As an Emergency Physician, the poet in me had to find a way to move away from the “medical” towards the lyrical to celebrate a friendship that transformed me, my friend’s victory in surviving a glioblastoma for 12 plus years and my ongoing grief over her illness. Tapping into the specifics of the dragonfly, the hemlocks, her words, our Emergency Department shift together helped me move towards capturing her spirit, I hope!

Ann Chinnis is the author of Poppet, My Poppet and I Can Catch Anything.  She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize. Her work has been published in Sky Island Journal, Gyroscope and Crab Creek Review among others. She is an Emergency Physician and lives with her wife in Virginia.

W: Annchinnispoet.com
I: @achinnis