Provisional Conclusions

A diagnosis of ADHD at age fifty-five can make you stop and think. So can losing your daughter to a drunk driver two days after her eighth birthday-or looking up at the majesty of the Big Buddha in Phuket after getting lost in the mountains on the way there. Spanning a period from high school in the seventies until a few hours before it went to the editor the poems in Provisional Conclusions explore these topics and more: being a parent being a man living with ADHD the legacy of Howard Thurman the myth of objectivity the delight and terror of raising a family the dreams of Korczak Ziolkowski and even a quick peek into hell. Poet Mike Fedel also considers race sex love lost and found philosophy consciousness and God-what is she like anyway? Sections include Thinking Out Loud The ADHD Chapter Loss and Love and Nervous Energy. Offering accessible observations on a wide range of topics the verses in this collection consider the raw emotions associated with love grief and ADHD. ...powerful and poignant poems which capture a father's experience of losing his 8 year-old daughter... -Irving Leon Ph.D. ...the poetry of a brilliant often misunderstood ADHD mind trapped in a linear world... -Suzanne Ostrowski-Dansel M.Ed. ACC ...fresh moving poems by Mike Fedel an important new voice in music and now in poetry... -Anna Boothe Author of I Already Love You Beyond Words and Buddha.