Where is our Doctor?
Where is our Doctor? The doctor won’t be in today He has gone away Leaving his stethoscope and bag Tossed…
Category: HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE POEMS
Medical poems that teach a lesson or tell a story
Poverty and Disease
Hand in hand they walk, Indivisible, impossible to tell apart A terror to many wrecking havoc along their path. …
When I’m Happy Be Worried
Just a call was all it would have taken Just a letter was all you would have written …to get…
WHY I STOPPED SEEING DOCTOR JUMBO.
I went to see Doctor Jumbo today How are you? He asked I’m not so fine doctor My head hurts,…
UNSENT LETTER TO MY LOST LOVE.
Sitting at this desk Heater warming my feet My body ensconced in three layers of clothing Hands exposed, clutching this…
DEAD MAN WALKING.
I see himRight behind youBeckoning to meTo join him He is tallDressed in that colourYou can’t see himBut I see…
EMPTY NEST.
The house is emptyIt was never soFilled with laughterWe watched them go. A while agoWe were fourWe loved it soNot…
Gone Baby Gone.
Wrapped in swaddling clothes Water seeping through A mixture of smells, mingling With his cries Chilling. Left at the…
IF SOMETHING HAD GONE WRONG.
If something had gone wrongand you bled to death. If something had gone wrongand I had come out with my…
YOU CAN’T KNOW HOW THEY FEEL.
Running, rushingAsking, what happened?The disbelief, the denial, the grief.You can’t know how they feel. Sitting, standing, pacingAsking self, what did…