Art and Poetry	Jump to a new section --[ Getting Around ]-- Home Page What's New Privacy Policy Search --[ People ]-- Family Support Network Adults with Diabetes Care Photos Chat Rooms Conferences Kids with Diabetes Parents Parent Humor Scholarships and Financial Aid Grandparents Humorous Tidbits Jobs Mailing Lists CWD Forums Poetry and Art Videos Polls Quilt for Life Surveys Blogs --[ Clinic ]-- Ask the Diabetes Team Alternate Site Testing Alternative Treatments Care Suggestions CWD Español Diabetes Basics Diabetes at School 504 Plans Diabetes Camps Diabetes Dictionary Insulin Pumps Nutrition Podcasts Presentations Products Product Marketplace Sports Studies Warning Signs --[ Sources ]-- News and Information Diabetes Advocacy Links to Other Web Sites Press Releases Regional Information Services Support Groups --[ Feedback ]-- About CWD Advertise Awards Contribute Your Experiences Disclaimer Letters to the Editor Logos and Linking Share our Brochures

Art and poetry can help you deal with the challenges of diabetes. Through art, kids often express feelings they cannot express in other ways. Please share your art with others.

• I Am Who I Am is a poem by Ella-Mae Campling
• Members of the online diabetes community share their feelings about living with diabetes in the Diabetes Art Day 2010 Gallery.
• Diagnosis Day is a poem by 12-year-old Connor
• I Am is a poem by 12-year-old Shannon
• Diabetes Made Visible is a collection of photographs at flickr.
• Michael writes "About Me"
• She Still Smiles is by Kerri Sparling
• Always There by Isobel Hannan was written six months after her daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
• Be Aware of Me and My Illness is a poem by Krystal Davis.
• The Beast Within was written by Linda Kaniasty for her daughter Megan.
• Bring It On is a poem by Mark Koekemoer from South Africa
• Captain Courage is a Diabetic Superhero created by Bob Kelly after his son was diagnosed with diabetes.
• Changes by Jen Thibodeau is a poem for her daughter Sierra
• A Day in the Life of a Diabetic was written Rik Strayer, a fifteen-year-old who was diagnosed in 1994.
• Diabetes Day is a poem by Kiersten Ridgel
• Holiday Songs with a diabetes twist
• I Got Diabetes is a poem by Craig McAlister Broadhurst, M.Ed, NCC.
• I'm So Sweet is a poem about diabetes written by Joan Fleitas, Ed.D., R.N. and is included in her Bandages and Blackboards web site.
• Innocence Lost is poem by Deah Fisher.
• Leigh writes about her sister Lauren, who has diabetes
• A Life With Diabetes is written by Denise Kay Gordon.
• Little Boys is written by Debi, mom of Ricky
• Looking Back and The Enemy are both by Usha Dhiman, who has lived with type 1 diabetes for 45 years
• Madison's Diabetic Days is a poem by Madison's mom
• Night Visits by Pam Bushway shares a parent's anxiety about nighttime testing
• Ode to the Pump is a poem by Heidi Vogan
• Shannon, a five year old with diabetes, recently had her first flu bug. She made a drawing for us to share.
• The Stranger is by Mary Ellen O'Neill
• Venom is a poem by Deah Fisher, whose 14-month-old son was diagnosed with Type 1 on November 16, 2000.

Additional Diabetes Art and Poetry Links

• No-Sugar Added Poetry is a collection of poems written by members of TuDiabetes.org, a community of people touched by diabetes, compiled by the Diabetes Hands Foundation with a foreword by Dr. Bill Polonsky and an introduction by Lee Ann Thill.
• The poetry of Gary Hempleman, a long-time CWD visitor who passed away in December 2002, is organized online at DiabetesPoetry.com.
• 'Twas the Night Before Work ... by Kerri Sparling (Six Until Me author) offers a diabetes twist on the famous holiday favorite. Also be sure to read Kerri's She Still Smiles.

		Not Helpful  1 2 3 4 5  Very Helpful                  E-mail Page     Print Format
			Jump to a new section --[ Getting Around ]-- Home Page What's New Privacy Policy Search --[ People ]-- Family Support Network Adults with Diabetes Care Photos Chat Rooms Conferences Kids with Diabetes Parents Parent Humor Scholarships and Financial Aid Grandparents Humorous Tidbits Jobs Mailing Lists CWD Forums Poetry and Art Videos Polls Quilt for Life Surveys Blogs --[ Clinic ]-- Ask the Diabetes Team Alternate Site Testing Alternative Treatments Care Suggestions CWD Español Diabetes Basics Diabetes at School 504 Plans Diabetes Camps Diabetes Dictionary Insulin Pumps Nutrition Podcasts Presentations Products Product Marketplace Sports Studies Warning Signs --[ Sources ]-- News and Information Diabetes Advocacy Links to Other Web Sites Press Releases Regional Information Services Support Groups --[ Feedback ]-- About CWD Advertise Awards Contribute Your Experiences Disclaimer Letters to the Editor Logos and Linking Share our Brochures

Last Updated: Tuesday November 23, 2010 15:05:48
This Internet site provides information of a general nature and is designed for educational purposes only. If you have any concerns about your own health or the health of your child, you should always consult with a physician or other health care professional.

This site is published by Children With Diabetes, Inc, which is responsible for its contents.
By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use, Legal Notice, Privacy Policy, and Safe Harbor Policy.
© Children with Diabetes, Inc. 1995-2012. Comments and Feedback.