Ailing Poems - Poems about Ailing

... Dark clouds loomed over the horizon They broke loose in unprecedented force Nature’s wrath, sudden violence acquired It rained down as if unleashing all her fury It was a downpour w......Read the rest...

...The ancient four legged poem had been premeditatedly cut loose and now it haunts the unready, frail and ailing poet. It barks abruptly from underneath the lush hortensia bushes shocking the blu......Read the rest...

... I couldn't believe the word on the streets It ran through every nook and cranny and with urgent feet. The news of a daughter's unkind heart was told. A calculated wanton cruelty unfold. The s......Read the rest...

...Cats go out then cry to come in. A runt-end of shade wilts. We feel the pull of a Lunar tide, sense the off-center mewing, of a dissonant aria. Trembling dogs hide their body-bones. The air i......Read the rest...

...Passages and plays Gone now is all reason, as if she needed any more A princess awakens lonely, just like in days of yore Her prince left much earlier, through a gargoyled secret door, I......Read the rest...

...You who have become the moon of the new moon, Lost in realms unknown, You’re not found through searching, These eyes no longer see. Should I now call upon you, Compose verses to celebrate, How ......Read the rest...

...Lin, sorry to hear, as I am sick too But I know it's not covid or the flu Been blowing my raw nose Sneezing still comes and goes Maybe this cold needs a brandy or two Written by Tania Kitchin ......Read the rest...

...You were the first To speak to herbs And make the ailing cured. The greatest healer known to all Like ripples, your fame Was far spread. Olubikin! Olubikin! Heed the elders' call— Bitter ......Read the rest...

... Written: November 17, 2023 For Charles Messina Contest ___________________________________________ In peace of mind and unwavering pride Draw out your inner disgruntled ......Read the rest...

...So the heart murmurs and the kidneys fail, The lungs draw wheezing breath as tedious chore, The joints in every limb - feeble and frail, The mind doesn’t remember anymore… Yet somehow, somet......Read the rest...

...Frailty and aging are flaws in bodies of mankind Viral afflictions are infectious and pose grave danger Death from new diseases instantly come to mind making us wary of shaking hands with ......Read the rest...

...“Even after our corporeal form leaves, a letter speaks to us in a language so intimate, conveying pent up emotions so personalized that one cannot express through spoken words without causing embarra......Read the rest...

...*A real situation I am experiencing now after a major coronary surgery I underwent towards the end of last month. Written 5 November, 2023 For Body Ails Yet Spirit Soars Poetry Contest Sponsore......Read the rest...

...The languishing life with future tentative in tormenting time, writhes in its crushing clutch of stifling suffering, the bearing of the being breaks and bleeds in pining pain, finds the s......Read the rest...

... With body and spirit we live; as one, forms a team that will give support to each other- yet find our spirit empowers the mind. The mind is a powerful thing; within it, our s......Read the rest...