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Beernink, K. D. (Kenneth Dale). Ward Rounds. Wallingford, Pennsylvania: Washington Square East, Publishers, 1970. Second Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good. xi, 36pp. This second edition followed the very limited original edition of the previous year produced primarily for friends & family. The poems, each subtitled with a medical condition, were written while Beernink himself, who died at 31, was terminally ill recollecting his time as a hospital physician. Tipped onto the front pastedown is a typed letter from The Lancet’s deputy editor to the noted gastroenterologist & author, Dr Alex Paton. Paton’s tiny ownership signature is on the ffep.
Hansel and Gretel 
States of Happiness 
This Is Yarrow 
Dog Poems 
Steep Tea 
Two Stories of the Seen and Unseen: The Open Door & Old Lady Mary 
Pretend You Don't Know Me 
New and Selected Poems, Volume Two 
In Reality 
Book of Mercy 
Milk and Honey