Walking on Stars and Water by Martina Nicholson ISBN: 978-1-931575-68-3, 106 pg, $8.00 (includes P&S) This is the second book of poems by Dr. Nicholson.  She is a practicing Ob-Gyn, and these poems reflect faith and spirituality,  and concerns about illness and the meaning of suffering from a woman's perspective. Dr. Nicholson was in the Peace Corps in Paraguay, in 1972-74, before she became a physician.  Some of these poems are dedicated to Paul Farmer MD, who is a deeply gifted and caring physician working in Haiti and other 3rd world countries.  Dr. Nicholson's father was a painter;  she grew up watching him paint landscapes.  Some poems are an attempt to paint pictures with words. Many poems are concerned with the meaning of our work, and of human life.  Her first book is entitled My Throat is Full of Songbirds and was also published by Old Mountain Press. To order send check or money order to Martina Nicholson, PO Box 890, Soquel, CA 95073

If you buy 3 books, the fourth is free. Thank you for sharing these books with someone you think will enjoy them! For poems to find their audience is not easy:  someone has to introduce them to you. Bless you for being my Johnny Appleseed! 
About the Book
About the Author

About the book

The poems found in this work reflect faith and spirituality,  and concerns about illness and the meaning of suffering from a woman's perspective. Dr. Nicholson was in the Peace Corps in Paraguay, in 1972-74, before she became a physician.  Some of these poems are dedicated to Paul Farmer MD, who is a deeply gifted and caring physician working in Haiti and other 3rd world countries.  Dr. Nicholson's father was a painter;  she grew up watching him paint landscapes.  Some poems are an attempt to paint pictures with words. Many poems are concerned with the meaning of our work, and of human life.

Sample of the Work:

PRACTICING GYNECOLOGY

Sometimes it is a quick lube-job;
Check the spark plugs,
Smile and nod,
Out the door.

Sometimes I am standing 
Like the Angel Gabriel
With a Doppler in my hand;
Being the Annunciation. 


About the Author

Dr. Nicholson is 56 years old.  She majored in philosophy, and graduated from Santa Clara University in 1972.  She was in Paraguay in the Peace Corps from 1972-74 as a health educator.  She subsequently went to medical school, graduating from the University of Guadalajara, in Mexico, in 1981.  She trained in Brooklyn New York at Maimonides Hospital, finishing her Ob-Gyn residency in 1987. She returned to California and is in practice in Santa Cruz, since 1990.  She is married and has two sons.  She comes from an old California family, the Camarillos, in Southern California.  She is the eldest of 6 girls.  

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