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Best Hypochondria Poems

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Hypochondria
On a wet drippy day in India
He got the irksome hypochondria
His crazy mind cued in to pee
He was a loony, he must be
Shuttling in throes...

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Categories: hypochondria, fun, funny,
Form: Limerick



No Answers
I’m an old man, though not as old 
	as I was ten years ago 
        when I thought...

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Categories: hypochondria, friend,
Form: Free verse
Ken Thinks He's Crook
I got a phone call from a mate of mine I hadn't seen for years,
and I could tell by his quivered voice that he was...

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Categories: hypochondria, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Hypochondrial Illusion
Hypochondrial Delusion

A mind corrupted canker
Of cystic self failure
Even gastric anorexia
And fluttery throb to alight the fear
An adrenaline generated tachycardia
That matches respiration
And causes hyperventilation
With invasive pacy...

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Categories: hypochondria, psychological,
Form: Blank verse
Selected Lyrics From the Imaginary Invalid
 After graduating from UF, in the early '80s I wrote the book, lyrics and score for a musical adaptation of Moliere's farce Le Malade...

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Categories: hypochondria, funny, humorous, parody, satire,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Failed Philosophy Students
Philosophers debated:
Can a medium ever be small or large?
Is faux leather from fake cows?
Does a hypochondriac think he has everything except hypochondria?
Do denture wearers always...

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© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hypochondria, life,
Form: Free verse
3-D Printout
it ain't the gush of hot blood
or a madman’s teeth ripping open
a bag of chips and a microbrew
it is a clenched heart squeezed
by the age...

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Categories: hypochondria, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Perfect
Perfect!  (Hypochondria?)

I’m not sick.  I’m not ill.  I’m not crazy.  
There is nothing wrong with being perfect.
My mommy told me so.
"illness...

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Categories: hypochondria, addiction, bird, crazy, environment,
Form: Free verse
Mental Palinopsia
The fireworks glaze the corners of my eyes
But I can't see, the bombs falling all around me
The rushing blood pumping through my legs
I can feel...

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Categories: hypochondria, absence, anxiety, depression, fear,
Form: Free verse
Eating the Lotus
Mr. Eli is such a nice guy, 
his skin's a pretty Lilly white
'times when my placebo ain't workin'
my personal pill prescribing plight

generically i'm very uncommon
as...

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© Goode Guy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hypochondria, allegory, happiness, health, pain,
Form: Quatrain
A Vindictive Mind
A MIND SEEKING REVENGE
IS LIKE A PRISONER WITH NO JUSTICE
IT WON’T TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR  ITS ACTIONS
FOR IT WILL  PLOT AN ILLEGAL PLAN...

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Categories: hypochondria, sad
Form: I do not know?
A Letter To My Mother
From dusk to dawn 
Sunrise to sundown
This I will never forget 
Your kisses that always left me in a comfort 
And a bliss that no...

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Categories: hypochondria, cry, death, loss, lost
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Matter of Life and Death
You often claimed you were unwell
Pure hypochondria - I could always tell
Because you lied

You’ve faked illnesses over many years
Googling symptoms brought crocodile tears
Because you cried

When...

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Categories: hypochondria, conflict, family, health,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Hyperchondria
somethin' ain't right
somethin' ain't cool
my head's poundin' hot
need ta see somebody who'll

be able to give me a diagnoses,
to tell me my likely prognosis
'cause I jus'...

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© Goode Guy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hypochondria, angst, health, me, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Survival Is
SURVIVAL
is feeling there is no point in getting up in the morning
showering getting dressed, what is the bloody point
but know that you have to.

is suppressing...

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Categories: hypochondria, blessing, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things