Best Orthopedic Poems
He walked into my office, business in hand,
In denim baggy overalls, a plaid shirt, white painters cap,
and grandpa's old white leather orthopedic shoes.
If I ever get to the ripe old age of 88,
I want to be this lone wolf silhouette of a man.
A slow gait with frailty of movement.
Each step carefully orchestrated and contemplated.
Making one worry the next may become a fall.
But he moves on without even a stumble.
Steadfast stature and posture braced on any lowly perch.
Outer coat showing gaps of missing muscle and mass.
Paws and face forlornly exposed with past battles scorned.
All affairs in perfect order, the next move oft anticipated.
Irises glossy white shadowed with blue wisdom and mystery.
Draped with curtains and folds boldly saying "I am."
Negotiations begin with silence in wait of movement.
Tail wagging intently, teeth exposed only when he smiles.
No bite to his bark, he needn't growl nor gnarl.
Few words, saying only what needs to be heard.
Walking away after a handshake, flash of teeth, and a wink.
09/12/17
She strains to find her footing in orthopedic shoes
my grandmother's clop-clop walk to me
unbalanced
steadied by a backbone of faith
She bears a tattered, red carpet bag,
solid wooden handles, worn like her marbled hands
Grandma removes jam tarts and her Bible (smell enticing)
to tutor me for my Sunday School verses,
Psalm 23, that welds to memory
Her diligence that I adhere to the lines
despite my craven pull to tarts (a riveting obsession)
Unfussy delight when I learn the verses
Her glow, free floating,
a small harp ovation
Grandmother's carpet bag, stitched by history
brimming with the sweet lure of baking
upheld by her faith, like a pulse that hums devotion
in a drawn body softly folding into itself
Nothing can be swept aside
when a grandma voices validation
when generosity extends itself
when her walk thaws the ground
when words embroider love
ensuring preservation
Poem revised: April 25, 2021
Time, night, and sleep, I could not tell,
For down on the bathroom tiles, I fell
I hit my head but not so bad,
My hand, my muse screeched “are you mad,
What have you done”, confused, in pain
I looked, down at our hand, a monster
Glared at me, broken, swollen, angry and red,
“Wake up first don’t sleepwalk from bed,”
Hubby rushed for he heard me scream,
Called our son for this needed two, a family team
Dressed and wrapped me up, my hand, cried,
“Careful ouch" my muse sadly said,
"Its three degrees outside, a cold winter night”
I was in shock do not remember all, I got a fright,
Carefully I was bundled in the car and taken
To our nearest Emergency Department.
X -Ray’s on the double, diagnosis broken wrist.
My muse was still muttering, did you say something,
Asked the doc about pain,
There will be an injection soon,
No, I hastily replied, I merely said it looks like rain.
I had an injection on my bum,
The following morning an injection to succumb,
To the anesthetic at 7.30 am.
The photo hubby took of me shows I have no pain,
In my snazzy theater gown, which are always so plain.
10 days later stitches out, my baby elephant tattoo,
I noticed surprisingly was joined up like a puzzle by,
The greatest Orthopedic Surgeon I have ever,
known, heard of, or seen.
I am typing with my broken wrist, have a guard I wear.
Oh I’m “sorry, so sorry” said a little voice,
“I’m your, Muse we're one, I know,
You have the same pain as I,
Do you believe me as I look into your eye”
We both got a shock,
Walk mindfully is my motto,
Hey, I ditto,
You on that,
I’ll warn you and you warn me,
And together from danger we’ll
Always be free.
i wrote
tons
of lines
about
you
about
us
dancing
shoes
swing
beer sign
post
it
pink
in
my
mind's eye
my
orthopedic
shoe
won't
let
me
climb
that
high
This is the real world
expressed in the form of several days
worth or ghost writing.
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How are pets handled in divorce?
Medical cannabis and kids; plumbing and drainage inspections;
immigration counseling lawyer in Chicago;
Metal fabrication in Chuckey, Tenessee; How home security alarm monitoring works; How to make an HDR Photograph;
toxic torts; audiologists; plumbing and drainage inspections;
Tenth Edition, Calculus Early Transcendentals;
ISEE test preparation in los angeles;
vinyl windows in Beltsville; great printers for Mac computers;
orthopedic doctors in Herndon, Virginia;
container shipping; public adjusters in philadelphia; custom order fulfillment in Golden Valley; Minnesota; land surveys. Ghost writers know the real world better than poets.
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Hallux rigidus at the first metatarsophanlangeal joint
Old woman's shoes suggested by the orthopedic surgeon_____
The nerve!!
Oh!! Shucks my driving toe...
It hurts to drive~~~
He says to let the toe rest stay off of it.....
The fix for right now_
Injection of Kenalog(a steriod)...
PAIN, AGONY and DESPAIR.....
Horrible!!
Old age has its pit falls...
Someday though I will shed this body of clay
I'll have a new body, Praise the Lord, I'll have a new life...
THIS IS WHAT HAPPEN TO ME ON JANUARY 29, 2018
I WAS WALKING UP 60th SREET FROM MY HOUSE THAN
I TRIP OVER A PICE OF BROKEN CRACK CONCRETE SIDEWALK AND I FALL WITH MY ENTIRE WIGHT COMING DOWN ON MY ON MY RIGHT KNEE & BROKE IT IN TWO PICE. NOW I NEED SURGEON WILL NOT FIX MY KNEE CAP TO REPART IT. BUT NOW IT CAN NOT BE REPAIR.
THIS IS AN LIFE TIME INJURY FOR 1,500,000 MILLION DOLLARY LAWSUITS THAT CAN NOT BE FIX AN ANY WAY MY KNEE CAP IS ON TOP OF MY LEG.
PSS: PLEASE SOMEONE, ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME I NEED A LAWYER HERE IS MY EMAIL [email protected] PLEASE CONTENT ME ASAP
MR.JERRY WELLS
3621 WEST 60TH STREET
LOS ANGELES CALIF 90043
NOW SINCE JANUARY 29, 2018 I HAVE BEEN IN PAIN ON MY KNEE, LEGS & LEFT ARM. THIS PAIN COMES TO ME EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK & MONTHS.
1) I HAVE PAIN WHEN I MOVE MY KNEE
2) IT IS DIFFICULTY WALKING BECAUSE I CAN NOT PUT ALL MY WEIGHT ON MU KNEE I AM IN PAIN.
3) THE PAIN HAVE INCREASE ON MY KNEE, LEGS & ARM
4) I HAVE HAD FEVER MANY NIGH WITH MY KNEE IS IN PAIN & LEG & ARM
JANUARY 30, 2018 THAT WAS A VERY, VERY, PAIN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT I EVER HAD IN MY HOLD LIFE. I DIDN’T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL I WAS UP ALL NIGH IN PAIN.
NO JANUARY 31, 2018
NOW SINCE I SAW THE DOCTOR ON APRIL 4, 2018 AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER TOLD ME THAT MY KNEE CAP WAS BROKEN IN TWO PIECES.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD BY ANY DOCTOR I HAD A BROKEN KNEE CAP.
THEN they are TOLD ME I HAD TO SEE AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY WITHIN 5 TO 7 DAYS BUT THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. I DIDN’T SEE ONE UNTIL JUNE 1, 2018.
I walked into the club on a Saturday
Just had myself sometime to kill
I took my chance offering some romance
To a beautiful Angel I can see her still
The place didn’t have much to offer
I think it had seen its brightest days
Then over there on the dusty piano
A storyteller sat down with us to play
His song told a story about each of us
Spending our lives far short of our goals
Longer he played the more that he paid
Piano man played every drop of his soul
I will never forget that Piano Player
And how he took each one of us away
From the regret we had yet to forget
You’re the best I have ever seen play
So Billy Joel I wrote your soul this poem
Because the Piano man was truly great
And the story you told was poetic gold
Because we all became aware of our fate
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Written for Michelle's contest,
"The Piano Man by Billy Joel."
God Bless you all. I go see the
Orthopedic Specialist tomorrow.
I reckon it's all good long as we
have our faith. God Bless
New update, November 15, 2022
Caleb saw the orthopedic surgeon today. He said that he did not break his femur, but the patella(kneecap) dislocated but went back in place, there is bruising, and possibly torn cartilage. He is sending him to PT for 2 weeks then he will see the surgeon again about the torn cartilage. Prayer healed the broken bone and it is a much less serious injury, but it still hurts, is swollen, and needs time to heal.
Thank you again,
Sara
As a kid, I had a brilliant plan—
Become a dentist! Be The Man!
White coat, big bucks, drills that whir...
Then I saw my cousin’s clinic—Brrr!
The smell alone could curl your soul,
I noped right out, no toothy goal.
Next up: Baseball! I had the swing!
A Little League semi-almost-king.
Parents cheered like I was Babe,
Though I mostly warmed the bench in shade.
Scouts? None came. (Shocking, I know.)
So I let that dream... quietly go.
Then hoop dreams rose in high school halls—
I could dribble, pass, and almost ball.
Varsity? I gave it a shot,
But turns out, talent—I had not.
Coach picked others, and I stayed sane,
Dodged early fame, and homework pain.
At last, I thought, “Let’s try the brain!”
Books, not balls, would be my lane.
Still played for fun, just not the pros,
(Except in dreams, where anything goes).
Years rolled on, life found its groove,
My hands got steady, found their move.
Not on a bat, nor tossing a ball—
But fixing bones from big to small.
From fractured dreams to fractured hips,
I made my peace with life’s quick flips.
An orthopedic doc I came to be—
Not rich from teeth, but hey—it’s dad’s son!
to achieve the best of it
go for orthopedic surgery
be joined as one being
forever thou shalt live
as one in two
Written: October 8, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich
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My knee used to groan in despair,
It squeaked like a mouse in the air.
Now it's titanium,
Feels like uranium—
I moonwalk with orthopedic flair!
There is no doubt in my mind
in going to faith healers to heal
what ails me and be better faster.
Is it my faith or the faith healers?
Or both, that is the question?
However, there is no question in my mind
in giving them credence for I have a strong
belief in them, trust and confidence in their
healing, in their certitude and conviction to heal.
You go to the doctor and will be asked
“What’s wrong?”… Isn’t it for him/her to find out?
You’ll be put through testing to know what is wrong
or medications that have side effects
or therapies that take too long to ease the pain.
Yes, I go to the doctor; but I also go to faith healers.
With faith healers, they see through you
and feel, sense, perceive what is wrong with you.
You see images of their faith, candles, oil
and you feel this underlying feeling or aura.
I had a knee surgery with an orthopedic surgeon
and could not walk without a limp after the surgery.
Discouraged, I went to a faith healer and with her
massages using ginger and sesame oil,
I was able to walk without a limp.
I had my second bout of depression
and could not shake it off for months
and months of therapy and prayers.
Was a mess – desperate and hopeless.
I went to another faith healer, who told me
when she lifted my head that it was too heavy.
She moved her hands on my head with her faith,
her belief to heal and restore me – her healing
touch facilitated mental and emotional healing.
Then she told me my head weighed like
a gigantic rock with so much air inside
and she was able to let all the air out
or all the darkness that invaded my mind.
Believe in faith healers healing or not.
Many do not for they don’t believe
and some do for they believe.
The faith healers have gifts in healing.
They are believers to minister various kinds
of healing with their faith and spirituality.
They have the commitment, the confidence,
the conviction to restore physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual health through
their sensing and healing touch and faith.
12/1/20 Faith Healer Poetry Kai Michael Neumann
AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MANY CHANGES OCCUR FOR ME IT WAS COPING WITH ANXIETY VERTIGO ATTACK WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ALWAYS ON A LEDGE FINALLY THE GROUND COMES UP TO MEET YOU THERE I WAS STANDING ON TOP OF A FLIGHT OF STAIRS RECOVERING FROM MY INJURIES FROM THE CAR CRASH PREPARING MYSELF FOR MASS SINGING IN THE CHIOR WHEN THIS OVERWHELMING FEELING DIZZY FRIGHTENING I FELT MYSELF FALLING I TRIED TO GRAB THE RAIL THERE WAS NO RAIL I FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE STAIR CASE TO THE CONCRETE GROUND FRACTURING HIP PELVIS LAYING THERE WITH INTERNAL BLEEDING PHYSICAL THERAPY CHIROPRACTIC CARE ORTHOPEDIC CARE NOW THE BONES ARE DEFORMED SEVERE PAIN AND SUFFERING I'M BLESSED MY HUSBAND TAKES GOOD CARE OF ME SURVIVING A CAR BOMB CRUSHED EYE SOCKET FRACTURED NASAL ARCH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY I EVEN INJURED MY HIP FRACTURED HAND I TWO STROKES LEARNING TO WALK AGAIN I NEVER DREAMED I'D BECOME CRIPPLED JUST WAKE UP AND CAN'T MOVE MY LEGS UNABLE TO WALK UNABLE TO MOVE MY LEGS MY LOWER BODY GAVE OUT SEVERE ONGOING PAIN AND SUFFERING RECEIVING CARE SICKNESS AND HEALTH ANTHONY AND YOLANDA CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS
Orthopedic shoes
A life time of paying dues
Engaging pity need no ones help
It’s useless to choose
More winning than lose
What have we too done
Stop watching me run
Engaging pity need no ones help
Stop pitying me
Stop engaging me in your imagines
Engaging pity need no ones help
I am old again
This is known again
It’s useless to choose
More winning than lose
Engaging pity need no ones help
What have we too done
Now for all I’ve ever done or did
If you’re sleepy then go to bed
I’m gonna stay up till dawn
Cause I am grown
Engaging pity need no ones help
11/2/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2018