Kim Doyle Poems

“The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; … William Osler

He visits doctors;
they have him in their palm.
...

“He had the one thousand-yard stare, ”
one EMT said to the other. Sharing
their hard gained expertise
on the nearly dead.
...

All I have to do is watch the cats
and I know when my wife arrives home.
I don’t hear her at the side door but they do,
even before she touches the knob.
...

It’s an adage, but true, that to remember

something you forgot, go back to the spot
...