Best Influenza Poems

IN-FLU-ENZA!
IN-FLEW-ENZA!
This was not my today's agenda,
Hankies for snuffles my addenda,
Here I rest, moribunda!
Wintry weather down under,
Suppose it is not so bad,
Bed rest to be had,
Not...

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I do not have to go far away
 but just look within canada     to see
there is starvation    ...

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I am tired of counting the red dwarf stars in the Milky Way.
I am tired of counting the 7 years of grain in Pharaoh's silos.
I...

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Conquering alien
amidst human flu outbreak
fled earth contagious

Conquering alien
ooze influenza sickness
left earth alone...

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~Ode To Helen Steiner Rice~
(1900-1981 
(Monchielle) 


Lovely lady, she shines 
Ambass'dor of Sunshine 
Daughter, sister and wife 
Upliftin' poems she wrote 
She persevered through strife...

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~ Ode To Helen Steiner Rice~ 
 (1900- 1980 )
( Blood Quill )



Lovely lady she shine
She persevered through life
Wrote thousands verses of  Love, Faith,...

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~ Ode To Helen Steiner Rice~ 
 (1900- 1980 )
( Blood Quill )


Lovely lady she shine
She persevered through life
Wrote thousands verses of Faith, Love, Hope
Ambassador...

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Ethel Hurst

1889 – 1918

I saw the town rise up
Like a single blade of grass after a spring rain.
I played a multitude of hop-scotch games
With my...

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black snakeroot, yew, cocklebur, poison (ivy, oak, parsnip, sumac, ryegrass, hemlock), blister bushes, daffodil, mayapple, lilium, jerusalem cherry, indian licorice, deadly nightshade, christmas rose, bleeding...

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Viola Fuller

1879 – 1909

For it is written in solemn Chinese ideography,
That two women under one roof spells trouble.
For indeed my life found trouble
And death quite...

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chinese food dripping sauce
spicy beef and noodles
steaming vegetable rice
eggrolls and plum dip
spareribs and garlic
delightful
food


oh so delicious-    most of us have all...

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Horizons painted orange and red and yellow and gold,
Means there will be added garbage bags to fill and fold.
Temperatures cool and people begin to move...

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Feeling Rough

Sore throat, runny nose,
Could be a cold I suppose,
Or could it be influenza?
I think I need a detox cleanser

Turmeric, folic acid, gingko leaf
I'm feeling...

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An old man long in years, in threadbare coat, with grizzled hair, and eyes aged and heavy.
Stood with withered hands once strong and true, which...

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I'm a big sissy when it comes to my flu shot
So what if somehow a case of influenza I got
I'm healthy, I can take it
Though...

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