToMonth=&dateToDay=&authors= https://www.acpjournals.org/action/doSearch?AllField=Rebekka+DePew https://jamanetwork.com/searchresults?q=Rebekka%20DePew&allSites=1&SearchSourceType=1&exPrm_qqq={DEFAULT_BOOST_FUNCTION}%22Rebekka%20DePew%22&exPrm_hl.q=Rebekka%20DePew