Funniest Diabetes Poetry Contest

We are holding a Funniest Diabetes Poetry Contest and the winner will receive a $20 Amazon Gift Card.

Who can enter?
Any member on Juvenation. You can tell your friends with diabetes to enter by telling them to become a member of Juvenation.org.

When can I enter?
We will be accepting entries from February 12 through March 12. We will not be accepting any entries later than March 12.

Voting Process
After all entries are received, members of Juvenation will then vote for their favorite poem. You have to have a valid Juvenation membership to vote. Gina will be creating a Poll Daddy account where all entries will be listed for voting starting on Friday, March 13-27 and the winner will be posted on Monday, March 30.

Where do I post my poem?
All entries will be a reply to this post.

Rules:

1. Poems must not be over 21 lines of text. Blank lines between are not included in the 21 line limit.

2. All poems must be in U.S English

3. Make sure you Title your poem and add your exact juvenation screename and age underneath so we can keep track of everyone.

Example:

Funniest Diabetes Poem
Gina
Age 33

Poem Text here

4. Do not plagiarize: Plagiarism is copying someone else's work and submitting it as your own. By sending in your entry you are stating that this poem is your original work.

5. Remember to add your poems in this thread or else it won't be counted.

6. HAVE FUN AND BE CREATIVE!

If anyone has any questions feel free to contact me directly!

Gina

The Candy Incindent

Melissa AKA Mel

Age: 23

yeah i am diabetic

i am not pathetic

when i feel low

i am a little slow

no i am not crazy

maybe just a little lazy

i want something to eat

forget the price give me that treat

feeling twitchy

feeling itchy

for the sweet

i can feel t in my feet

swaying

shaking

oh look at what i have found

the candy i dropped on the ground

struggle

like a muggle

with this treat

that i so badly need to eat

Melissa,

This is funny nice Rhyming!

g

Glad My IQ is Higher Than My Blood Sugar

Shannon

Age 32

I thought roller coasters were supposed to be fun,

Until my blood sugar was four hundred and one.

So I did what my pump told me to do,

And now my blood sugar, well, it's forty-two!

So I break out the glucose-oh boy! Which flavor?

(Not like it's REALLY candy to savor).

Now I'm leveling off-woo hoo! What a ride!

And the feelings of panic start to subside.

It's a constant battle-that is FOR SURE!

It's not like you get a "Diabetes-Every-Second-of-Your-Life" brochure!

But someday soon, we'll all say "Remember When?"

As we burn all our glucose, test strips & insulin pens.

Until such a day, when we can end the "Diabetes Serenade",

Always Remember:

"When Life Gives You Lemons, Make SUGAR FREE Lemonade!"

thanks gina, and shannon i love it. my favorite line is break out the glucose oh-boy! good job, in comparison mine sucks haha.

hey melissa-thx for the compliment but don't sell yourself short! Yours was GREAT! =)

That's the terrific thing about this contest-we all can share our ideas & express ourselves & share!  Each poem has great aspects.

Plus you were the first to enter-that is awesome!  I probably would have been too shy to enter mine if I hadn't seen yours there.

i was always told by my professors and teachers that i should enter my stuff into the school paper or some contests. i never really saw my stuff as being that good. i honestly don't it's just my expression.

Funniest Diabetes Poem

Sherylyn

Age: 13

my mom calls me booger

because i have to much sugar

and now im going low

at the jonas brothers show

its all going down hill

everything is about to spill

glucose everywhere

and now everyones lookin

trying to see

what the heck is amatter with me.

so nick jonas comes up

just outta the blue

and says hey there sweeite

how are you?

im about to pass out

and they take me up on stage

and im about to sing

but then i wake up

and find out its just a dream.

so i go downstairs

and i see

the jonas brothers staring back at me.

Ode to the World's Worst Cell Phone

Patrick

Age: 19

It was just about noontime with my friends out at lunch

And it’s time to test sugars before I can munch

So out comes my lancet, my strips and test meter

And a tissue just in case (as I’m quite the bleeder)

I started my testing, as if I were alone

When a friend asked a question, “Is that your cell phone?”

“Ah yes! It’s my cell phone. You see it’s quite stylish

With its beeping and whirring, green backlight and all

But there is one problem, I must say it’s quite garish

I must give it blood before it makes a call.”

They gasped and they stared, both in horror and wonder

All conversation ended, as I’d stolen their thunder

They looked at their phones with new appreciation

Since they didn’t buy minutes with exsanguination

So before you complain that your bill is too high

Remember, my cell phone is bleeding me dry.

High's and Low's

Brian

Age: 27

At times we all have a craving to drink and drink which makes us begin to think,

"Did I eat to much food? Man, I am not in the mood!"

So we grab our meter to test, 'cause it is not our "guesses" that know the best.

We look at the screen for the news, and say "Oh, dear me, two two's."

So instead of injecting or bolusing, we all need to start fussing.

Quick grab a glass of juice to drink, shoot my hand dropped it in the sink.

Okay, fine I'll have a Swedish Fish, nevermind I dropped the candy dish.

That's okay, I'm fine I shall not worry, even if my eyes go blurry.

I have something in my pocket that tastes just fab, that's right I'll take a glucose tab.

While it may be hard and chalky, I cannot go and be all balky.

I take the suggested fifteen grams, and wait and test and see two M's???

Once I turn my meter from the side and realize no you dolt it's two three's, I at least know the rise will be a breeze.

The ordeal finally ends and boy do I thirst, let's test once more and hope it is not the worst.

My Diabetic Limerick

Kay

Age 20

I am a Type 1 Diabetic

And my pancreas is less useful than a stick

Instead of making insulin

It's just sittin' there, chillin'

I just want to give it a swift kick!

oh i love these. they are great. ohh we should make a book out of all these. :D nah

It was a wednesday morning and all was just fine;

   The kids had a doctors appointment with that husband of mine.

Griffin was on his way to start a new school;

   Get your vaccines before September was the kindergarten's rule.

Reilly Ann actually didn't  really need to go;

    "She'll have her 7 year check" as long as she is there with her bro.

All was just fine till she had to pee in the cup;

     The doctor was frantic, her glucose was up!

So off to children's hospital we went the next day;

   It was obviously an error but I admit I did pray.

We were there very few minutes when we got the news;

    I didn't want to believe it, but there was too much to lose.

They said she needed insulin, believe it or not;

   A few minutes later I gave her the first shot.

I started to cry, and was an absolute mess;

   Until I felt the hands of little Reilly's caress.

"Please don't cry mommy, it really doesn't hurt";

    "Just please don't get blood on my Hello Kitty shirt"

   Colleen Kearin Reynolds

     -Reilly's Mommy-

Courtenay

age 13

I remember what i was doing now!

Holy cow!2.2 mmol/l!

wait, cows aren`t holy...

aren`t they in india though?

that reminds me, there is indian butter chicken downstairs...

or, i could get some ice cream.

no, its too cold out to eat ice cream.

but i could go skiing in this weather.

i better bring some juice just in case...

oh yeah, i need juice!