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Crabbit Old Woman. " Crabbit ", also variously titled " Look Closer ", [1] " Look Closer Nurse ", " Kate ", " Open Your Eyes " [2] or " What Do You See? ", [3] is a poem written in 1966 by Phyllis McCormack, then working as a nurse in Sunnyside Hospital, Montrose. The poem is written in the voice of an old woman in a nursing home who is ...
What are you thinking, when you look at me- A crabbit old woman, not very wise, Uncertain of habit, with far-away eyes, Who dribbles her food and makes no reply When you say in a loud voice, I do wish you'd try. Who seems not to notice the things that you do And forever is losing a stocking or shoe. Who, unresisting or not; lets you do as you ...
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What do you see nurses? . . .What do you see? What are you thinking . . .when you're looking at me? A cranky old man, . . .not very wise, Uncertain of habit . . .with faraway eyes? Who dribbles his food . . .and makes no reply. When you say in a loud voice . . .'I do wish you'd try!' Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do. And forever ...
Another version of this tale holds that the "cranky old man" wasn't really a man at all—he was a woman. A nurse named Phyllis McCormack, to be exact. And she wasn't really cranky; merely empathetic to the plight of the aging adults she cared for. McCormack, so the story goes, penned the first draft of the poem while working in a British hospital, s...
What do you see nurses? What do you see? What are you thinking? When you are looking at me A crabbit old woman not very wise, Uncertain of habit, with far-away eyes, Who dribbles her food, and makes no reply, When you say in a loud voice,'I do wish you'd try'. Who seems not to notice, the things that you do, And forever is losing, a stocking or sho...
The various legends surrounding this particular poem are so complex and have been re-told so many times that it's likely the original writer of the piece will never be truly verified. A fact that does little to diminish the power of this epic ode. Like the legends of old (the ones that resonate in the hearts and minds of people across the globe), t...
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Sep 8, 2004 · This poem was written in 1966 by Phyllis McCormack, then working as a nurse in Sunnyside Hospital, Montrose. For more information, see the Crabbit Old Woman article in Wikipedia
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Phyllis McCormack. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Phyllis McCormack is known for What Do You See, Nurse? (1980), What Do You See? (2005) and On Growing Older (2001). Add photos, demo reels.
Jan 20, 2017 · The poem was originally written in 1966 by Phyllis McCormack, then working as a nurse in Sunnyside Hospital, Montrose, a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. An American poet, David L. Griffith of Fort Worth, Texas, adapted the original poem, changed the gender of the protagonist from "old woman" to "old man" and ...
