Cancer Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	Helpless	Kolapo Olapoju	Free verse	cancer, death, death of
	PAIN	Paul Kasolokera mkandawire	Verse	anxiety, art, atheist, cancer,
	Place at table	Colin Jeffery	Free verse	cancer, death,
	Welcome to the Real World NZ	David Smith	Dramatic Verse	cancer, analogy, anxiety, assonance, bereavement,
	On the plus side	David Smith	Light Verse	appreciation, blessing, cancer, care,
	Tumbleweed	Tom Wright	Lyric	cancer, life,
	Nearing A Cure	Tom Wright	Lyric	cancer, god, prayer,
	Cancer	Kurt Philip Behm	Free verse	cancer,
	Love's wanderer	Colin Jeffery	Free verse	best friend, cancer, love,
	MSKCC	Robert Ronnow	Verse	cancer, city, death, hero,
	Last three months	Debjani Mitra	Haiku	cancer,
	ACCEPTING	Martin Brown	Free verse	abuse, betrayal, cancer,
	The Menace	Thomas Harrison	Rhyme	cancer,
	Broken Wing - words of hope for a young cancer patient	Robert Ippaso	Rhyme	analogy, cancer, family, fear,
	Romeo	Ibohal Kshetrimayum	I do not know?	blessing, boy, brother, cancer,
	PHOBIA	adedayo samuel	Rhyme	anxiety, cancer, dark, imagination,
	The Angel of Death	Neto Ken-Amobi	Rhyme	angel, cancer, death, god,
	I Wish I had the Answer for Cancer	Todd Aguilar Jr.	Lyric	cancer, death, for her,
	Cancer Was the Match	Tom Wright	Lyric	cancer, jesus,
	MY 5th YEAR POETRY SOUP ANNIVERSARY	JAN ALLISON	Free verse	blessing, cancer, humorous, me,
	Weather report on election day	Ibohal Kshetrimayum	I do not know?	cancer, august, autumn, betrayal, black
	Nobody Knows	Berteena Harmony Of The Soul	Free verse	analogy, anxiety, cancer, depression,
	Have I the investment for you	David Smith	Light Verse	addiction, analogy, anger, cancer,
	CANCER OF THE BONES	Martin Brown	Sonnet	cancer, grief, sad, sorrow,
	MUSIC TO MY EARS	Martin Brown	Haibun	cancer, lost love, love,
	Where are the Guardians of Quality	David Smith	Dramatic Monologue	analogy, betrayal, blue, cancer,
	NOTHING EVER WILL	Jim Yerman	Verse	cancer, love,
	- I Died A Little Inside - A Sad Bluebell Story -	Sunshine Smile	Free verse	blue, cancer, death, emotions,
	VALENTINE HUGS	Ann Gilmour	Senryu	cancer, emotions, valentines day,
	Is it Cancer	K.R. Wonder	Rhyme	cancer, courage, death, fear,
	You're coming home	Peter Hackwell	I do not know?	cancer,
	A right Carry on	David Smith	Imagism	cancer, analogy, appreciation, autumn, blessing,
	ONE LAST TEAR	Cindi Rockwell	Free verse	cancer, cry, family, sad,
	The Gift of Gait	Jacquline Musgrave	Rhyme	cancer, christian, deep, god,
	Windwalker	Berteena Harmony Of The Soul	Free verse	bereavement, cancer, grief, loss,
	IMPERATIVE IT IS	Demetrios Trifiatis	Epigram	cancer, health, universe,
	In the name of progress	David Smith	Didactic	allusion, analogy, cancer, car,
	Cancer Cancer Cancer	Elizabeth Kinch	Acrostic	cancer, courage, pain,
	SURSUM CORDA	Charles Eastland	Ballad	cancer, fate, friendship, strength,
	On a Patio in Central Pennsylvania	Bill Keen	Free verse	cancer, insect, nature,
	An Appropriate Indifference	Dave Collins	Free verse	cancer, destiny, environment, giving,
	Warrior Within	Lori Mack	Rhyme	cancer, courage,
	My First Priority is Me	John Conde	Rhyme	art, cancer, dedication, friendship,
	Cloud Angels In Memoriam	M. L. Kiser	Sonnet	angel, appreciation, beautiful, cancer,
	Sick child	Carlo Lazzari	Dramatic Verse	beautiful, cancer, child, death,
	I AM A PORCELAIN DOLL	Cindi Rockwell	Free verse	cancer, death, devotion, pain,
	Cancer of my soul	purbasha roy	Rhyme	anxiety, cancer, deep, depression,
	CANCER OF MY SOUL	Beata Agustin	Rhyme	blessing, cancer, christian, faith,
	Brain Quakes	Brian Davey	Free verse	cancer, deep, life, sick,
	Cancer of My soul	Matthew Morton	Rhyme	anxiety, cancer, dark, depression,

Cancer Poem Example

PINK LACE

**Every pace change --is the voices of poets sharing his/her Ribbon** 

"PINK LADIES"  
  
The phone rings, 
The clock dings,

I scream, scream, and scream:

I can’t grasp what is real
I can’t inhale the lives you steal
This game is like murder in the first degree,
I can barely feel the words you're expressing.
Your hand, holding on to mine as if it was the last
I crawl I hide behind these moonstone walls
There it stood and stole my Womanhood
Pink is the ointment rubbed inside my diary.
---

I crawl- I remember-
Looking for a dream, where the women wear combat boots
Women ready to kill all confrontation with nukes.
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I was lost!
Do you know the feeling?
Once you hear, the “C” word your mind starts spinning,
You can’t see what’s going on,
Your smiles soon to be gone,
---

LOOK AT ME!
On this fright night, I bleed
Hold on tight, of the dead of this night
I’m down on my fallen knees,
A secret I can't keep, no longer need
Breaking backs when I mention the word “C.”
It is like getting struck by a freight train
Taking what belong and makes ME me! 
Forgetting the Pink October ribbons, I wore
Taking  time to weave them into the last strand of my red chemo hair.
---

Now here you are,
Standing on the chest
Heavy shoulders a violin press.
No longer needing the little black dress
Skin pink tight leather, now you caress
My eyes are full of tears
Once I discovered the beast came back without fear 
The news blew like a missile in heat
With a fire’s shooting out from the dark
Sweltering me, blazing me,
Leaving the world, all ribbon tied.
Dimples and pretty lips, I drop the world with beauty and tissues. 
Filled with  pink ivory issues 
This is the way that I feel, I am real… 
You are a killer, you are a disease! 
You sit there and shatter our lives,
With many of us, you’ll discover we do not break like glass 
Still, we walk in high heels strolling through pink valley skies.
With a charm called a Pink Ribbon; -I WORE-
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- A heavy pink scarf now I wear like a noose, 
Remembering my days have been numbered 
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I PLEAD FOR MY LIFE?
I have no family to lean on
Everybody’s plus my mother is gone
You are the undead: 
Leading some of us into a watery grave
You are like a jack in the box
Hiding until you are found… 
You’re silent until your jobs done...

You made us angry, you made us cry, you killed many…
However, you will never come close to a glorious ~Victory~ 
We are  “PINK LADIES,” who  continue to be strong
I will find a way to sew my chest back to its caressing view!

One day will find the cure,
And, destroy YOU "The miserable ‘Breast Cancer’ Disease" 
"ONCE AND FOR ALL!"


by; PD

Dedicated to all the females of the world. 
((And men whose life touched by this disease))

Poem Copyright © Poet Destroyer A