Get-Well Poetry & Sick Days (Poetry Ideas)

Reading poetry during your sick days can be calming and help you rest. However, you can write poetry during your sick days. Poetry about feeling sick can help you reduce your negative feelings of being sick. Yet poetry can help you manage your emotions and help you sleep better. You can use journal prompts or fill in the blanks worksheets that can be found online. 

Additionally, you can read Get Well Poetry. Get Well Poetry can be humorous, reflective, and hopeful. You can practice writing Get Well Poetry for yourself or for someone that you know who is sick. It also helps you to practice self-awareness and self-discovery. Make a list of your symptoms and write how you feel to write a Get-Well poem. 

Another way is to write what you want to do after you get better or what you want to do with your friends after they get better. You can write the poem in a gift tag or type it on acid free paper. Write about your friendship with them with gratitude, appreciation, and respect. Include a friendship picture or make a friendship photo album with the get-well poem. Finally, you can include a care gift basket or call them and ask how they are feeling. 

It can be free verse, Haiku, rhyme, or any other writing style. Poetry can be inspirational, detailed, or make you feel curious about the poem's theme. Draft several poems about your feelings and how you are feeling when you are sick. Alternatively, you can draft poetry during your recovery process from surgery. Below is an example of a get-well poem for a friend that is sick. 

 

 

Get Well Poetry can be comforting when you read it and write your own poetry. Add flower pictures to your poetry or animal pictures. Choose a greeting card to cheer someone who is recovering from surgery, from a cold, or the flu and include your poem. Ensure the greeting card and the pictures are appropriate, especially if you do not know the person's preferences before giving them get well wishes. Here are websites with more Get-Well Poetry. 

Get Well Soon Poems-Poetry Foundation:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/101749/get-well-soon-poems

Healing Poetry: Writing and Healing:

https://writingandhealing.org/healing-poetry

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