Tag Archives: suffering

Poetry Day: Species of Fools

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(Pretty sure people will disagree with me on this one.  Guess it kind of fits Halloween since some call this situation a horror show.) We work until our bodies break Our minds withered and misused All to stay within our … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Not Sick Enough

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(I think many of us have been in this situation.) Though limbs ache with every twitch And you cough more than your breathe. Your head swims without much cause Turning your stomach instead out. You are made to carry on. … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: I Dare You to Comment

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Well, this is a dark one.  Came from a really rough time where I was using poetry to just get my emotions out.  Definitely needed the release. Reading it over, I definitely remember the job that caused this poem.  Very … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: There Are Bad Weeks, Terrible Weeks, & Then This *$&#-Ing Week

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m broken.  Just battered to the point of thinking my existence is entirely about pain and suffering.  Events of this week have made it that the foreseeable future will be almost constant agony.  I have no refuge or place to … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Frayed

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

(This one was written when I had really bad anxiety.  It was to the point that I had body spasms at times.  Not fun.  Glad I haven’t returned to that level.) I can feel it A subtle creeping Like a … Continue reading →

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Autumn Allergies . . . I’d Laugh, but I Can’t Afford to Lose Oxygen

Posted on September 24, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

My hay fever has been brutalizing me all month.  It got really bad a little over a week ago and reached a point where I got myself covid tested.  As if this time of year wasn’t bad enough without a … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Do We Miss the Point?

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

(I wrote this one way back in 2013.  Kind of messed up that I can’t remember the incident that triggered the poem, but I can connect it to so many since that day.  I still ask this same question at … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Cursed Soul

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

(This poem is another easy one to figure it.  Deals with a person who was bad in a past life and is routinely being punished whenever reincarnated.  I always thought that would be a nightmare because the person would suffer … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Blame a Generation

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

(Picture has nothing to do with this.  Pretty sure this may ruffle feathers though.  The generation war has gotten worse since I wrote the poem in 2011.  Though, I still stand by a big part of it.  Feel like my … Continue reading →

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Why Do We Hide Pain?

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

This might not be a long one because it’s really just a question.  One that everyone may have a different answer for: Why do we hide our pain? I notice that we’re told most often to keep smiling even though … Continue reading →

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