I am thrilled to only see two people ahead of me at medical clinic
No one is at reception’s desk
I know the routine
so I fill out the forms while I wait
No one comes.
I have been here four minutes
I ask one of the others “was anyone here?”
“She left a bit ago,” one replies.
a female nurse comes out of exam room.
Fiddles around a bit.
Goes back into same exam room.
Nurse comes back out after a bit.
Asks me “where is the receptionist?”
“I am wondering myself,” I reply.
“she will need your ID and medical card,” the woman says.
I hand them over and she leaves it all for the receptionist under the high counter.
a few more people leave exam rooms.
No one else is called back yet.
a woman holding a sandwich and large drink comes wandering in.
That explains why she had left her desk.
But to not leave a sign or anything?
I remain standing there,
not wanting the six people behind me to get ahead.
Categories:
reception, humorous,
Form: Narrative
RECEPTION
variants
appear
widely admired
then
disappear
in
face
of human
passion
transformed
by
sense&
intention
as
conscience
& rage
awakens
shaped
by
visual space
reminiscent
transmuted
by
experience
&
willed
ordiliness
apprehended
then
suspended
in
meditation
&
natural
intutive
disposition
Categories:
reception, poetry,
Form: Verse
A couple got married in the Winter Wonderland
For the reception they hired a mariachi band
They danced a Spanish jig,
Then left in a borrowed rig
Stiffing the poor caterer because the food was bland.
written December 23, 2021
Categories:
reception, humor, wedding, winter,
Form: Limerick
There is fortune,
weather and climate,
is several,
paradoxical.
Categories:
reception, cool,
Form: Free verse
Reception whether,
day or night receptions:-,
sister.
Categories:
reception, adventure,
Form: Haiku
Can't get my station
Static driving me crazy!
No good reception
Got radio blues
And my tape deck's broken too
No CD player
What's a guy to do
When his music won't come through?
I guess I'll just sing!
Categories:
reception, anger, anxiety, crazy, dance,
Form: Haiku
With queries and questions
for a year-long protracted night,
understanding came in a instant,
I believed.
Going home, alone, accompanied
by a weird, unfamiliar light;
I drove off a familiar cliff.
They bereaved.
Instead of mortuary, a mansion
designed by spirit, not by might
I’m home amid thousands
well- received.
Categories:
reception, 11th grade, allusion, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
After Church Have Reception
Church had planned on the perception;
When service is over have a reception;
There together meet
Coffee with a sweet,
Add Christ to complete the conception.
Jim Horn
Categories:
reception, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
When I get reception
I will google it
But by that time
I will have forgotten it
So, we ponder the question
That only our minds can answer
As we have no reception
But at least I have you
To bounce my signal off
It comes back with a different perspective
Honest and forthright with your views
No batteries to recharge
Before I see your face
Don’t need to see the bars
To know I have your reception
No need to worry about the privacy of apps
As I know you have my back
Thank God
I have reception
The signals lost
The bars are gone
The battery is all but shot
But with you just there
And the love of god
I have reception
Categories:
reception, anxiety, humorous,
Form: Free verse
I found myself in a real bad pickle
my lady thinks I'm cheap to the nickel,
so I told her I would spend
but she screamed, "This is the end."...
Mad at, "Your boobs droop like an icicle!"
Categories:
reception, humor,
Form: Limerick
Who in attendance devoted the most skill and caring to honor the veterans seated in the front row? Was it law enforcement showing tolerance giving veterans the benefit of the doubt in situations not too serious no damage to property or person? Was it the mayor reading from a prepared speech not words spoken spontaneously from deep within? Was it the village officials making their appearance but not really knowing what it is like to walk a mile in the combat boots of veterans seated in the front row? No, none of the above in my opinion. Rather it was a woman, with a crown of grey hair now white, that might have been a halo? She was a master of her craft baking treats that excited pallets far and wide amazing all.Despite a food allergy she couldn’t taste to judge her wares Hers was the greatest gift honoring those who sacrificed all.in faraway lands coming back sometime not so tall
Categories:
reception, angel,
Form: Free verse
Wedding Reception
We’ll settle by the bar and watch
the women dance, then split a likely
pair, when we think we stand a chance.
I’ve one eye on the bridesmaid, with
the skirt that’s riding high – showing
off the daisies, tattooed upon
her thigh.
The groom is still hung-over;
can’t find the pregnant bride. She dodged
into the box-room – best-man by
her side.
Mothers-in-law are screaming,
‘war,’ handbags all-aflail. Uncle
Jack is on his back. George is green
and frail.
So we’ll linger here and
guzzle beer, till the barman calls
the time. Then make a play for a
pair who sway – join the pantomime...
...Hope you like the big one, with the
bird’s nest in her hair. Because I’m
heading for the bridesmaid, with the
skirt that’s riding high, showing off
the daisies...
Categories:
reception, romance,
Form: Free verse
How many times will you stop acting free
Just to please a perspective?
Always on the lookout for that peculiar spectator,
confining life to be so subjective.
Indulging in such a slender code of morality.
Even a wild youth is tied to the principles of an unbecoming age.
Sharing the social state of make believe tranquility.
A shallow mind consumes all and thrusts life into a daze
But still no one to realize life is too short for all these ordeals.
Every minute detail too irrelevant yet judged.
All the aspects of a fragile life lost to the worlds ideals.
So never mind the reception, then maybe the cornerstones of civilization will budge.
Categories:
reception, life, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
A Welcome Reception
or Receptionist and a Poetry Recital
Take care of dolls and put them on display
And a story each one will have to say
About the time there was such a hush
Because their teeth they forgot to brush.
They were all afraid to smile anymore
Gums were starting to get mighty sore
And soon a cavity appeared in each tooth
Not unusual but unfair and very uncouth.
Receptionist such a sweet smiling was wearing
For her teeth religiously is always caring
You should have a smile that looks like mine
She said after her and my eyes would entwine.
Could hardly breathe when I saw her teeth
Brushed all around, on and gums underneath
Then a tremendous thought to me occurs;
God, make my teeth look as good as hers.
I can see my dentist's receptionist smiling and
laughing and eyes twinkling right now as she
reads this. Will be seeing them next Tuesday
but forgot what time. Oh, and is the coffee
water warm yet? When do you want to hear
my dental poetry recital?
Jim Horn
Categories:
reception, funny, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Justly winged from worm to flying kin from distant sky spotter rushes like the wind in colorful attire bringing perfume to mate she received on flower this the first date She utters like a trumpet as he flutters to rest with raised back and closed wing as to say not yet Puddling free spirit in this garden court may I have this dance still a proper report Leaping circling skyward apart looking awry new birth's reward to get her straight they fly on pedal lite the nectar no longer our delight Running swiftly a breathe of soul to create new life with God's fire seed within she becomes a wife Searching flowers carefully baba begins drawing to her hour finding life transcends
Categories:
reception, allegory, life, love, romance,
Form: Rhyme
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