Best Ambulance Poems

What bird is this, I ask the man, that flies
The silken skies with shining knives for wings
We watch it slice the light above The Vize
And swoop and rise, and circle as it sings
Its melancholy song. I see him smile
A bird that beats the sparrows to...

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the toy ambulance
a kind relative gave him 
I try to accept
but the siren goes hours and hours
more than even a god can bear...

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Glass
Pelts my face
Like sharp, cold snow

Blood
Oozes from my skin
Curdling as frozen wind touches my skin

Muscles
Torn and shredded
Tried to save myself from hell

Bones
Cold to the marrow
Bitter winter makes them jump

Nerves
Quivering with adrenaline
Twitching, shaking with pain

Death
Glares at me
I glare right back, walking away,
a smirk on my face....

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Its siren is annoying;
Its flashing light disturbs.
Its speed propels pedestrians
To back up to the curbs.

It zigs and zags on city streets
Ignoring lights turned red,
Determined to respond, no matter
What might lie ahead.

A heart attack or vertigo,
An accident or fall;
A suicide or murder – 
The attendant’s seen...

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The Ambulance

There is a midnight caller a blue light do a shimmy 
on the ceiling in my room; mercifully the ambulance 
didn’t use its siren;
a group of women murmur near my door. 

Dogs, our nocturnal sentinels, 
nervously whine I know something serious is up, 
hushed...

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I hate ambulances because when I hear their sirens, I know that people have 
been hurt.
I'd give anything if accidents were something that people could avert.
Ambulance sirens make me sad because people may be dying or dead.
It's terrible to know that they're in pain and...

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Ambulance chasers
have morphed into
Civil Rights Attorneys...
salivating at the gurneys – a big
paycheck a chance to obtain,

making a living by inflaming
already blood-red, fiery pain – 

Compounding perceived 
prejudice -- hate; propagating 
color-division...though good
blindness has been of late
on many lips and in loving sighs 
contradicting rank media...

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                           The ambulance raced to cross the tracks,

           ...

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Transport has arrived to take him away.
Was he awake in that apartment?
Will he stare through dead eyes,
or living eyes that cannot see,
lacking attention?

So many old are claimed
from this block of flats,
put into ambulance or hearse.
We raise an eyebrow somewhat.
It makes such interesting traffic.


(Jun 2022)...

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frozen and alone
still clutching her phone
awaiting an ambulance...

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they're cold but they don't judge
blue lights respond to everyone
even her, so small, hiding
in a wardrobe
tree lights are other lights
sparkling joyously, festively
it was difficult watching my own play
after her, so small, smoke filled,
never getting to play with whatever
she got under those other lights


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I hear no ambulances at night
            Secure sleep brings wishes accepted
            When the sirens are whinging
       ...

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I was a paramedic for many years until a work injury put a stop to things and so this is a poem reflecting on my career



my blood was pouring into him
while his blood stuck
my feet to the floor

a floor vibrating over wheels
screeching corners with road...

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what’s the bloodiest, the goriest 
it’s what they’re really hoping for
but bread and butter routine falls
uninjured, aging vulnerables
just needing putting back to bed
or in their chair, their blanket days
with smiles as they’re left alone
strong but crying inwardly
the cold and lonely prison home
we drive away hoping...

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Types of fall

We all taste the physical one
After Earth’s Gravity has won,
With zest we rush at the fallen,
No big deal there, so no stalling
“You’re okay! Please, don’t mind the slip”
That is: if uninjured one’s hip;
Victim, Helper back on their feet:
More miles to deal with by...

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