Poetry
Many people find poetry to be therapeutic - a way to express what they are feeling and experiencing. These poems have been generously shared over the years by people who have been touched by cancer. If you would like to submit a poem, contact us.
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Getting Well
From: Almost Home Free. Pecan Grove Press, 2003
The Last Thing I See
From: Skylark, Winter 2001
Breastless
Business Not as Usual
From: Bare Root: A poet's journey with breast cancer, Terrapin Press, 2002
The Bad Man
A Virtual Q & A with Dr. Karen Ritchie
By Alysa Cummings
What I Want
From: No Pine Tree in This Forest Is Perfect. Sleepy Hollow, NY: Slapering Hol Press, 1997
Now Only One of Us Remains
From: Her Soul Beneath the Bone. University of Illinois Press, 1988
Bird Feeder
From: No Pine Tree in This Forest Is Perfect. Sleepy Hollow, NY: Slapering Hol Press,1997
Last Modified: May 6, 2003
The Woman Whose Body Is Not Her Own
From: I Am Becoming The Woman I've Wanted by Sandra Martz. Papier-Mache Press, 1994
7. Wintering
From: The Crack in Everything, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996
Reconstruction
Howler
From: Bare Root: a poet's journey with breast cancer. Terrapin Press, 2002
And When She Was Bad
From: Fine Black Lines: Reflections on Facing Cancer, Fear and Loneliness. Mulberry Hill Press, 1998
Alone
From: Can You Come Here Where I Am? Poetry & prose of seven breast cancer survivors. E.M. Press, 1998
Seeing Red: Cancer and anger, in poems and pictures
OncoLink
Quotable Quotes About Anger
OncoLink
Dracula Meets a Chemo-Poet
From: Chemo-Poet and other poems. Alice James Books, 1989
These Days
From: Bare Root: a poet's journey with breast cancer. Terrapin Press, 2002