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POEM STARTER

You are a doctor who has to deliver some news to a patient - good or bad. Write a poem about your feelings on the matter before it happens.

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Ma’am you’re gonna die today

Pacing back and forth

Don’t know what to say

“Ma’am you’re gonna die today.”

Is that to formal

To casual you say?

Maybe I’ll try a different way

Pacing back and forth

swaying side to side

What to I say

Do I play it nice

It feels like walking on ice

Looking out the window

Clouds rolling in

I have to tell her soon

I can’t handle the anxiety

its eating up inside of me

What do I tell her

Do I really h...

Before They Know

Before the words, my hands grow cold,

The weight of truth, so hard to hold.

A heart, unsure, but trained to speak,

A voice that trembles, yet must be weak.


What will they hear? What will they feel?

How will I make their sorrow real?

The room is heavy, filled with air,

A silence thick with silent prayer.


Good news, I hope, a brighter day—

Or words of loss, too hard to say. ...

Cancer Sucks.

Doctor doctor, I don’t feel well, I have this pain and it just won’t go away.


Well well Dawn, we must take some bloods and see what is wrong.


Okay doctor, please organise the tests. I will see you in a few days.


Dawn, I’m afraid I have some bad news. This isn’t simple and light, please take a deep breath and when you’re ready I will tell you.


I am ready doctor, please tell me, I have my par...

Just Say The Words

Delivering the bad news…

What can you really do?

Should I say “I’m sorry”?

Should I say “I tried”?


Everything happens for a reason.

But what could it be this time?

Did this person deserve it?

No. No one deserves this.…


The halls feel empty and dark.

The only thing that made a noise was the clock.

Maybe I could turn back time.

Perhaps I could’ve been something else….


Nope. This is my career and ...

Unrestricted Faith

I knew what God was capable of before the doctor arrived. I never doubted that He would see me through. My faith in Him remains unwavering, even in uncertain times. Trusting in God always provides us with the strength we need, which comes from above. Prayer, repentance, and facing reality should always be priorities before undergoing any surgery. But it was taken too long and that’s what was worry...

Less Time

Please

You already

Know the

Answer


Three months

Not that long

Your family in the room

I’m sorry


His heart sinks

As he falls down

Into a depression

So much to live for


And so less time

Live to the fullest

While you still

Have time...

Allergies

As I walk through the hospital to the little boy’s room, I wonder if he will like me after this. Of course, it is not my fault, but sometimes six-year-olds don’t think this way.


I try to maintain my composure as I walk into the room. His mother sits nervously in the chair by the bed. Recently, while eating out, the boy felt sick, collapsed, and was brought to the hospital. He is better, but he is...

News

They sit there, hands clench around each others

As if they are the others lifeboat, keeping them from drowning in their feelings.


Straighten the spine

Deep breath

Shoulder back

Walk.


They notice me out of the corner of their eyes

Before I say anything.

The rush me, asking questions

Wanting to make me their lifeboat.


I can’t be their lifeboat, though.

It’s not good, I’m sorry.

They crumple ba...

Doctors Life

Nothing can compare,

To the view of a families despair.

Telling them bad news,

Is nothing you get used to.


This part of the job,

Your emotions it will rob.

Keeping a straight face and being neutral,

Whilst delivering news that’s far too brutal.


Being this professional,

Can sometimes seem questionable.

People asking why,

As they try not to cry.


You think your used to death,

But every time you te...

I’m Sorry To Say

In the realm of healing's sacred art,

A doctor stands, with heavy heart.

A task awaits, a burden to bear,

To deliver news, a weight to share.


Before the moment, stress takes hold,

A mix of emotions, stories untold.

The weight of responsibility, immense,

To bring solace, to offer defense.


With trembling hands and furrowed brow,

The doctor ponders, wonders how,

To comfort the patient, ease their p...

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