September 2020
Mission Hospice in San Mateo, CA
Pamela MacPherson, Vigil, the Poetry of Presence Each person’s dying is different; yet the unique path to getting there reveals our common humanity: love, pain, joy, comfort, searching, and acceptance. This collection of sixty-five poems is written from the perspective of a seasoned hospice volunteer sitting with others in the last days and moments of their life. It shares the author’s processing of her many and varied experiences while being present and bearing witness to the sacred moments of dying.…
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UVM Arts and Creativity Learning Community
I look forward to being a guest speaker at UVM Arts and Creativity Learning Community's Arts Round-table being held in McAuley Hall on Trinity Campus. It is anticipated there will be 140 students, who have read excerpts of Vigil: The Poetry of Presence, in attendance to hear the reading of poems and learn more about my role as a hospice volunteer. Nurse Julia Doucet will serve as co-presenter and will speak about her work at the Open Door Clinic in…
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Highgate Library and Community Center
Franklin County Home Health and Hospice will offer a reading of poetry from Vigil: The Poetry of Presence at the Highgate Library and Community Center. Everyone is welcome!
Find out more »Deborah Rawson Memorial Library
Vigil goes to the library! Reading and story-telling offered by Jericho's Deborah Rawson Library. Books available for sale and signing.
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August 2016
Author Reading
NHHPCO Vol Educ Day
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SWS at Leddy Camp
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Elderly Services, Inc. Project Independence
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SWS Fitzberald Camp
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Sommerville, MA 1st and Last Poetry Series
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FUUSB Service
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J. Jill
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Williston Library
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Middlebury
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Wake Robin
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No. Conway, NH
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