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J. Donald Coonrod
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My educational background includes the following degrees--an AB from Earlham College where I was First Honor Student and an MD from Johns Hopkins Medical School. Following that, I finished an internship and residency in Medicine at the University of Chicago Hospital in Chicago, IL. As a postdoc, I trained as an Infectous Disease specialist at Northwestern University in Chicago with Dr. Phil Patterson and then at the Univ. of Colorado with Dr. Ted Eickhoff. I had two years of military service as a Lt. Commander at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia in a medical research program on human leprosy and participated in the first isolation of the Legionaires bacillus. It's significance was not realized at that time, because that particular isolate of the bacillus caused illness but did not kill (hence no autopsy isolation which could have proved it was a newly discovered human pathogen). Following my military service, I became Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Univ. of Kentucky. I later served as a Chief of Medicine (V.A. Hospital, Knoxville,Iowa) and then Chief of Staff at the V.A. Hospital in Amarillo, TX. I have published over 100 research articles in infectious diseases (see Google).
Medicine was my first love, but I also loved poetry. My interest in poetry began in High School and continued at Earlham College, a Quaker school. After beginning my career in medicine, I pretty much stopped writing poetry. But recently I have been able to concentrate a bit more on poetry, and have now published over 100 poems, many on line. Publication sites include A Little Poetry, Pegasus (Journal of the Kentucky State Poetry Society), Coffee Press Journal, Ygdrasil, The Mid-America Poetry Review, Prairie Poetry, Between Kisses, Artistry in Poetry, and Poesia, among others. In 2006 I placed second in the Kentucky State Poetry Sciety competition in speculative poetry--the only contest entered so far.
My favorite modern poet is Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and numerous other awards for her books of poetry that celebrate nature so beautifully and effortlessly, she is seen rightfully as a modern poetic genius. But few can accomplish that.
In my world, that of the ordinary poet, I have learned to celebrate small things. For me, that includes publication of my first chapbook, entitled "Breathing Cup," on December 5, 2007. If you are interested you can order it at the following site: www.finishinglinepress.com or you can get it here at Authors Den Autographed Bookstore, or you can contact the present writer at his web address, donaldcoonrod@aol.com.
Accomplishments: Bachelor of Arts, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana.
Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University, School of Medicine, Chicago, Ilinois with Dr. Philip Patterson.
Lt. Commander, U.S. Public Health Service, National Communicable Disease Center, Laboratory Branch, Leprosy and Rickettsial Diseases,
Atlanta, Georgia with Charles Shephard, M.D.
Fellow in Infectious Diseases with Theodore Eickhoff, M.D., University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver Colorado.
Research Sabbatical with Peter Henson,Ph.D., National Jewish Hospital,National Asthma Center, Denver, Colorado.
Research Sabbatical with Ann Bjornson, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Clinical Instructor, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin and Attending Physician, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Medicine, Professor of Medicine, all at the University of Kentucky School of Medicine, University of Kentucky Hospital and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky.
Director, Division of Infectious Disease, Univer-sity of Kentucky Medical School and Veterans Administration Medical Center,Lexington, KY.
Primary Care Team Leader, Director of Medical Education, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Veterans Administrantion Hospital, Orlando, Florida.
Chief of Medical Service,Veterans Administration Medical Center, Knowville, Iowa.
Chief of Staff, Amarillo Veterans Administration Medical Center, Amarillo, Texas and Professor of Medicine, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
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Books
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This is a poetry chapbook celebrating life. It was published Dec. 5, 2007 by Finishing Line Press. It's available at www.finishinglinepress.com and amazon.com, as well as the authors home site at donaldcoonrod@aol.com and the Autographed Bookstore on the present site....
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Poetry
A Little Sugar by J. Donald Coonrod
Ever feel depleted, somehow burned out--out of season, sort of longing to join nature, become something else. That''s how I felt writing this poem. Published by Coffee Press Journal, January/February ...
Great Island Earth by J. Donald Coonrod
We seem alone when we''re the only life found so far in our universe. Our sense of isolation is the theme of this poem. But I''d predict that with the recent landing of the U.S. probe for life on Mar...
A Lonely Shore by J. Donald Coonrod
Published in Coffee Press Journal in Nov/Dec, 2007. Rights to J. Donald Coonrod....
Love You by J. Donald Coonrod
Oh, the ambiguities of love! Published Nov./Dec. 2007, Coffee Press Journal, rights to J. Donald Coonrod....
Mud Trains and the Moon by J. Donald Coonrod
Published in the Nov./Dec. edition of Coffee Press Journal. Rights to J. Donald Coonrod....
Provenance by J. Donald Coonrod
This is a poem about the complexities of nature and man''s place in it. The present writer''s son, Steve Coonrod, is a co-author. Originally published in the Dec 2006/Jan 2007 issue of Coffee Press Jo...
Earth by J. Donald Coonrod
All families are unusual in their own way. Why love seems so complicated I can''t say. When I''ve sent this biographical poem to others they ask, what''s the problem, life was wonderful and then chan...
Fireflies (for Jan) by J. Donald Coonrod
Fireflies is about the magic of summer, for young and old. Jan is my daughter, and neither of us will forget the fireflies (lightning bugs) that graced so many summer nights of our lives together. Pu...
Little Giant by J. Donald Coonrod
Published by Pegasus (Winter/Spring edition, 2007), Copyright, J. Donald Coonrod...
Irises by J. Donald Coonrod
Published in Coffee Press Journal in 2006, copyright to J. Donald Coonrod....
Sending Flowers by J. Donald Coonrod
Published 2006 by Coffee Press Journal, copyright, J. Donald Coonrod....
Laundry Room by J. Donald Coonrod
Published May 2005 in Coffee Press Journal. Copyright to J. Donald Coonrod....
Noah's Birth by J. Donald Coonrod
Poem written on the birth of my first grandchild. JDC.
Published Feb. 2005 Coffee Press Journal, Copyright, J. Doanld Coonrod...
Modern Dictionary I by J. Donald Coonrod
At play in the garden of words. Published by Coffee Press Journal in 2005. Copyright to J. Donald Coonrod....
The Prairie by J. Donald Coonrod
Published originally in Coffee Press Journal as "Winter Love" in March 2006, and published subsequently in my chapbook entitled, "Breathing Cup," in December 2007....
Trickle Down by J. Donald Coonrod
The thing speaks for itself--my foggy memory of the Latin equivalent is "Ipse rae loquitor," but just go with the English to avoid embarrassment. This poem was published by Ygdrasil in August, 2007, c...
Fading Light by J. Donald Coonrod
Musings on death, with a light touch--but hey, who feels anything then! Published 2007 in Ygdrasil, copyright to J. Donald Coonrod....
Zephyers and Blasts by J. Donald Coonrod
A poem about nature. Published Jan/Feb 2006 in Coffee Press Journal. Copyright to J. Donald Coonrod....
Miracle by J. Donald Coonrod
I wrote this poem years ago. It’s about an incident when I was 8 or 9. I knew nothing of biology at the time. My mother was raised on a farm, but as the only girl among many brothers, she had little...
Ironing Board by J. Donald Coonrod
I grew up in a large family supported by our father, a traveling salesman, and the industry of our Irish mother, a teacher, homemaker, gardener, skilled cook and seamstress as well as a great lover of...
Palmolive by J. Donald Coonrod
Published by Coffee Press Journal, January/February, 2006; copyright to J. Donald Coonrod. This is a romantic fantasy I like more than I can easily explain. ...
Straws in the Wind by J. Donald Coonrod
Published January, 2005 in Coffee Press Journal; copyright, J. Donald Coonrod. I was never comfortable with this poem from the day I wrote it. But something in me likes its sort of wholesome interfa...
Taffy by J. Donald Coonrod
Poetic study of a very sweet relationship. Published Summer/Autumn Issue, 2007, by Pegasus, KY State Poetry Society Journal....
Eels by J. Donald Coonrod
What is our relationship to other life forms; what is creation about? This is what EELS asks. Published June 27, 2007 in Ygdrasil (on line). ...
Closeness by J. Donald Coonrod
A poem about defining relationships and finding joy. Published in Ygdrasil, copyright to J. Donald Coonrod. Published in 2007 in Ygdrasil, copyright to J. Donald Coonrod....
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Links
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| Coffee Press Journal
See interview and bio under Authors at the Coffee Press Journal website.
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Finishing Line Press
Dr. Coonrod's first chapbook,
entitled "Breathing Cup" was published December 5, 2007.
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Family history: Williams, Farmer, Coonrod, Fearon, McCormick and Layne and allied families.
Another of my hobbies is genealogy:I
have published two major works:Two
Farmer Families of Early Virginia and
Descendants of Moses Williams,
Revolutionary War Soldier of North
Carolina.I am currently working on a
book on Fearon, McCormick and allied families of counties Antrim, Armagh and Down in Northern Ireland--my
mother's ancestors.
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A Little Poetry
See poetry published by others and the present writer at the website on A
Little Poetry.
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Additional information
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| If you haven't visited coffeepressjournal.com or alittlepoetry.com,---look them over, read their poetry, and if you write poetry consider sending some of your work to their web sites for consid-eration for publication. Both sites are great! |
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Contact
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donaldcoonrod@aol.com
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