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Short Arthritis Poems

Short Arthritis Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Arthritis by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Arthritis by length and keyword.


Arthritis
Antique dog
lies sleeping in sun
arthritis...

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Categories: arthritis, animal, dog,
Form: Haiku



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

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Categories: arthritis, health, retirement,
Form: Haiku
Arthritis Pain
these bones of mine
held me together
why are you aching now?...

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Categories: arthritis, body, pain,
Form: Questionku
Premium Member On aging
Body is aching 
cold sets in the arthritis 
getting old is hard...

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Categories: arthritis, age,
Form: Senryu
The Art of Arthritis
My will
    stronger 
    than my body

I am
    stubborn
    to the bone...

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Categories: arthritis, age, appreciation,
Form: Light Verse



Live Hard Die Young
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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© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: arthritis, anxiety, grandfather, life,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Hold On Santa
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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Categories: arthritis, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Wear and Tear
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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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: arthritis, life,
Form: Rhyme
Too Old For Snow
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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Categories: arthritis, snow,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Better Living Through Chemistry
arthritis returns plaguing my extremities time for aspirin chemistry for sleepless nights and painful aggravations
Written September 8, 2022...

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Categories: arthritis, health,
Form: Tanka
Storytime For the Poorly Behaved Child
“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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© C.W. Bryan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: arthritis, fun, satire,
Form: Chastushka
Dancers
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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© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: arthritis, life
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Ole Uncle Jack
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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Categories: arthritis, girl, relationship,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Chronic Back Pain
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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Categories: arthritis, pain,
Form: Nonet
Premium Member Determined To Paint
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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Categories: arthritis, art,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Another Cockamammy Trick
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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Categories: arthritis, fun, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Age Pains
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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Categories: arthritis, age,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dolphins
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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Categories: arthritis, animal,
Form: Limerick
Arthritis
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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Categories: arthritis, character, conflict, creation, fun, health, humor,
Form: Blank verse
Arthritis
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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Categories: arthritis, pain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Skateboarding
Sister Lucille enjoys skateboard riding Weather and her arthritis providing Lucille has skinned-up knees From banging into trees She has never mastered her colliding.
Written July 14, 2022...

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Categories: arthritis, fun, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Try Viagra
when you get old
and can’t lift your arm 
above your shoulder
because of arthritis

try Viagra
and if it stays up 
for more than four hours
in a Nazi like salute

don’t call Dr. vonStout
lock your door
and don’t go out...

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Categories: arthritis, age, culture, funny,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Would I Love You Less If
Robbing Sobbing Dragging Nagging Arthritis, robbing, sobbing came With its shameful dragging, nagging game
Written: Saturday, January 22, 2021 Contest: Bite Sized Poems # 33 Sponsor: Line Gauthier...

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Categories: arthritis, health,
Form: Tyburn
Premium Member I Wish I Had Known
Ten years ago I wish I would have known 
That seventy is not as young and sparkly as sixty
There might be arthritis in both ankles
When you step in winter it could feel like a sword comes up your foot
So do everything now, at sixty, while you can....

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Categories: arthritis, age,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Arthritis In My Finger
Arthritis in my finger
Arthritis in my toe
All day long 
Wherever I do go

Aches and pains
With every step or poke
Taking my energy
Aging is not a joke

Arthritis in my wrist
Arthritis in my knee
I wish I had been as careful
As others seemed to be...

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Categories: arthritis, age,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs