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    Broken Cup: Poems

    By Margaret Gibson

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    About this ebook

    Broken Cup brings breathtaking eloquence to what Margaret Gibson describes as "traveling the Way of Alzheimer's" with her husband, poet David McKain. After his initial and tentative diagnosis, Gibson suspended her writing for two years; but then poetry returned, and the creative process became the lightning rod that grounded her and presented a path forward. The poems in Broken Cup bear witness to how Alzheimer's erodes memory and cognitive function, but they never forget to see what is present and to ask what may remain of the self.

    Moving and unflinchingly honest in the acknowledgment of pain, frustration, and grief, the poems uncover, time and time again, the grace of abiding love. Gibson gives heart as well as voice to an experience that is deeply personal, yet shared by all too many.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLSU Press
    Release dateSep 8, 2014
    ISBN9780807156445
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    Broken Cup: Poems
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    Margaret Gibson

    I earned a Bachelor Degree in Sociology and a Juris Doctor Degree in Law. I was a 1985 candidate in Who’s Who in America and 1986 in Who’s Who Among Professional and Business Women International. Presently, I am walking in the offices of a prophetess, apostle, evangelist and teacher. I am the President and Founder of Serving Others, Inc., Youth Possessing Greatness, Inc., and Rhema Word Discipleship Studies Association. I am an intercessor and builder in GOD’s Kingdom. In 2010, GOD told me, “I have called you to be a mother to the nations.” My greatest passion in The Kingdom is teaching the WORD because it is the Power of GOD unto salvation! Whatever, I achieve in this life I will always say, “To GOD is the Glory!” How Great Is GOD’s Mercy reminds us that many blessings that we receive from GOD is not because we prayed for it but rather because GOD is merciful.

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