A Victorian Christmas Carol
...Did Robert Browning say it best when he
wrote, “winter takes the old ones”? Possibly.
Bronchitis, pthisis, whooping cough, T.B. –
they ran amock in 1863.
I trust it’s not too jarring if I jump
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Categories:
bronchitis, history,
Form: Rhyme
Portrait of an All-American Fe-Male
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When Joe was young he had tonsilitis
In grade school he developed bronchitis
Later, elbow bursitis
And Colitis, Neuritis
Now that Joe’s old ~ he ...
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Categories:
bronchitis, conflict, gender, humor, pain,
Form: Limerick
ROBIN RED BREAST BUMBLE BEE AND KATY CATERPILLAR
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Hi dear friends, I’m back after a bad shingles attack and straight after that bronchitis verging on pneumonia.
Little Robin red breast bobbing up and down,
Would take away with glee, anybody’...
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Categories:
bronchitis, life,
Form: Rhyme
Mother's Day prayer for mom to heal from bronchitis
...I bring you flowers, homemade meals, meds, herbal tea
I hope Our Lady of Grace will smile on thee :-)...
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Categories:
bronchitis, caregiving, flower, imagery, mother
Form: Couplet
El Buen Retiro
...We don't know how long we have left to live
and meanwhile I have filled up with petrol
and wait for the electric car.
Drawing-room oracles descend imberbi
on the sandy shore
soiled with supposed...
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Categories:
bronchitis, allegory, allusion, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Mezzo Hyponchondriac
...sometimes I'm lazy tse tse
I don't go out at night, I avoid bronchitis
I have few friends, bad influenzas i avoid
I'm kind of bashful I fear dengue...
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Categories:
bronchitis, addiction, allegory, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
A Strict District
...All the folks in the district
Know that they should walks restrict
Or guards shall restrict their walks:
Make them suspend lengthened talks
Or with lengthened talk send down
To the valley of t...
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Categories:
bronchitis, bullying, community, places, prejudice,
Form: Rhyme
Easter
...Ave Maria
I hear the cries, the ties that bind.
I recall it all when Easter comes.
His suffering upon the cross our
Great and humble loss endured for us.
Ave Maria
How she must hav...
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Categories:
bronchitis, death, dedication, holiday, inspirational
Form: Free verse
Dragon Stew
...On an early morning just before school
My tummy is churning my head hurts too
My feet are cold my forehead is hot
I have a runny nose and a tongue with blue dots
“Mom come quick!” I helplessly ...
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Categories:
bronchitis, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Geoengineering
...Geoengineering!
The majority of people
On this beautiful planet,
All with their own lifestyles,
Culture, religion,
History and tales!
When they see these,
Long white streaks,
In the sky,
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Categories:
bronchitis, literature,
Form: Epic
Crazy Dialogue Between Father and Son
...- Junior piece of acephalus
go to sleep !
"If you do not do what I tell you,
I'm going to give you serious bronchitis ...!
And if I do, I'll give you a headache.
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Categories:
bronchitis, father son, funny, humorous,
Form: Prose Poetry
'i'M Too Darn Old For the Cold'
...I am but a man who is so cold,
with a bad cough from a cold that’s bold.
Bronchitis cold sickness,
from this cold I’m listless-
Guess for nude cold skiing, I’m too old!
9-9-6-6-9 syllable co...
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Categories:
bronchitis, winter,
Form: Limerick
Ms Black the Hypochondriac
...I once worked with a youth who had gingivitis
Twenty years younger yet she already had arthritis
Pretty enough in spite of her dermatitis
She so craved attention we all thought caused by meningi...
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Categories:
bronchitis, abuse, imagination, psychological, sick,
Form: Monorhyme
She Goes Back
...She Goes Back
By Lillian J. Jeffrey
Whispers flow like a river
she will be sold
sold or rented like a cash crop
Born on a Maryland plantation
her mother works the big house
Harriet r...
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Categories:
bronchitis, anger, devotion, hope, passion,
Form: Alliteration
She Goes Back
...She Goes Back
By Lillian J. Jeffrey
Whispers flow like a river
she will be sold
sold or rented like a cash crop
Born on a Maryland plantation
her mother works the big house
Harriet r...
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Categories:
bronchitis, courage, freedom, loss, spiritual,
Form: Alliteration
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