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Best Poems about illness (115)

Discover the top poems about illness on The Poet's Place.

The Medicine Cabinet by Aria · 41 ♥

Third Day by Rory · 21 ♥

Mercury Rising by tenderhugo · 18 ♥

Canto VII by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 7 ♥

I watched her face to see which way by Emily Dickinson · 6 ♥

An Evening Lull by Walt Whitman · 5 ♥

The Magnetic Lady to her Patient by Percy Bysshe Shelley · 4 ♥

To Flush, my Dog by Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 4 ♥

Three weeks passed since I had seen her by Emily Dickinson · 3 ♥

The Fever Break by Vamin · 2 ♥

Coughs Between Breaths by restlessturn · 1 ♥

Four days I didn't tell anyone by Eliomor

From Memory by Senamar

22 Days by ma3son

The First Time I Kneeled Like That by Gior

Before I Got Out by emluz

Standardized Weight by Znmin

Mother's Broth by zivaqai

Corridor Air by Xexsor

Four Hours by Vivcer

Accumulation by Caleb B.

Moments of Waiting by Taremi

Temperature Check by Rvri

The ceiling tile has a yellow ring by Ruben

The sweat-soaked reprieve by nomasai

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