Dodder Walk at Dusk during the time of Covid-19 by Chris Fitzpatrick
MedCurious Submissions | April 27, 2020
Pipistrelles, flicker
Play tricks in the fading light
Heaven-sent, not hell
Foxes – one, two, three
All snout quick leg-work and brush
No horse or hound here
Dagger-head Heron
Knee-deep in water. Patience
personified. Strikes
Sleeping ducks float on
dreams together – proving more
to beauty than swans
In the dead of night
blackbirds don’t sing. Wonder what
this song really means ?
Pass the nursing home
Pray for those inside tonight
Keep all safe and sound
Above, pin-prick stars
glitter like fine diamanté
through grey, shroud-hung clouds
Submitted by
Professor Chris Fitzpatrick
Prof Chris Fitzpatrick is a consultant obstetrician & gynaecologist in the Coombe Hospital and a clinical professor in UCD. He is the lead clinician for the RCPI’s allied drama collaboration with the Abbey Theatre in relation to bereavement in the maternity services and open disclosure. He has also published short stories and poetry and has written for the stage and for the newspapers.