Deffy Daffinitions (Monoku series)
inflation: the thing that makes balloons bigger and candy bars smaller
irony: when obnoxious online bullies post "your a idiot"
jury: twelve people chosen to decide which side has the best lawyer
shin: an inexpensive device for finding furniture in the dark
pediatrics: comforting the parents till nature cures the illness
golfing: getting sunburnt and bored while failing your task at great expense
vitamin: what you are supposed to do when neighbors ring your doorbell
#3 attributable to Robert Frost, all others found online and converted to monoku form by yours truly.
Categories:
pediatrics, humor,
Form: Monoku
Starting A New Story
Now Ol' Ben is starting a new story
Something about him being in purgatory
And after he had caused so much static
Became a brain surgeon in pediatrics.
No one there wanted to be befuddled
And up nothing by him ever muddled
Patients never knew what he had meant
So he did decide to run for President.
Never understood what he said anyway
We had heard several politicians say
To go on further they found it hard to refuse
He must have a few missing loose screws.
James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
Categories:
pediatrics, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Little kids, needles, scary places
Doctors, nurses, with smiling faces
Strange bed, strange sound
Spooky environs all around
Pokes and prods, pink flowered gown
Tender mercies, gentle touch
Thank goodness mom is stickin’ round
Else this scary place would be waaay too much!
Toy placed in tiny hand
Gatorade given to drink
Young minds come to understand
This is not so bad! (ya’ think?)
Soon the aches and nose so stuffy
Give way to the nurses loving care
Eyes once teary, red and puffy
Sparkle anew and shine so fair
They leave with smiles on timid faces
All better now! No longer sick!
Soothed by nurses caring graces
That helped make the time pass so quick
R,N.’s and Docs: such busy people!
Yet they take the time and give so much
And the most precious gift from these busy people?
Open hearts, acts of caring kindness
…Tender mercies, Gentle touch…
Dedicated to all caregivers
But especially the great people at
Pediatrics E.R. U.M.C Las Vegas Nevada
By David Whalen
Categories:
pediatrics, children, health, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
The First Lady Won’t Like This
By Elton Camp
Mrs. Obama, childhood obesity is trying to combat
Because she knows kids won’t live as long if too fat
You might think that advertisers would take the hint
A report from Yale University says this how it went
Kids and teens are seeing far more soda ads than before
With blacks and Hispanics especially seeing many more
Children are sold stuff that’s high sugar, low nutrition
Which will significantly add to their too-fat condition
Most experts are convinced that children who are obese
Will develop health problems and their working cease
Without incomes, that means that taxes they can’t pay
Which then drives up healthcare costs yet another way
The American Academy of Pediatrics had this to say
Highly caffeinated drinks aren’t right for kids, no way
The American Beverage Association says this is wrong
They are singled out, when to many blame does belong
Children don’t have experience ads to truly analyze
Obesity will grow no matter how hard Obama tries
Categories:
pediatrics, health,
Form: Rhyme
Sleeping in your crib, you were curled onto your side,
A thumb inside your mouth, a blanket cuddled in your arm.
Only 18 months old, your baby blue eyes so beautiful,
How could anyone bruise you this way, your innocence lost,
Who was it who hurt you like this, if only you could talk.
You take a bottle from me and nuzzle into my grasp,
I want to protect you from any more harm and pain,
All I can do right now, is love and care for you with all I have,
And give your medications that will make you strong again.
So I kiss you good night and place you back in your crib,
May your night be filled with good fairies and sweet dreams.
Then Social Services will take you away when you are well,
I only hope and pray that you will be safe now forever more.
**A true story from my Nursing career working in Pediatrics.
Written by Lee Ramage
September 19, 2011
For Debbie Guzzi’s contest
“Children”
Won 8th place
Categories:
pediatrics, childhood, health, sad, night,
Form: Free verse