Poem for Hope in a Time of Pandemic

Dr. John Smelcer is the Inaugural Writer-in-Residence for the Charter for Compassion. Aside from a PhD, he earned a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Healthcare Administration from the Texas A&M University System. He was Director of Health Education at SouthCentral Foundation, part of the Alaska Native Medical Center complex in Anchorage, Alaska—one of the world’s preeminent institutions for indigenous healthcare. John Smelcer is the author of over 60 books, including A New Day and The Great Death, his timely new pocketbook of sayings to inspire compassion, hope, mercy, charity, tolerance, contemplation, peace, and the spiritual life. A portion of the author's royalties will be donated to the Charter for Compassion.