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Best Common Cold Poems

Below are the all-time best Common Cold poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of common cold poems written by PoetrySoup members


First Common Cold
A swathed October,
With freckled bundle of leaves
In a child's fingers—
How warmth is supposed to be,
The ground for a bassinet....

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© Paige Hind  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common cold, change, child, deep, introspection,
Form: Tanka



Common Cold
Achooo!
It begins, almost always, with a sneeze, 
Which, in some cultures, 
Invites blessings, 
But, in some others, a curse,
As it’s held to be ominous!
Blessing or...

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© Ram R. V.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common cold, funny, irony, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Circus Acts - Beware the Common Cold
The phenomenon known as a sneeze
Hits with major velocity. Jeez!
What a mess might ensue
If you heard an “A-choo!”
From the guy on the flying trapeze.

For The...

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Categories: common cold, funny,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Common Cold
the common cold
has got me down

i cough
i gag

 i try to breath
i gasp in agony

trying to sleep
awake i stay

off to work
tired i am...

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Categories: common cold, life,
Form: List
The Common Cold
Got a cough.
A weeze or too.
When I cough I spew.
Like as if my intestings .
Coming up too.

The Doc, bronchitis say.
Twenty smokes a day.
 I must...

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Categories: common cold, health,
Form: Light Verse



Open Your Eyes Open Your Mind Say I'M Not Going To Take It Anymore
Do you see What I see?
Dr Fauci says to wear a mask and social distance, it will prevent the spread of the virus. Has it,...

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Categories: common cold, america, anxiety, goodbye, storm,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A River Called Ebola
Thathud, boom boom boom 
Thathud, boom boom boom
I listen
As drums beat in Africa
Voices rise above the pounding
Mourning 
Crying out for their lost
For their feverish
Helpless people...

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Categories: common cold, africa, bereavement, death, education,
Form: Free verse
Altruistic Ponderings
I wish someone would explain
To me how we can spend
Billions of tax dollars 
On space exploration
When we can’t even figure
Out how to erase hunger
And poverty.

Who...

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Categories: common cold, confusion, faith, sad, social,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Vaccine Recommendation
The following immunizations
Recommended for kids
10 to 12 years old
Help protect from dangerous diseases

Parents check
Immunization records
If missing 
These important shots

Tdap (tetanus diphtheria, pertussis)
Protects against 3 dangerous...

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Categories: common cold, child, dad, family, children,
Form: List
I Have a Cold
According to Doctor Google, I am actually dying.
With the symptoms I have, surely it can't be lying.
I'm living on borrowed time, I really should be...

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Categories: common cold, health, light, sick, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Giantvillism and City of the Bean People Part 3
Culture in Bean Town was part of the City bling, bling! They socialized and told about what was happening in their lives and party until...

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Categories: common cold, appreciation, best friend, birth,
Form: Ballad
Hippocrite's Oath
Hypocrites’ oath

Dirt-cheep  government clinics  treat death
And disease just like they are  dirt and refuse
Which in a way is just about  fine.

Today’s...

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Categories: common cold, health,
Form: Free verse
Ode To Marshmellow Peeps
Marsh mellow peeps
a wonderful treat.
Yellow pink or  blue 
 all of them stick like glue 
on easter , christmas or even halloween  
I...

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Categories: common cold, food, children, funny, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Elderberry Bush
The
elder
is a bush
with properties
that can heal the sick.
The common cold,
has no chance
when its’
used.
...

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Categories: common cold, health, nature, poems, poetry,
Form: Ninette
The Hypochondriac
Swathed in bandages from head to toe 
That cut on my finger could go septic you know 
I’m not really touting for any attention 
It’s...

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Categories: common cold, fantasy, humor, people,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs