Category: Poetry

  • all things new

    “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” – Sidney Greidanus The paradox of this line reverberates a truth I see too much as a nurse. The more patients we admit, treat, and discharge, the more I realize that we are in a perpetual cycle. More CHF, more pneumonia, more re-admissions. With new…

  • Beauty and Terror; a poem

    Beauty and Terror   All that is can error That which captivates most May bring terror   Wood wrapped in incandescent flames Reminiscent of Your Father’s name   Removed from willful refrain Yellow may devour Energy unrestrained   Fire, you’re beauty and terror   All that is can error That which captivates most May bring…