Showing posts with label poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poem. Show all posts

11 June 2013

Medical collective nouns - a poem.

A scale of dermatologists

A hum of audiologists

An odour of podiatrists

A slumber of anaesthetists

A vial of pathologists

A diary of health bloggers

A sliver of surgeons

A thought of neurologists

An injection of immunologists

A wind of gastroenterologists

A textbook of graduate doctors

A scrum of sports doctors

A breath of respiratorists

A D-Cup of plastic surgeons

A gaga of midwives

A lick of oral hygienists

A bite of dentists

A blanket of sleep therapists

A lens of ophthalmologists

A Lego house of play therapists

A pulse of cardiologists

An earful of counsellors

An enhancement of cosmetic surgeons

A cistern of urologists

A helping of social workers

A stretch of physiotherapists

A siren of paramedics

A prick of acupuncturists

A swallow of speech pathologists

A wrinkle of geriatricians

An innocence of paediatricians

A hazard of radiographers

A helix of geneticists

A portion of dieticians

A tube of endoscopists

A shutter of medical photographers

An arousal of sex therapists.

Because sometimes fun word games are played on Twitter, and I knew the picture of hospital food would eventually come in handy. The mashed potato was always the best bit.

#medicalcollectivenouns @carlyfindlay

 

05 June 2013

Outrage - is this anger my happiness? [A poem]

When you spend a lot of time on social media like I do, you encounter some strong personalities and see a lot of outrage.
They say that you should be scared before publishing your work, and I do feel a little scared.
Here's a poem with my observations about outrage and issue turf wars on social media.

 

I own that issue

And. Don't. You. Dare. Talk. About. It. Like. You. Know. About. It.

Unless you're a card carrying member.

I'll shout you down until you agree that

I AM RIGHT.

 

Shhh,

Be quiet.

My voice will shout the loudest,

And my keystrokes will be faster than my angry heart rate,

I'll have a comeback for anything you post,

I'm eternally riled.

Is this anger my happiness?

 

You aren't engaging in a discussion.

YOU ARE A TROLL.

Blocked!

 

The outrage, it's oxygen. It's adrenaline.

It's pack mentality and screen shotted evidence.

It's validation.

It's passive aggression,

And sometimes it's just aggression.

 

It's a swiftly driven bandwagon,

Stopping at another station tomorrow -

And if there's no outrage station,

I'll sure as hell create one.

 

I have all the life experience!

All the situational experience!

And yours does not matter.

 

Don't tread on my patch of the Internet.

 

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