Ode to a Nurse by Ann J. Sam

This is a poem we found among mom's writings. She wrote it about someone else, but I think it ably describes Ann J. Sam, RN.

It also describes quite well the nurses at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital 5th Floor East and 8th Floor East and those at Superior Woods in Ypsilanti Township who cared for her those last three months.

Ode to a Nurse


She is a symbol in her immaculate white,
Softly treading through the stillness of the night,
Quick to cope with a sudden emergency,
She is that wonderful nurse who is on duty;
Day in and day out the constant rounds she will make
Weary, tired, the patient, she does not forsake,
Gently caressing the crying, frightened child,
Tenderly caring for the bedridden senile;
She is the nurse, the beautiful Angel in white.
She is like a star, shinning ever so bright,
Many tears, and smiles along the way she has seen,
But she will stand up, ‘ever like a great Queen.
- A. J. Sam