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Dentistry Poems - Poems about Dentistry


Premium Member Root Canal
Where to begin? Perhaps with the hum of the drill lurking in some unseen chamber, already rehearsing my name? Or the taunting clock counting down the minutes? I’d like to write a poem about something else besides dentistry but this is the loudest thought I’ve got and it’s already wearing my favorite shirt and deciding if the black flats or pink sneakers will be more forgiving when I’m...

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Categories: dentistry, angst, feelings, humor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Two Hours of A-bridge-d Dentistry
supine in support buzz of fly in o’erhead light with my mouth agape ...

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Categories: dentistry, angst,
Form: Senryu



Cosmetic Dentistry
My signal is made with my mouth where I eat and where I kiss. I say yes around my lips, biologically I may suck in or disembogue here. My smile is the main face of my yes, eight teeth I keep fresh and well shaped. My smile is more important than my soul....

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Categories: dentistry, smile, vanity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dog Dentistry
I went to see my dentist today She works out of her house It’s a one-chair operation With hardwood floors An old dog lies on a rug Next to the chair He’s seen it all Root canals, molar extractions… He seems so calm I wonder if she ever works on his teeth The old gummer Sit’s and grins He knows it’s better you than him Sitting in that...

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Categories: dentistry, dog,
Form: Free verse
Dentistry and Reflections
The dentist and Reflections Up there in the continuous darkness of the universe I saw a streak of light... a dying comets last hurrah. Bedroom very dark couldn’t sleep too much death for one night. Got up and read an article that plants speak to each other. “Warning a heavy footed man is coming your way.”...

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Categories: dentistry, fear, health, death, death,
Form: Blank verse



The Da Vinci Dentistry
Unschooled in art, uncouth, that's what you'll say of me; I've tried and tried so hard, but I still have to see da Vinci's Mona Lisa mythic, ...

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Categories: dentistry, funny
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things