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A Simple Pleasure

I’m in the doctor’s office – so boring waiting as usual since rarely do doctors meet with patients on time. We patients can be treated so unfairly. Our time is just as valuable as theirs is, but do doctors take that into account? However I am so pleased when I find some magazines – a fairly large amount! I’m thrilled to see the magazines for women and not just ones on sports or politics. I see magazines that most men hate. There are some for kids too. A delicious mix! I grab two up: one of them with health tips. The other one about celebrities. This simple pleasure I have little time for at home, but now I’m reading here with ease. I’m quite enjoying an article on European diets – at my leisure. My name is then called out. It figures! NOW they want to interrupt my pleasure. Feb. 7, 2023 For Julia Ward's A Simple Pleasure Poetry Contest

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Bill Baker

Date: 2/9/2023 7:35:00 AM

Good use of you free time ... a little pleasure. Reading for relaxation sometimes gives use new ideal for poems, a serendipity. :-) Bill

Joe Maverick

Date: 2/8/2023 12:34:00 PM

And thats true for most of life situations Andrea..I can't fathom events or people I suppose I should be careful lol I mean You may well be one?? A people; as I term it' That being; as you might be a representative Of other humans? Earning the above distinction As conferred by myself, I note you have Different views at different times' maybe you Even dress differently ? All this qualifys you As a people..No ifs or buts it may sound nuts? Yet I'd druther state it first' than be labelled a klutz.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 2/8/2023 8:33:00 PM

what the heck are you talking about here? hahaha

Jennifer Walker

Date: 2/8/2023 2:16:00 AM

So very true and nicely phrased in a poem.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 2/8/2023 1:46:00 AM

Well, at least you will be attended to. Hope you read about the Mediterranean diet. My doctor takes ages on each patient and it seems he can find no solution.

Valsa George

Date: 2/7/2023 8:04:00 PM

I can so well relate... Andrea. The same happened to me when I visited my dentist for a root canal. Waiting there was so boring, but reading some magazines at leisure was a pleasure.

Fin Chuuk

Date: 2/7/2023 4:29:00 PM

OMG, I know exactly how that feels. So annoying! I really enjoyed this one too. You’re just an awesome poetess who can write just about anything about anything. Amazing :)

Sam Kauffman

Date: 2/7/2023 2:29:00 PM

Now, "ain't" that the truth. Fun choice for the contest. Best wishes for a win!

Sara Kendrick

Date: 2/7/2023 1:47:00 PM

Great idea for this contest. I believe it is a good contender for the contest. You have woven into this great topic some excellent rhythm and rhyme. Thanks for sharing and for your time spent at my poem. Sara

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 2/7/2023 11:50:00 AM

- Now ... you could have waited 10 minutes longer :))) ... unfair :))) - hugs

Vijay Pandit

Date: 2/7/2023 8:46:00 AM

So true--so annoying to wait. Thankfully we can browse the magazines--read something that gives relief--as you so expertly convey, Andrea.

Sotto Poet

Date: 2/7/2023 7:43:00 AM

A poem that is both skillfully written and deeply meaningful, Andrea. In point of fact, I was just thinking along the same lines as you about the potential waiting period of up to two hours.