sunrise
the winter tree
not so bare
I forget to take
my pain medication
… first robin
long summer hikes
my vitamin D level
still low
ignoring my no
another leaf
falls …
About the Author
Jyothirmai Gubili is an editor with the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Her work involves writing for and maintaining the “About Herbs” database. She also contributes book chapters and articles about complementary medicine for oncology journals and health magazines. She holds a master of science degree in microbiology from the University of Hawaii and has coauthored molecular biology articles.
In her spare time she enjoys writing poetry, knitting, and watercolor painting. Her poems have appeared in the Science Editor, The Oncologist, The Heron’s Nest, Simply Haiku, Magnapoets, and in Frogpond, the journal of the Haiku Society of America.
