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Today's Guardian has a piece on this collection of 4 poems about care homes & hospices: newly commissioned & free to download from http://www.ecclesiastical.com/aboutus/whatwedo/peoplewhocare/. (But my top pick for health-related poetry would be UA Fanthorpe's first book Side Effects: example here http://www.peterloopoets.com/html/collected_poems.html ) Hannah Hannah Prince Knowledge & Library Services Manager Library, Parndon Hall The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Hamstel Rd, Harlow, Essex CM20 1QX Tel 01279 827112 / 827021 Email [log in to unmask] Fax 01279 445101 http://www.eel.nhs.uk -----Original Message----- From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Jackson Sent: 08 October 2009 15:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: (Not work-related) National Poetry Day Well, since Don Paterson (or 'The Don' as we like to call him in poetry circles) won the Forward prize for his new collection 'Rain' last night, here's one from that book: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=237466 Not particularly cheery! Andrew Jackson Senior Information Manager Knowledge Services Group NHS Education for Scotland Clifton House (1st Floor) Clifton Place Glasgow G3 7LD e-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel: 0141 352 2917 Mobile: 07896 178366 www.shelcat.org >>> "Bishop, Tom" <[log in to unmask]> 08/10/2009 14:34 >>> Bits of Me by Roger McGough (hopefully the formatting will survive the transition to mail servers!) When people ask: 'How are you?' I say, 'Bits of me are fine.' And they are. Lots of me I'd take anywhere. Be proud to show off. But it's the bits that can't be seen that worry. The boys in the backroom who never get introduced. The ones with the Latin names who grumble about the hours I keep and bang on the ceiling when I'm enjoying myself. The overseers. The smug biders of time. Over the years our lifestyles have become incompatible. We were never really suited and now I think they want out. One day, on cue, they'll down tools. Then it's curtains for me. (Washable plastic on three sides.) Post-op. Pre-med. The bed nearest the door. Enter cheerful staff nurse (Irish preferably). 'And how are you today?' (I see red.) Famous last words: 'Bits of me are fine.' On cue, dead. Tom Bishop | Information Services Manager | Library and Information Services The Royal College of Surgeons of England | 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields | London WC2A 3PE t: 020 7869 6530 | e: [log in to unmask] | w: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk<http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/> ________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This correspondence is intended for the named recipient. If it is received or accessed by any individual or organisation other than stated, the recipient must treat the information contained in the correspondence as confidential and dispose of it appropriately. As a public body, NHS Education for Scotland may be required to make available emails as well as other written forms of information as a result of a request made under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has been invited to become an NHS Foundation Trust. If you would like to find out more, receive a copy of our FT leaflet or sign up to be a member please call our FT Office on Freephone 0800 032 9006 or email [log in to unmask] You can join online at www.pah.nhs.uk This e-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies; please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. No individual connected with the Trust has capacity to enter into contracts on behalf of the Trust except through proper channels. Nothing in this email contractually binds the Trust unless expressly stated. To the extent permitted by law, the Trust does not accept or assume any liability, responsibility or duty of care for any use of or reliance on this e-mail by anyone, other than the intended recipient. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation.