POEM FOR
ELIZABETH GARETT ANDERSON
WHO AM I?
by Eileen Frances
TADs (Third Age Project)
02.10.2009
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WHO AM I?
I was refused.
I was refused.
I was refused.
I was refused.
And then
I was the first woman
to become a doctor in Britain.
I was born on the 9th of June 1836.
I qualified in 1865,
attained my MD from Paris
Five years later.
I married James Anderson
the next year.
We had two children, Alan and Louisa
And I carried on working.
I opened the First Hospital for Women
And a Medical School for Women
I opened doors.
There is a statue to me in a Camden Park
But don't look for me there.
Look across the Euston Road,
up from the British Library
And see My Hospital. Mine.
The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital.
I feel quite happy.
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STRAWBERRIES
By Eileen Frances
31.05.2007
Strawberries are like a glimpse of summer.
The colour and taste
Makes me come alive.
The thought of days by the river
Fishing, time to watch nature
In all its glory
Then strawberries and cream for tea.
first performed with the Purple Poets at the tenth anniversary
Celebration of West Euston Third Age Project, The Crypt, Munster Square
2007
STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
By Eileen Frances
31.05.2007
Sitting in the garden
Enjoying the sunshine
Along comes Grandma
With strawberries and Cream
So succulent. Heaven.
ONE GETS OLD
By Eileen Frances
10.05.2007
One gets old
At home very bored.
Saw a friend, who told me
About the wonderful project
The Third Age.
Now full of life.
Poetry, Drama, Pottery, Jewellery
My life now filled.
Cannot view life without
You, Dear Third Age.
Made great friends.
(Priceless.)
First read with the Purple Poets at the Camden Green Fair in Regent's
Park, June 3d 2007. First published in the T.A.P. Newsletter, June 2007.
Written for the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the West Euston Third Age
Project (T.A.P) at The Crypt Centre, Munster Square, West Euston,
London on June 9th
2007
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