Eight-line Poems

Nursing Home

Nursing Home

He waits in a chair by the window,
distant, silent and isolate,
his eyes empty as they consider
another world, a forgotten memory
now recalled in the growing dusk,
as the others recede from sight.

And they, mindful of their turn,
allow him space.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 01.21.22
Prompt: 1. Invent a word.
2. Define your made-up word,
3. Use the new word in your 8-line poem!
Note: The new word is “isolate” used as an adjective rather than a verb. It means a quality of being separated from others. The difference is in the pronunciation, the adjective being sounded as “I-soh-lut” as opposed to the verb’s “I-soh-layt.”