Fall Ball by Alan Harris

Alan Harris is the poet on the hospice hospital, unafraid to write prosy lyric lines, sing slices of life and death, and channel voices that will soon be silenced. Harris has volunteered in his community in a variety of capacities, including as an Easter Seal delegate, American Cancer Society Board member, Easter Seal Volunteer of the Year, and, most recently, as the 2016 Sparrow Health Systems Home Hospice Volunteer of the Year. He volunteers as a Tuesday Story Writer, assisting hospice patients in writing memoirs, letters, and poetry. Harris was honored with the Stephen H. Smith Award in 2012. Wayne State University's Tudor Award for creative writing, as well as the 2014 John Clare Poetry Prize and the 2015 Tompkins Poetry Award.