I Am a Broken Man, You Can't Break Me

This second, expanded edition brings together in one volume four books of poetry by Eric Fischer. Present are all three from the series, "Little Job's book of broken poems", as well as "The Crow's Nest", a thematically related book of deeply personal observations concerning loss and 'end of life'. 'Little Job' observes the uncertain lives of extremely disabled children and the doubts, agony and yearning of their parents. The trials of these children are well known to the author, having...
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This second, expanded edition brings together in one volume four books of poetry by Eric Fischer. Present are all three from the series, "Little Job's book of broken poems", as well as "The Crow's Nest", a thematically related book of deeply personal observations concerning loss and 'end of life'. 'Little Job' observes the uncertain lives of extremely disabled children and the doubts, agony and yearning of their parents. The trials of these children are well known to the author, having lived as full time caregiver to his extremely disabled son for over sixteen years. Above all, the poems are an attempt to firmly place the disenfranchised in the pantheons of our collective humanity.In the poems of "The Crow's Nest", loss and lost potential form central themes inspired, once again, by the author's experiences both professionally as well as personally. Acutely observing elements of these dark places which eventually confront us all, he finds hidden in moments of anguish, that the germination of love can be the great redeemer.