Migraine - All Entries to the 2009 Migraine and Headache Poetry Contest

C. Poetzl

posted 04/17/2009, comment (1)

My Monster, Fred

My Monster, Fred A monster lives in my head, His name is Fred. I curse his name for all that I have lost He’s cost me time that I will never get back He brings me sorrow that never really goes away His grasp, so tight, keeps me living in fear Even when he isn’t near But he is never really ever that... Read more Chevron

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Anna Leahy

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Barbie Gets a Migraine

Barbie Gets a Migraine —after Denise Duhamel’s Kinky You’d think Barbie wouldn’t suffer, her hormones always in perfect plastic balance without taking The Pill straight through. She laps dark chocolate and a Willamette Valley pinot... Read more Chevron

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salsachica82

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I have had the worst migraines since before I was in 6th grade.

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Hurricane Migraine

Close the blinds! The throbbings come,The dullest ache has finally won! It started in the smallest vein,That tiny swelling hurricane!Peaceful day, gone terribly wrongA building force, now going strong.Minute after minutes, tick ... Read more Chevron

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Anna Leahy

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Negotiating with Migraine

Negotiating with Migraine after “In Bed” (1968), an essay by Joan Didion about migraine If only it were only the world gone vivid, the colors more colorful than I have a right to see. If only it were simply hearing the far-away bird chirp, the... Read more Chevron

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zoe ashcraft

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I have head pain from my Cranio-cervical instabilty and Seizures

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Laughter, Not good Medicine

Laughter, Not Good Medicine There once was a girl who loved to laugh, Strangers often thought her daft Energetic, free spirited, wildly drunk on life- She cared not What others thought Till doctors impaired those vital things That keep the body right and laughter- Became danger zone; the brink of disaster Lancing... Read more Chevron

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