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Arthritis Poems - Poems about Arthritis

Arthritis Poems - Examples of all types of poems about arthritis to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for arthritis.
Premium Member GO NO MORE A BOWLING
...So we’ll go no more a bowling So late into this night Though our arms be still as willing And the lanes be still as bright, For balls wear out the fingers And arthritis shows its might......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, age, humor, night, pain,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Charleston Merman
...We were vacationing in the state of palm trees and seashore in September's mild loveliness. Me, a sexagenarian widow, hobbled by arthritis in my knees. As my family enjoyed the surf, I sat cont......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Molly Ann Could Hardly Wait
...Molly Ann could barely wait said her dad To show her hippie grandma her cozy pad Where would I sit? Grandma asked eying the pit. Daddy laughed so hard, for on the floor she used to always sit. ......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, life,
Form: Rhyme
There’s a Change a Coming
... Last night, my mind started wandering around the hills and hollers of the olden days again. That is not unusual as the older I get, the more time I seem to spend there. Sometimes I wonder if it’s o......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, poetry,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Tattered But Warm
... Quilt handmade Quilt tattered Tattered edges Tattered cloth Cloth that's leftover Cloth a reminder Reminder of dresses Reminder of handmade Handmade dresses Handmade with love ......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, environment,
Form: Blitz



Premium Member we build a contraption to help Donner Fly
...Our favorite reindeer, Donner was way too old to fly He had arthritis in his ankles, his knees and his thigh The rest of us reindeer built him a contraption to fly. Now we take him along, and some......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, christmas,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Scattered To The Wind
...dreams then hope leave search through jumbled draws crowded closets and you won't find them dr......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, age, dream,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Dreams
...when dreams die, death isn't far then hope leaves floating in a jar search drawers cluttered closets too neither are found dreams scattered to the winds but hope remained someday, someda......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Body Ails Yet Spirit Soars
...Fifty-one autumns ago on a vibrant blue sky morn, I was running in my high school girl's cross-country race in Bethpage Park, Long Island, N.Y., as many ponytails bounced under canopies of red, o......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unwelcome Guest
... Unwelcome Guests (Arthritis, Bursitis, Tendonitis, Gout) Miracle Man 10-11-2023 The “rItis” boys came to visit, and their welcome overstayed. My futile efforts to evict them, they......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, grief, hurt, pain,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Ballad of the Senior Brigade
...Well it’s one o’clock on a Tuesday The regular crowd wanders in There’s an old broad Sittin’ next to me Wonderin’ which room she’s in She says, “Girl can you join me for bingo? I don’t really......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, age, community, crazy, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Body Is In Charge Now
...They do the swing and sling dance someone said About my friend Charlotte and her buddy Ted It is the Lindy Hop, and it is looks rather wild They asked me to try it, but I am a non-dancing child ......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, age,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Determined To Paint
...Renoir father of the impressionist style his art celebrated femininity and beauty he was poor, often could not afford paint arthritis in later years made it difficult still he painted......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, art,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Feel Lucky
...patients arrive behind canes scoot around in walkers some are being pushed in wheelchairs they look old, ancient, elderly to me I hear them give their birthdates and I am shocked Many are youn......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, age,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Its All About Me
...I want to say sorry For being remiss I tend to worry As I look at the list Of the appointments I Have to Keep, every week. I get such care for the Cures that I seek. Everything is fading A......Read the rest...
Categories: arthritis, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme

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