Michael McGaha

A Perhaps Line

Arts & Literature

“The poems in this little book are a testimony to the human spirit's remarkable ability to transform pain and abject terror into something strangely beautiful and occasionally even funny. Many of these poems were inspired by Gary Swaim's fifty-four day coma and six-month hospitalization in 2006. Others deal movingly with the deaths of his parents and one of his students, while still others fantasize about the inner thoughts of biblical figures such as Adam, Eve, Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Leah, Job, Jesus, and Mary. All are marked by a childlike sense of wonder at the beauty and mystery of the world.”