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'Deaths friendly summary' Read More

Tags: death, life, illness, concept

www.JeffBettgerPoetry.com Time spent waiting, waiting, waiting. What will be the outcome? We do what we must for our loved ones, no matter how long it takes. Read More

Tags: death, father, hospital, illness, hospice

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"Powerful and poignant. Losing one's parents is one of the hardest things we can go through in life. Your poem handles it well. It's touching and..." Read More

An abusive husband encounters the ghost of his dead wife. Read More

Tags: ghosts, illness, dead-wife, abusive-husband

Do you have a chronic illness? Do you want you, your doctor, and researchers to understand your chronic illness better? This workbook allows you to track your symptoms every day. You fill out the day and date, when you experienced a new symptom during the day, what the symptom(s) were… Read More

Tags: illness, health, symptoms, track, chronic

An old man is lonely after he lost his wife. She was a painter who died because of an incurable illness. Every Friday, the man goes to the local market to buy his fruits and vegetables. One Friday, he unexpectedly meats a lady in a blue coat... Read More

Tags: illness, painting, lady, departure, coat

Tags: illness, pandemic, sick, covid

Poem / Poetry

February 21, 2022

Reads: 1026

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

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Recently I contracted Covid 19 for the second time in 5 months. This is a reflection of my thoughts while I was out. Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash Read More

Tags: love, loneliness, illness

This piece opens up the eyes to the world that "Borderliners" live in. Read More

Tags: illness, toxic, mental-health, borderline-personality-disorder, non-toxic

Just another poem about my health. Read More

Tags: depression, illness, disability, disabled, covid

Just another poem on my health. This one more of my mental health surrounding PTSD. Read More

Tags: depression, illness, disability, suffering, ptsd

Poem / True Confessions

January 12, 2022

Reads: 311

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

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A poem about my current health journey. Read More

Tags: depression, illness, disability, suffering, disabled

Short story entry for Reedsy. The prompt was "Start your story with a character who is always running late arriving somewhere just as it closes." :) Read More

Tags: kids, illness, cancer, youngadult, short-story

Tags: memoir, illness, hair-loss, chronic-illness, chronic-illnesses

It was a busy day…at 2am Read More

Tags: illness, wellness

Poem / Poetry

August 11, 2021

Reads: 274

Comments: 3

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Tags: sad, illness

Miscellaneous / Flash Fiction

May 03, 2021

Reads: 250

Comments: 1

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Tags: life, people, illness, human

In 2017 I wrote the poem "Locked Away In An Old Person's Body" and in 2021 i have decided i wanted to write an updated version. Both poems are linked together and some lines still remain the same. This one focusing on the changes that have been made from throughout… Read More

Tags: illness, sickness, health, cfs, fibro

Tags: illness, addiction, smoking, cigarettes, emphysema

Cthulhu Mythos poem. Read More

Tags: illness, black, priest, fever, surama

Short Story / Health and Fitness

December 15, 2020

Reads: 659

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

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About the stigma around mental health. Read More

Tags: illness, mental, anxiety, health, disorder

Short story with an insight as to what it's like to live with anxiety Read More

Tags: illness, mental, anxiety, health, disorder

Part Three Read More

Tags: boy, mother, supernatural, illness, woods

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Short Story / Young Adult

September 15, 2020

Reads: 732

Comments: 1

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It's never a good idea to enter the woods at night. Read More

Tags: adventure, boy, mother, supernatural, illness

Short Story / Non-Fiction

September 13, 2020

Reads: 360

Comments: 1

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This story is a true account of a walk I took around the neighborhood with my father. It became one of the most significant memories I had with him. It started a metamorphosis of sorts for me. Read More

Tags: family, inspiring, illness, emotional

Book / Horror

August 25, 2020

Reads: 900

Comments: 1

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New York, 1974. In the city that never sleeps, Rowena Barclay, a nurse in hospital, struggles to deal with the news that a lot of people are falling sick in the city the city that never sleeps. Read More

Tags: horror, adventure, illness, action, fever

A poem about mental illness and recovery. Read More

Tags: nothing, illness, mental, healing, wellness

Poem / Poetry

June 01, 2020

Reads: 514

Comments: 3

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The love of my cameras life Read More

Tags: love, poetry, poem, illness, obsession

Poem / Poetry

May 22, 2020

Reads: 486

Comments: 2

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Something that I wrote for my creative writing class a while back. The assignment was to write an abecedarian poem and this is the result. Let me know what you think. Read More

Tags: death, pain, hurt, sadness, illness

Poem / Poetry

April 16, 2020

Reads: 491

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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Why the fuck should I care? Read More

Tags: poetry, poem, illness, pandemic, crisis

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