Best Tumor Poems

I, who always used to gravitate toward health and fitness,
would flatter myself that I was too healthy to ever get a bad disease.
Then it happened!...

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Tears were rolling down his face, he told me.
I heard them in the sound of his sad voice.
Before today, we’d been so glad to know
my...

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I’ve never experienced hallelujah or come-to -Jesus moments
like I’m sure many religious folks do.
I’ve never spoken in tongues (nor would I want to).
I don’t believe...

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She has breast cancer, malignant tumor
                 Time passes, a...

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You live in terror
Of an enemy 
That you feel you can’t hide from
And that you cannot see

You live in fear
Of a murderous curse
Also known as...

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I wonder if I'm crazy,
It seems as though I am
I'm puzzled by so many things
Like what makes grape jelly
different from grape jam?

Or how anyone could...

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Mother’s dirty offender seeded life that demanded nurture, demanded attention….
Demanded unforeseen fate
Twins, thrust upon her…. strained to love, and yet…. 
This happening urged her to...

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My wrapper loose day after day
My motion and emotion unstable
I forget to think
But I wasn’t drunk

I remember in a trance
Stable I was 
My wrapper tight...

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In the blink of an eye the time passes so fast it flies by 
Define time 
Lives a ***** then you die 
Eye of the...

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Acceptance


How long before acceptance calmed his mind?
At first, he claimed the news was ill-acquired.
Each day he pushed and kept himself so blind
to reasons why he...

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King George has spoken
The economy is broken
And he doesn’t know what to do
His financial plan he defends
To bail out his billionaire friends
And put the screws...

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Fancy that...
Being able to spend the whole morning
Writing a poem!

My mother's hands
Were etched in a network of tiny cracks.
Salt of the earth, the doctor said....

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Who are we – mere mortals that we cannot forgive?
Just make it a practice to live and let live.

Hanging onto bitterness or hate brings no...

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Following the tumor blooms
that muted my throat and gut,
I duct taped my mind
to the wordless, I put my head down 
charging at daggers, and
thanks to...

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There was a Homeless guy on the corner holding a sign
It said I need some help, I'm running out of time

So I stopped and asked...

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