All Entries to the 2008 Migraine and Headache Poetry Contest
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posted 04/28/2008, comments (2)
Migraine and Headache Poetry Contest -- Announcing the Winners!
Each year, we conduct the Putting Our Heads Together Poetry Contest to bring together people with AND without Migraine disease and headaches to share our thoughts and expressions. This contest is held in April, National Poetry Month. Selecting the winners is difficult at best because they're all "winners." Yes, that sounds trite,... Read more
posted 04/22/2008, comments (0)
The Great Rebound
Who needs another day of this?Consider it forced restStay homeBury yourself under the blanketsBlock out the light, block out the sound.You know the drill by now.Take a triptan pill,pray a rebound isn't slinking behind the curtainsready to pounce with no warning.Ah, just a brief hour later, my Pain is gone;amazing how normal I feel,Back to... Read more
posted 04/22/2008, comment (1)
Pain Inside My Head
A sign appears.Just as holy men before me would search the sky for omenswhich determined fates, my sign rises in the east,the first unmistakable sign of attack this day.Bright, cheery sunlight streams through the trees,Delights in the patterns it drops on dappled leaves,and sprinkles dancing sparkles on the blue sweetwaters of the bay.My sun has... Read more
posted 04/22/2008, comments (4)
What is the Cause
my heart doesn't work rightapparently, it hasn't for yearsand I think that all I've lost in the meantimethe ability to run and climb like the other kidsbut it's made me into an introspect, an artist and writersomeone who is cautiousI wouldn't trade that, but I would like some balance,not to run into people and things, maybe to stay awakedoes it... Read more
