• Poetry

    What the Soul Misses: Andrea Gibson’s “For the Days I Stop Wanting a Body”

    If you’ve ever been grievously ill or incapacitated and cursed your fate and your body, this poem is for you. If you’ve ever suffered from a chronic disease, this poem is for you. If you’ve ever been near death, or been with a beloved who is, and bounced back, this poem is for you. If you’ve ever waited in vigil and beheld a loved one’s last days and breaths, this poem is for you. If you’ve ever wondered and remained mystified by questions of mind and body, mortality and immortality, earth and the heavens, this poem is for you. And…