Cancer Poems - Examples of all types of cancer poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Radiation sickness
Having failed yet another repair, on the leaking rods
I spit my liquified bowels all over the walls
Retching up toxic filth within
an expectoration of black lumpy phlegm
forms a pebbledash of grotesque sin
Some I recognize, some...
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Categories:
allusion, cancer, hate, racism,
Form: Free verse
River dance
Sounds of still waters
under a forgiving sphere
baptize me empty...
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Categories:
abuse, analogy, cancer, religion,
Form: Haiku
can I borrow your pliersCan I borrow your pliers,
As I really want to rid myself of this ring in my nose,
How it got there nobody knows.
I am being led to places I don't want to go,
And my brain...
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Categories:
cancer, addiction, allusion, anxiety, baptism,
Form: Burlesque
August 28, 1968
August 28, 1968
Haiku: by Tom
Cancer was the match
that set my fields on fire.
Then came God’s healing.
...
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Categories:
cancer, god,
Form: Haiku
Girl with CancerShe was sick, but you would never know it.
She liked her nurses, they were slim and fit.
She rarely complained. Her name was Bonnie Proctor.
She enjoyed her friends, they shared the same doctor.
What is...
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Categories:
cancer, 5th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Rhyme
This is not a pipeThis is not a pipe
I can see that
No bite, or burn, marks
It’s just a piece of art
Nothing you can get a grip on
A pipe is made for smoking
I keep mine stored away, haven’t used them...
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Categories:
appreciation, art, cancer, extended
Form: Free verse
Too TiredToo tired to think
Too tired to talk
Too tired to take
Even a walk
Too tired I say
Perchance I must fall
Too tired to take
Even a call
If this is my lot
If this is my stay
How can...
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Categories:
cancer, age, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
Blue RoomThe Paint in the room is getting in your skin,
while the silence is slowly wearing you thin.
These Sea walls would soon come crashing on you
as the Waves of emotions have come to swallow you --...
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Categories:
blue, cancer, color, depression,
Form: Rhyme
I am a 15 year old in a 20 year old lifestyleI am a 15-year-old going through a 20-year-old lifestyle
I wonder why do bad things happen to good people
I hear crying
I see tears
I want answers to questions
I am a 15-year old going through a 20-year-old...
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Categories:
9th grade, boy, cancer,
Form: Free verse
bluebirdI sat for a moment that lasted several hours
staring at blue and silver strands of hair
that lay across a porcelain forehead;
I should call someone, but
Who is there that would understand?
I gazed through her window...
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Categories:
absence, bird, cancer, caregiving,
Form: Free verse
William Patrick Darnell Sr - AcrosticWilliam Patrick Darnell Sr - Acrostic
W-illingly, loving people as God would do!
I-ntelligent, funny, witty, and true.
L-istening with his heart so others can speak.
L-earning what he must, not trying to make a mistake.
I-deally, he wouldn't...
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Categories:
blessing, cancer, character, confidence,
Form: Acrostic
This Troubled RoadOh! My brother
I’ll walk with you on this troubled road
yet hear the news with agitation
and I would say stand firm
keep hold
we will not buckle
nor will we fold
The path is long
and dusty smotes will suck
all love...
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Categories:
brother, cancer, confidence, health,
Form: Free verse
The Luxury of OrdinaryToday was a good day
Today he walked on legs unbent
And erect spine of a man intent
On stilling the cacaphony of monotony
And smoothing the callouses of convalescence
For today, we both forgot
The wasting rate this cancer's wrought
Today,...
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Categories:
cancer, hope, recovery from,
Form: Rhyme
Deanna“She was your cousin?”
They would all echo,
their half-faux-sympathy was pathetic,
and it made me feel even
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Categories:
11th grade, bereavement, cancer,
Form: Elegy
A Bloody Second RoundIf it is red wine
Jason will dine
Since it is time
For the young to have a dirty mind
Oh brother
Here comes headless mother
Looking to kill my lover
Oh boy am I...
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Categories:
abortion, abuse, boy, cancer,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Cancer Poems
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