Hi @TopTweetTuesday! 👋 Here’s my poem “Hospital-Mind”, along with a headshot and bio. Thank you so much for the opportunity, @MatthewMCSmith!

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@TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith Thank you all for spending time with my poem, and for your kind praise! X

This is what 30 minutes a day adds up to💰

@DavidHanlon13 @TopTweetTuesday Final stanza is ace. Photo and bio are on the money. Top job David 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@DavidHanlon13 @DRnaturegirl @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith I love how the body is portrayed as a site of oceanic turmoil but also surreal beauty. The uncertainty woven through this is palpable and such a beautiful closing – a sense of near resolution: "and each cuticle / grows a pale sunrise."

@DavidHanlon13 @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith The poem had me from the start. Gripped me like sand! Dapper shirt and jacket 👏

@DavidHanlon13 @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith Vivid images Amanita, love how the nurse pulls back the ocean 👏

@DavidHanlon13 @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith ‘Worry a trawling net with tail-flapping fear’ As a doctor I find this particularly fascinating reaching into a patient’s mind as I enter this from the other side … I love the sea imagery you’ve used ‘I inspect my nails to avoid that deep-sea darkness’

@DavidHanlon13 @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith ‘A nurse pulls back the ocean … ‘ 👍👍

@DavidHanlon13 @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith Everything here works so wonderfully together, it’s a ticking Swiss time piece of a poem. It’s not surprising as all of David’s work is so expertly crafted. Great choice.