AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Roger Vizi, iRichard Cederberg, iDavid Clure, iElisabeth Barstowe, iD. Enise, iRiley Blake, iShirley Francis-Salley, i Aberjhani, iLinda Frank, iWilliam Cottringer, i

  Home > Poetry > Poetry        Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry        Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     

Shanta Everington

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Books
· Articles
· Poetry
· News
· 3 Titles
· 5 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: Apr, 2007

Shanta Everington, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.



Specimen
by Shanta Everington → (All Poetry by Shanta Everington)
   Rated "PG" by the Author.
Share   Print  Save   Follow   Share on Facebook


First published in Coffee House Poetry, Issue 6, May 2005

Specimen

Stripped to your underwear,
embarrassed at your choice;
purple, lacy, flowers.
How inappropriate you are.

The doctor and his student
stare at your back and talk
behind you, about you, at you,
drawing biro down your spine.

Palms pressed tight together,
bent forward, as instructed,
you flop, you sag, you die
blood rushing to your head.

Copyright Shanta Everington 2005

Want to review or comment on this poem?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?


 Reviews of "Specimen"
Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on April 18, 2007
Shanta,

Mom always told us to make sure we had on clean holeless underwear when we left the house. Nothing wrong with purple and lacy. Good One.

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on April 17, 2007
being a patient exposes our vulnerabilities ....

well penned ...

Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)
Reviewed on April 17, 2007
HAHA, takes me back to having tests years back, i was left in the cubicle and told not to put my top back on, nurses kept coming then going away, my g/f at the time ran up to them, and told the young nurses to stop staring at my bod...Naaa with my new dr, i keep hoping for groin strain, lol..

This is soooo funny...

Reviewed by Art Hernandez
Reviewed on April 17, 2007
An interesting work...


nice.....

Art Sun...


Popular Poetry (Poetry)
  1.  Catching Happiness...
  2.  Finding Trust Again
  3.  Nightsky
  4.  Reality of Another Kind
  5.  Spindrift
  6.  Kindness
  7.  Our Restless Minds
  8.  Luxury of Solitude
  9.  In The Still of The Night
  10.  Dream Just a Dream
  11.  Life's Enormous Green Chest
  12.  Sediment Within the Soul
  13.  Roadkill Memoriam
  14.  Hunting for Truth
  15.  Whisper Pens
  16.  In Praise of Anonymity
  17.  I Have Spent My Entire Life
  18.  Shaved Reflections
  19.  Feeling Lonely
  20.  Serrated Smiles
Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

Present Moment, Perfect Moment by Kathleen Keena

This collection of poetry addresses the nature of time, reflections on the natural world, the difficulty of loss, contemporary social issues and gratitude for life.  
Member BookAds

Present Moment, Perfect Moment by Kathleen Keena

This collection of poetry addresses the nature of time, reflections on the natural world, the difficulty of loss, contemporary social issues and gratitude for life.  
Member BookAds

Drifter's Logic by William haynes

a beat take on life, loss and the meaning of it all+  
Member BookAds