Description
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.








This Is Yarrow
The Lover's Pinch
Steep Tea
The Book of Love & Loss
Dog Poems
Luck Is the Hook
Spiritlands
Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy
The Sun of Hereafter
Midnight, Dhaka
Of Sea
Selected Poetry
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Over the Moon