Poetry in Medicine

"The cry of a door is a pitiable thing." - Thomas James, In Fever.
the only parts of the body the same size at birth as they’ll always be.
Mummy of a lady named
Pathology of colours
Ode on my belly button
Fear of Grays Anatomy
Clarinda Harriss
I'm like a rifle that's a little out of date but very accurate: when I love, there's a strong recoil, back to childhood, and it hurts
Epilepsy petit mal

"the plastic tubing whispers blood through

her flesh, .." - Transfusion, Kate Kimball

more brain mashed because of the probe’s braille path;
The Urine Specimen
Ode on my episiotomy

"and the faith of that stranger

who answers when my name is called" - Dennis Nurkse, Things I forget to tell my Doctor
But someone I know is dying- And though one might say glibly, "everyone is," The different pace makes the difference absolute.

"When we are sleeping

alone, and we wake, and the walls are breathing

and they are the company we keep" - Florence Weinberger, Getting in Bed With a Man who is sick.

"Count Dracula was right, she says it (blood) makes you look good" - Harvey Shapiro

poetry prompt

1. Nude Descending. Write  a poem with a title after a painting title or inspired by it.