Use Your Grammar Skills and Write a Poem

Writing a poem can be fun! Follow these simple instructions from Andreas Lund's Grammar and Poetry site and see what you can come up with. Send in your poem about a healthcare topic and see it published on this webpage.

  1. On the first line write a noun of your choice. The noun should relate to healthcare - see below for some ideas.
  2. On the second line write two adjectives joined by and to describe this noun.
  3. On the third line write a verb and an adverb to describe this noun in action.
  4. Start the fourth line with like or as followed by a comparison.
  5. Start the final line with if only followed by a wish

Here is an example of a poem:

the hospital nurse
perky and efficient