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Get Well Soon Poems
Poetry from the Poetry Foundation archive to send to a sick friend.
BY The Editors
Sometimes poetry is the best medicine. If someone you know could benefit from the curative powers of well-crafted verse, perhaps one of these poems will provide a needed pick-me-up.
Sniffles, Sneezes, Fevers, And Flus
Little Boy Blue
Darren Sardelli
December, Fever
Joy Katz
Hospitals And Doctors
On the Subject of Doctors
James Tate
- Robert Adamson
Rehab
Thomas Reiter
Between Walls
William Carlos Williams
After His Diagnosis
Margaret Hasse
In the Hospital
Chen Chen
- Max Ritvo
Enduring Illness
- Maria Hummel
- Alicia Ostriker
The Lilies
Karenne Wood
A Poem about Pain
David Budbill
Speedway
Cedar Sigo
Common Blue
Melissa Kwasny
The Acts of Youth
John Wieners
The Chocolate Infection
G. E. Murray
- W. D. Snodgrass
Astrophil and Stella 101: Stella is sick, and in that sick-bed lies
Sir Philip Sidney
Heartbeats
Melvin Dixon
Healing
- Louise Glück
- Weldon Kees
- Malachi Black
The Pain Reliever
Carrie Olivia Adams
Leaving the Hospital
Anya Silver
To a Marsh Hawk in Spring
Henry David Thoreau
“The Decay of ancient knowledge”
Nick Lantz