Poet Marlin Thomas was seven years old when he was diagnosed with
Duchenne muscular dystrophy; he wasn't expected to live past the
age of seventeen. After Marlin died at the age of thirty, his
mother, Cynthia Campbell, compiled this collection of poetry as a
tribute to his life. Marlin's poems reflect his life, dreams,
hopes, and commitment to the Disabled Rights Movement. He wrote his
first poem when he was seven years old and continued to write until
his death. His powerful poetry provides fodder for not only
thinking about the experience of being disabled, but to feel it as
well. In the poem "the little things," Marlin describes his
feelings of loss with the progression of his disability: "I miss
the gravel of a new driveway / crunching beneath my feet. / I miss
jumping jacks and putting / my hand against my heart. / I miss the
hated chore of Joy / dishwashing liquid scrubbing plates." Packed
with emotion and written in modern free verse, Marlin's poetry
provided an outlet for him to shout about inequality, to laugh
about the absurd, to love intensely and passionately, and to ponder
life's complexities.
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