Short Arthritis Poems

Antique dog
lies sleeping in sun
arthritis...

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Pain from joint to joint
or am I losing my mind
hello artritis...

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these bones of mine
held me together
why are you aching now?...

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my feet are asleep
arthritis in my ankles
I dream of my youth...

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Body is aching 
cold sets in the arthritis 
getting old is hard...

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My will
    stronger 
    than my body

I am
    stubborn
    to the bone...

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Live hard and die young has gone awry
I lived hard but not enough to die
Aches and sprains
Arthritis pain
Live hard and die hard seems to apply!...

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Hold on Santa!
Santa was trying
But he had no idea how fast a joey can jump
He almost fell off twice
Boing! Boing!
He is feeling his arthritis now...

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I've got aches and pains and chills and blaines,
Arthritis, bursitis and more.
If it weren't for this darn sciatica,
I'm sure it would hurt even more....

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all this snow
has to go
its annoying me
all I see is white
it was fun as a kid
look what Arthritis did
along with gray hair
this snow's one big dare...

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I have arthritis in both ankles
Of course there are probably worse places.
But at this second, when I cannot walk,
I cannot imagine where these places are....

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I’ll be keeping this one rather brief;
my arthritis is causing me grief.
Now I’m not one to coddle,
but Bobcat’s a good model
and grease fittings would provide relief....

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arthritis returns
plaguing my extremities
time for aspirin
chemistry for sleepless nights
and painful aggravations

Written September 8, 2022...

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“I’ll tell you one about the Big Red Dog
He’s big and clumsy but you love him despite this
Well, kids, Clifford's big bones just turned six!
but bad news, he’s got arthritis...

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Six youthful dancers at the peak of physical fitness,
But time was cruel: their beauty withered and arthritis set in.
They will remain young and beautiful for ever in the photo....

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I'm kind of worried 'bout ole Uncle Jack
Who has developed a dirty old knack
   He bothers little girls
   By twirling their blond curls
Glad Jack's arthritis acts up in the sack...

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is it my weight or my age or both?
is it arthritis in my spine?
I can barely walk today
or straighten out my back
spinal cord anguish
bad vertebrae?
need to stretch
chronic
ache...

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Renoir father of the impressionist style
his art celebrated femininity and beauty
he was poor, often could not afford paint
arthritis in later years made it difficult
still he painted...

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My sister Lucille tried levitating
A practice which she found elevating
One foot up, then plop
Her body it dropped
And her arthritis is escalating. 

Written July 13, 2022...

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Charlie horse in my leg
ouch ouch ouch!
stand up straight
don’t slouch, slouch, slouch

arthritis in both ankles
feels like they are broke
every step is painful
sad to finally be old folk...

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mothers hands were claws in the end
crippled from arthritis
in sixteen years I will be that age
I test my appendages daily
looking for signs
hoping they will have finger replacements by then...

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Arthritis in my knees, my buttocks and my toes
Arthritis in my elbows, my calves, and my nose
Age brought arthritis into me good and hard.
I’m sure there’s a poem in this, said the optimistic bard....

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Dolphins are so smart they convince the foolish
To stand at the side of the pool and throw them fish
A bonanza it is
Even those with arthritis
Can't resist the free stuff, the battle is fierce...

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Finding sickness a problem came with some solutions science.That’s sickness is an art also a human resource.Arthritis is the source.What it is?Art Hr Is It,sickness an art also a human resource all what Arthritis,is!...

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In its grip,
each bone to chafe and grind

All joints,
regifted vestibules of pain

Motion stalls,
as swelling wraps each limb

Sleep the angry victim
—time’s revenge

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...

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