Autonomic

POEM

Autonomic John Stone

W h e n love arrives like h u n g e r - - t h i r s t - you won't need to be coerced: As M o u t h has told you that it's dry as Gut has let you know it's hollow love is no play to be rehearsed: though Heart may know to lie down first

Daffodil threads II Elizabeth Foster

Bones will follow.

ohn Stone is professor of medicine (cardiology) at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. His poetry and prose have appeared in four books, the most recent being tn the Country of Hearts essays on both the literal and metaphorical hearts. Where Water Begins: New Poems and Prose will be published by Louisiana State University' in November. i 9 9 8 . He is also co-editor (with Richard Reynolds) of On Doctoring: Stories, Poems, Essays, an anthology of literature dealing with medicine. Over several / summers, happily, Dr Stone has taught at University College, Oxford, UK, as part of the Emory Summer l Studies Program

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Emory University School of Medicine, WHSCAB 1440 Clifton Road NE. Atlanta. GA 30322, USA (e-mail: jstone@medadm,emory.edu)

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