Spoonie Poetry and Prose

Digital Cleansing

Earth, air, fire, water

Internet, a form of spirit

Help me cleanse this blog of mine

So the spammers won’t go near it

Pollen Spewing Plants

Here I sit, with itching eyes

All because I went outside

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I wrote this poem while under the influence of both Zyrtec and Benadryl, which I hoped would help me survive this year’s Fall pollen season. The suffering I go through every Fall (and Spring) feels like a curse.

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Needles

Here is a haiku that I originally posted on Mastodon. It is about the relief I experience after an acupuncture treatment.

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Fire Season

The inspiration for this poem was a “prescribed burn” that was close enough to my home for the smoke to blow in the windows and set off my allergies. (Photo from Pixabay.)

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That Demon Named Pain

I wrote this poem on April 8, 2018, about the pain that my chronic illnesses inflict upon me. The poem was originally posted on Medium. It earned me a whole seven cents shortly after I posted it – and nothing after that.

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Head Full of Pollen

Ten point four today
If I make no sense later
Blame pollen and drugs

Head Full of Pollen is a post written by Jen Thorpe on Book of Jen and is not allowed to be copied to other sites.

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Everything Hurts Today

My eyes are itching
Pollen count is ten point five
And everything hurts

Everything Hurts Today is a post written by Jen Thorpe on Book of Jen and is not allowed to be copied to other sites.

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The Plants are Attacking

Nine point eight today
This is gonna fucking hurt
Tortured by pollen

The Plants are Attacking is a post written by Jen Thorpe on Book of Jen and is not allowed to be copied to other sites.

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Not Gonna Happen

Here is a haiku that I wrote on a day when the pollen count was too high. It was originally posted on Mastodon.