Maggie's Centres

poems inspired by Maggie Keswick Jencks and the radical concept of Maggie's Centres.

Maggie Keswick-Jencks

is the Rosa Luxemburg

of well-being

Maggie’s Centres rewild healthcare

a new era of care

born of a complaint

In a Maggie's Centre
you cannot have a bed

because of hospital regulations 

but you can have a nook,

a book, a cup of tea,
or a blanket

SUCH SUCH

so so

AND HELPS
and says


waiting rooms
are libraries
without books

Maggie said
the doctors are up there
in the plane

we’re down here
trying to read
the maps


those who
shared their

fears with others
lived longer lives

Maggie Keswick Jencks: A View from the Front Line