Best Kleenex Poems

I reach for another Kleenex.
The box sits empty on the shelf.
Have I really cried that many tears?
Has my life turned into a sad tale?
Have all...

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To Sneeze or Not to Sneeze
(with apologies to William Shakespeare)


To sneeze or not to sneeze, that is the question.
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to...

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palindromes

A dog! A panic in a pagoda!
Teenager Rex brought a can of soda;
he shook it up hard and then pulled the tab.
But Rex was too...

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I wish I had the video
of all your mental pictures
so I could see what that night 
looked like, where he
touched you and why
you let him...

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The winter's been harsh, the winter's been long.
Still it's only march and I can't hear the song.
To have spring fever, you need to be a...

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another deep breath
    of suffocating air
       passes the lump in my throat...
    ...

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I would need this gun
To complete my mission;
I would need this CD
So I can listen;
A cell phone
To say good bye;
Kleenex
For my cry;
This is the sweetest...

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Why do I write
I cannot not write, that is why
It is a compulsion
I wake up with a poem or a song spitting out of my...

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Being sick with a snotty nose
A cough, fatigue, one of those colds???
For goodness sake's everyone knows
Grandmothers are too sophicated 
To wear anything but fancy clothes
Surely...

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The other day I was rootin' around in my spouse's purse,
And was astounded by the contents that were so diverse.
If caught, I'd surely have hell...

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I miss the play of outside sunshine,
But the nose knows it’s safer to quaver,
From going outdoors, acting sanguine.
Raw throat, stalled breathing - I’m on the...

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The day began with stress, coffee and sex,
Hot sweat was running down my face and back;
Today, our wedding day and we are wrecks.
He gives me...

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enjoy the reed
now displayed as a satisfactory deed.
*          *       ...

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Caregiver

It’s who I am and what I LOVE to do

I’ll make you smile when you’re feeling blue

And help you get well when you’ve got the...

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I have a little story to tell you ... it's absolutely true, of course, at least as far as I'm concerned, but you can take...

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