Mr. Migraine

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Friday, April 03, 2009
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You would hardly know he's a dancer. He sits in the back and stays motionless for days; his limbs limp and soft. Many songs play; catchy dance tunes. He ignores them all until... He hears the beat. He always hears it before I do. His little finger hardly lifting to keep tim...

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the dancer
praeter13th
Friday, April 10, 2009 at 08:25 PM

Katherine,

For what its worth...

I dabble at simple, silly poetry for fun with my family. Your poem above was the most beautiful expression of pain through poetry I've seen so far in the contest. I'd vote for this one if the contest were judged today and I had a vote. Well done.

Praeter13th

re: the dancer
Katherine Stack
Friday, April 10, 2009 at 09:12 PM

Wow! Thanks so much for saying that. I was just starting a migraine when I wrote that poem so it kind of just flowed out as I was in the pain. Katherine

re: the dancer
Jesskit69
Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 03:05 AM

As a former dancer, and current migraine sufferer, your piece really hit home. I can also relate that my poems came faster and/or slower, lol, because I had back to back weekends full of migraines, the ol' yo-yo routine. Here's hoping you have pain-free days.

re: re: the dancer
Katherine Stack
Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 12:43 PM

Thanks for reading my poem and for your comment...expecially because you are a dancer and a migraine sufferer. I like your wish of pain free days and I wish it for you as well. Katherine

the winning dancer?
praeter13th
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 08:27 AM

Katherine,

Well I've read them all now. Whether you place or not as far as I am concerned you had the best poem this year as rated by my "Praeter-Hollish Poem Judging and Migraine Rating Scale". My wife agrees and we enjoyed reading it several times. Thanks again for your entry.

re: the winning dancer?
Katherine Stack
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 12:33 PM

Praeater, Thank you so much for reading my poem--several times--even. It is such fun to share the poem and be part of this website. I never even knew it existed until my daughter found it through her writing group and said, mom, since you have had migraines for 41 years you ought to have something to say. Katherine

re: re: the winning dancer?
praeter13th
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 08:57 AM

Agreed. We all can contribute info, advice, and experiences. I found this site last year while having a really bad yo-yo migraine while there was alot of weather pattern shifts going on and therefore was looking for weather related migraine info. Good site with lots of good information, education, and listening ears.