Short Sprained Poems

Wee Willy Winkie
Sprained his little pinkie

Wee Wendy Winkie
Fixed him up by jinkies...

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marathon runner
all the way with a sprained knee ~
           a sheer force of will


Date written: 05/13/2023...

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no pain
no gain
totally true
but what happens when your hurt all the time?
sprained wrist
sprained ankle
soon i'll brake it
and i'll feel a diffrent pain
one of these days...

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I'm retired now and I'm feeling pained,
My eyesight's gone off and my hair's not regained,
My wrinkles are deeper and I've got false teeth,
Surely to Betsy there'll be some relief,
But no, only today my remote control finger got sprained....

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Those spiked thorns of sweet gum balls
cause a sprawl 
and sprained ankle, 
close calls
Sour my day, sweet gum balls
curse you! so ill befalls!
Once and for all,
no sweet, no sweet gum balls-injury befalls
your innocent victims, vicious, thorny, balls!...

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Those spiked thorns of sweet gum balls
cause a sprawl 
and sprained ankle, close calls
Sour my day, sweet gum balls
curse you! so ill befalls!
Once and for all,
no sweet, no sweet gum balls-poison befalls
your innocent victims, poisonous, vicious, thorny, balls!...

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gown great on Barbara
       black-white stripes of the zebra
              on deep green okra


with her he stands stiff
       a knight in shining armor
              his neck sprained, rumor


but dragons he slew
       were but tiny dragonflies
              laughter in her eyes !...

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What happened to all the gay poets I used to love?
I just sprained my thumb on the tailgate of my truck
What happened to all the lesbian poets that I loved?
Pockets full of rhymes and rocks
What happed to all the poets?
That were
Here
To
Say
I
Am
Not
You
I
Am
Some
Other
From
A different
Age
No
Labels
Nowhere
Gone...

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when we took a chance
our home we had to finance
lost our shoes and pants

read a manual
how to care for spaniel
name was daniel

sunday seems to be
day God made for you and me
all of us agree

great priest obtained
is official and ordained
give sermon voice sprained

stock market plummet
after it had reached summit
then bottom had hit...

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Playing football earned me a concussion
   Basketball tore the cartilage in my knee
Running cross-country sprained me my ankle
   While boxing knocked the sense out of me

Throwing a curveball ruined my elbow
   Swimming lap after lap did 'fix' my shoulder
My erratic golf swing left my back in a knot 
   And I've arthritis everywhere, now I've grown older...

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Dependent


How long will you lamely follow
Determined to eat and to swallow?
Should you run away from toil,
Who will fill your pot with oil?

Not as dependents (mouth agape;
Greedy and garrulous as an ape),
But, as a benefactor in this land
Who, to toil, employs his hand-

Whose arm and back is trained
To badly twist but never sprained!


JM	

02nd February 2014...

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Did you find that port
where the sea greets the land
with pearls and sparkling fishes?

Was the voyage you took to get here
full of storms or near misses?

In the autumn woods were there truffles
or sprained ankles?

Does your soul roam
though you stay at home?

When your ship arrived
did you sigh as if at journeys end,

or did you weigh anchor
for a new port, a new friend?...

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With a rough tug.
Pain transcends through my body,
Like an angry hurricane.

A black hideous mark.
A trace of recurring agony.  
Left permanently to remind me.

Falling to the floor. 
A thud to my sides.
A soft cry of hurt and laughter.

A swollen limb.
Marks the end of every day.
Sleeping on a pill eases the pain.

Dear sprained ankle.
I’m tired and it’s been long
Can we end this tug of war? I want to dance freely again.

© Herzel Poshiwa...

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I'm the worst dancer, 
this is not my calling,
i have two left feet,
so i'm always falling!
I trip and stumble,
looking like a fool,
everyone else gets it,
they just look so cool.
I tried the tango,
and broke someones toe,
don't even ask about ballet!
that was quite a show.
Broke my leg moon-walking,
twisted my wrist doing cheer,
sprained my neck with the walts,
dancing has become my fear!
But still I love it,
this dangerous fun,
but its not my calling,
so now i'm done!...

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