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Ode to My Health

Kenneth Kee 1947 (Japan)

Ode to My Health

Health with you I mean to live
Since you alone joy can give.
We can all be a little more giving
Stay active, eat well and enjoy living.

I will never far from my house stray
Here I will spend my night and day
Living here in comfort and joy
Life to the fullest enjoy

Happy the man, whose wish and care
Is to breathe nothing but fresh air
Living a life most refined
In good health and peace of mind,

Eat healthy, sound sleep by night,
Always happy, honest and upright
A simple life free from disease
With meditation, always at peace

Then let me live, healthy, unseen
In a world that is free and green
Then unlamented let me die
Happy to say to my family goodbye

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Scheme X XXAA BBCC DDEE FFXX GGHH X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 686
Words 139
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
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Kenneth Kee

Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 65. However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. He first started writing free blogs on medical conditions seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com. Dr Kee is the author of: "A Family Doctor's Tale" "Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine" "Case Notes From A Family Doctor" "A Simple Guide to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder" more…

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