In this collection, physician and life-long poet Philip W. Smith reflects on life, death, kids, nature, and science. The book contains never-before-seen poems as well as previously published works. Take a trip downstream, you never know where it may lead.
Phil's career was as an infectious disease physician. He founded and ran the biopreparedness unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center which distinguished itself during the Ebola epidemic and has expanded its leadership during Covid. As he pastor, he shared with me the spirituality of being a doctor. Much of that feeling and reflection appears here in a lifetime of poetry.