(for 30 Poems in November fundraiser)
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His mind overtaxed with formulas,
Jonas Salk retreated to Umbria.
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What clears the mind to see?
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Italian hillsides,
Gleaming stone walls,
The geometry of arches and courtyards,
The silence of a basilica.
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There Salk found what he came to find:
Inspiration, illumination,
The medical solution he’d struggled for.
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In the empty spaciousness of the monastery,
in the clear crisp air of Assisi,
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The end of polio began
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The Center for New Americans fundraiser
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