Monday, February 13, 2012

All Entries to the 2009 Migraine and Headache Poetry Contest

Expert_badge Teri Robert

Teri Robert

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Author of "Living Well with Migraine Disease and Headaches"

Migraine and Headache Poetry Contest Winners Announcement!

Good morning, everyone! This is the morning some of you have been awaiting -- the morning we announce the winners of our Putting Our Heads Together Poetry Contest 2009! First, I want to than everyone for all of the wonderful entries that made it so very difficult to select winners! In reality, all of the poets and their poems are winners. It's... Read moreChevron
C. Poetzl

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 moreChevron
Anna Leahy

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 moreChevron
salsachica82

salsachica82

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

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 moreChevron
posted 04/17/2009, comments (0)|
Anna Leahy

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 moreChevron

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