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
short, long, best, and famous poem examples for cancer.
The Bio Wars: Pain InfectiousPerpetual pain palliated by loving hands
ever lingering under bandaged wounds;
fetted rot tucked under perfumed blanket.
Covered is the massing doubt, ever growing,
Smothered; thoughts transient as dreams.
To hide quaking mask of broken memory.
Running. Inevitable is the spreading.
Infectious...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
allusion, cancer, death, grief,
Form: Free verse
The Chemo Cafe 2nurses come to top off my cup,
the coffee and poison mingle
in the air and on my tongue,
she draws the curtain,
moans next door persist,
snow falls outside the window,
the ground pure white,
trees naked and swaying,
like the grass...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
cancer,
Form: Free verse
On The Wrong Side Of HistoryYou may be very wealthy and powerful,
Yet you're doomed to fail like a fool,
If you are on the wrong side of history,
Where a deep sludgy hole is your final destiny.
Hitler at one point found himself...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
cancer, anti bullying, betrayal, bullying,
Form: Rhyme
Mike Parke Eulogy 2011It is with great sadness we say goodbye.
To a truly smashing real good guy.
His name is Mike Parke who was our boss
The whole of 202 now feel lost.
He leaves behind his good lady.
The one we...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
bereavement, cancer, military,
Form: Free verse
Cancer as Spiritual TeacherIn every life, lessons are sown,
Truths to unearth, to make our own.
Some are simple, like recipes to taste,
Others, complex, not one bit of waste.
Our souls may shout from depths of pain,
But from such trials, wisdom's...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
cancer, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Life and Death: Two Sides of the Same Quantum CoinLife and death–
Two sides of the same quantum coin.
Heads you win, tails you lose.
Call the flip.
Tails you win, heads you lose.
Call it again.
Life–
What our consciousness manifests
when we flip the coin.
Death–
What our consciousness manifests
when we flip...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
cancer, death, life, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
WHAT HAPPENS TO DIRTY HUMANS ASC THE ALIENIST-WHAT HAPPENS TO DIRTY HUMANS ASC THE ALIENIST-
"What happens to the dirty humans, asj the alienist!
Blurring waters frum their cymmetry chest parts!
Shawlowed accumulation of gasS in the ear canal,
Enflated pretentious flatulence spouts...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
absence, analogy, anxiety, cancer,
Form: Vogon Poetry
Cure My Cancer
Cure My Cancer
I don't think
one more drink
is the answer
to cure my cancer.
It's everywhere,
blood, bones, hair.
It mocks with stare.
Never does it care.
...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
cancer, drink,
Form: Rhyme
MAMMAMAMMA
My mother is sadly now just a faint memory
As her passing was a number of decades ago
But always caring, maternal, and good to me
Of course, classed as a baby boomer, I know
I was to be...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
age, cancer, eulogy, heartbreak,
Form: Terza Rima
Best not to dwell on the reasons whyWhen blessings come our way,
Best not to question why,
It will only fry our brain,
Without relieving the pain,
For those who have not been blessed in this way.
When blessings do not come our way,
Best not to...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
anger, anxiety, cancer, community,
Form: Didactic
Endings are the best part
I wish the smoking would hurry up and kill me.
Too much of a coward to hold the revolver to my head and pull.
I wish the cancer would drool through my veins like the scattered kisses...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
angst, anxiety, cancer, death,
Form: Free verse
Even When I Win I LoseSitting here in an adult diaper,
‘cancer free’ I’m told. Thumbing through
a booklet of kegel exercises
for men, this.
After nine long years, in and out of
specialist offices, batting around my prostate
like a handball.
I knew it would come...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
cancer,
Form: Free verse
sigh of reliefJesus scooped the child up into his arms
she put her arms around Him
they clung to each other
for they were whole only when together
her mother sighed with relief
dreaming that her daughter was finally safe
and had her...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
cancer,
Form: Free verse
The Bio-Wars: A Son LostA tumour abated alters and waits.
Pathway incised, a new one it makes.
Spreading and forming, roots growing down.
The moment’s now here, a mighty rebound.
Battle exhausted, the bones ache and crack.
The units expended; yield to the plaque....
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
allegory, cancer, death, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Cancer Big 'C'Cancer, the big 'C',
Do you think you mean anything to me?
My Uncle has got you,
You've taken my beautiful daughter too.
But while I am able I will continue to fight,
And I will fight you with every...
Read the rest of this poem...
Categories:
anger, cancer, courage, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Cancer Poems
Definition | What is Cancer in Poetry?
Poems Related to Cancer
tumor, corruption, malignancy, disease, sickness, canker, c, carcinoma, big c, long illness,