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Best Symptom Poems

Below are the all-time best Symptom poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of symptom poems written by PoetrySoup members


Unmedicated
symptom spectrum script
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Categories: symptom, fear, mental illness, science,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member The In-Between
"The In-Between"

I ripped the pages of 
that tired old story 
from the heart, a body of work

buried the misdiagnosed slanders
then wiped their mouths
with the back...

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Categories: symptom, imagery, life, muse, poets,
Form: Free verse
Affliction
AFFLICTION?
It is said of young physicians when they first set out to learn
All the symptoms and conditions that known illnesses convey
They perceive these indications each...

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Categories: symptom, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Update Again and Thank You All
Hi Everyone. 

First of all I just want to thank you all for your kindness, support, encouragement and prayers. It has made such a positive...

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Categories: symptom, appreciation, care, friendship, poets,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Truth Room
Come with me my Brother,
to a secret place where Light and Shadow line the face with fear and grace,
leave sophmoric style, wry smile and sly...

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Categories: symptom, best friend, brother, bullying,
Form: Epic



Just Another Medical Issue
They say it all makes sense now. 
All these medical oddities I've experienced at such a young age. 
My doctor insists that things have to...

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Categories: symptom, april, emotions, health, pain,
Form: Free verse
Malkavian the Second
The constant assault of the silence on his senses is intense 
Hands clenched in fist he wished for noise and bliss
Buddy stopped talking and drinking...

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© Nathan D.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: symptom, dark, drug,
Form: Alliteration
Addiction Part 2
You ask how I really am when you damn well know,
My world is crumbling right now.
But I'll be fine,
Just give it some time,
Just take it...

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Categories: symptom, addiction, anger, anxiety, crazy,
Form: Free verse
Time
Wasted time, can I get it back?
I'm not sure whether I want it back
Don't catch my symptom, you won't get your normality back
God, my vision...

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Categories: symptom, fear, feelings, time,
Form: I do not know?
Desperate Doll
Daughter, neglected by maternity
A button missing were her eye should be
Abused and abundant by paternity
Her limb missing were her leg should be
Expected to know the...

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Categories: symptom, abuse, school,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Felicity On the Brink of Death
Our Felicity knows no rest and was
Often admonished by her Head Nurse.
It happened one day she was out for an errand
When a small boy was...

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Categories: symptom, endurance, grief, heartbreak, recovery
Form: Free verse
Tan Gentle Lines
She lies, tan gentle lines and curves so sharp
she pairs her heart horizontal to zero 
Her body falling from great cusps above
Then deriving great pleasure...

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Categories: symptom, love, lust,
Form: Free verse
Yoga
Yoga had me do the plow
Twist my spine I just said how
Reset my spine feet overhead
To calm myself inside instead

To be so calm when drama’s...

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Categories: symptom, adventure
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mr Ratman
Hello,
my name is Mr. Ratman
I've been injected twice 
with an experimental vaccine
get nasal swabbed three times a week
i wear a rag on my face consistently
i...

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Categories: symptom, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Loneliness Comes In Blues
Loneliness comes in blues
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Categories: symptom, depression, life, loneliness, lonely,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things