Short Sniffle Poems

Lungs not behaving
Winter cold so depressing
Know I am living...

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Sniff, sniff, sniffle, sniff
  
   drips fall toward frozen ground

         clink, clink, clink ~ they're ice...

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I ache from my nose to my knees;
I sniffle and snuffle and wheeze.
A small tot of rum
might settle my tum,
but what should I take for a sneeze?

~

...

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Today all I hear is coughing
Hacking and sniffling 
Disgusting disease
That might catch me
Interrupting conversations
Cough hack sniffle
So annoying
Grab a tissue!...

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Once, a lonely number three
sat forlornly on my knee.
In his eyes, I saw despair
as he was sitting there.
"You needn't sniffle, cry or pout.
I too have been the odd man out."...

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Sniffle, sniffity Sniff. Sniff.
I has found some dandriff.
Dandriff makes me sniff, so
sniffle, sniffity Sniff. Sniff.

Oh! 
And by the way,
me name is Piff,
the magical dragon....

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I headed up the greatest economy on earth (sob)
   And now it's all gone south (sniffle)
But no need to feel sorry for me (tweet, tweet)
   I can still stick my foot in my big fat mouth...

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It's March,
and my nose knows.

It's March,
an the pollen blows.

And as I sniffle,
sneeze, and kaChoooo,

My Lord knows
exactly what to do.

He hands me a tissue,
and says, "God bless you!"...

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Things I fear
Bobcat’s cry, toddler’s sniffle, quick run of a mouse
Startlingly startling
Things I also fear…
IV pokes, trying when you have no clue.
Going blind.
No basis for some
History on others....

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We've become moaners,
Grumpy and groaners,
We talk lots of piffle
We cough, and we sniffle.
We mumble and grumble,
We are not very humble
Sighing and crying
There's no denying
We've become apathetic
That is pathetic...

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~ Paranoia Peaks ~

 a sniffle, a cough
 is a fever coming on
 for the thermometer i run

 whew... no temperature
 but my stomach's queasy
 makes my whole day uneasy

 at the store earlier
 did enough distance i keep ~
 through masks COVID seeps...

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I cry.
I sob.
I whimper.
But in your arms,
I cry less.
I sob less.
My whimpers die down.
I sniffle, looking up at you.
That sweet smile, that fills me with love.
You tell me, “It’s ok, I’m here”.
Then I cry again,
because I know
that I cannot be in your arms
any longer....

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--Wallpaper portrait of  lake effect snoW
--Icy conditions, back spasms cripple. I
-sNiffle. goose pimples, brail on my skiN
--Thin sheets of black ice line my streeT
--Erratic winds shoot ice shrapnel, I fleE
--Retreat,  for the comfort of my reclineR 


Jared Pickett
2/10/2010
Asavvy1...

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A cough then silence
Soft sniffle, deep sigh
Another night’s violence
Has passed safely bye

Oh others get kisses
Get tucked warm in bed
Not damp cardboard boxes
With night’s terrors to dread

By this he accused us
It was all that he said
As she slept clutching Teddy
In her newspaper bed...

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Written: May 19, 2024, For Hilo Poet Contest

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I hear achoo
Two sniffle snore
kids germs flu

stuffy nose, sore
Ooze rush home
clean to bore

Nero burned Rome
Outcried poems too
built brass dome...

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Dingle, dingle, little strink;
Who the heck I am you think?

Whiffle, whiffle, toil and sniffle;
What the heck make my neck all stiffle?

Who’dat, who’dat big fat ally cat;
Where the heck you get that do’dat?

Lurky, lurky little turkey;
When the heck you go to worky?

Dapple, dapple little apple;
Why the heck you write this crapple?...

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Flowers are special; 
even weeds often have
startlingly beautiful blossoms 
that make one forget about allergies
till the first sniffle
or watery eye…

So, what are we to conclude?

That something pleasing to
the eye can, sadly, be little more
than an optical lie--

As with every rare 
and appealing scent:
not all, necessarily, Venus
or Clark Kent…....

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As Winter sheds it armor,
young Spring proves quite a charmer.
Though I may sniffle and sneeze,
March hues and fragrances surely please. 


March 3, 2022
entered in Andrea Dietrich's March In Contest
Lind style 30 syllables rhymed  7  7  7  9 syllables     Placed 2nd
used howmanysyllables.com

entered in the Bite Size no. 40 contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier...

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Hither and thither-
of planks of bark!
and ruffled ground
with bittery spark.
The silver pool 
of dead old leaves,
bites a colden wound
'neath the shrubs 
and trees.

And timber wolves
will rouse the snow-
and their coal nose will
sniffle the deepening low.
The ears will curtsie,
held within their paws.
Its Duluth's landmark
of winter's sufferage law.

....

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My nose is redder than red
The flu has put me in bed
I sniffle and drip
I can’t get a grip
For there’s pure lead in my head

Coughed up a poem or two
That might not make sense to you
The germs and the phlegm
Have covered this gem
Clean it, for it is…true blue!

It’s been a miserable day
Been grumpy all the way
But for this great SOUP
You guys are the scoup
Much better than meds…. I’ll say!

Eileen Manassian Ghali...

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L O U D

that’s  M E

loneliness flickers on the tv screen

I may be  L O U D

but I sniffle mostly on my own sleeve

M A N N E R S   taught me

to wait for what crumbs fall

so I treat myself to

I S O L A T I O N

until I see  R E D

then I explode

most unpleasantly

my sleeve shakes all over the place

and loudly I  B A W L

unhappily

1/3/2019

MY LOUDEST FEELINGS/Sponsor - Caren Krutsinger...

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Three pea pods on the vine
Odd wee bee walks entwine
Twitch, squish it is bewitched
Which three peas snap a wish

Fly lights on the pod 
Sniffle the pea bloom awed
Fly sees three, jumps so pleased
Flip, flip, flip twitches its wings

Bird spied the bee and fly
Swoop down, down, down awry
Three pea pods on the vine
Bee and fly flee to eglantine


2/12/2021

Tried For A Nursery Rhyme , hope you like...

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go to the corner  
a cascade

sitting in a ratty chair
tattered, torn, very forlorn
perfectly reflects, her child-like 
despair; there is no magic to repair
her ‘sorrowful me’ rigid air while
sitting in a ratty chair
thoughts and wishes squished inside
day dreams simply refuse to fly all 
tattered, torn, and very forlorn
a sniffle, begins to grow and bloom
inside her curly little dome, it
perfectly reflects, her child-like despair....

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A little germ to bring you down
   Just when you think you're going to town

A most unwelcome, uninvited guest
   One that robs you of much-needed rest

You cough, you wheeze, you sniffle and sneeze
   Symptoms flare up at the least hint of a breeze

     Your throat's dry; it cracks
        There's a pain in your back 
        
     Your n's sound like d's  
        You can barely say 'l' 
 
      Why can't this wee bug 
        Go directly to Hell?...

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Written by Gail DeBole

Pink polka-dotted skin stretching body-wide.
Bulges interrupting other-wise peaceful areas.
Spots of lotion and cherry-flavored tongue 
Comforting misery.

Across the room, stacked in safety;
Precious dollies that will be played with another day.
With forever smiles.

One last sniffle for the night.
A hankie is tossed into the glass that serves as a hoop.
Nostrils attempt to function, and a sudden cough 
Shocks the precious dollies. 

Their smiles remain....

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