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Cancer Poems | Examples of Cancer Poetry

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.
Workforce
So they have decided, It's come right from the top, Governments reaction, My benefits should stop, They think that 2 years of grief is enough, But no matter how hard a couples enough, You've had a long...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, cancer, death, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Borrowed Time
Holding on tight to each moment before The test results come forever unsure Reprieved for a day condition unchanged “Your numbers are stable — but cancer remains” (Ronald McDonald House: Phila. Pa, October, 2024) ...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer,
Form: Rhyme



Reputations
Reputations are fickle things, Fragile things, Valuable things, Sometimes cursed things, Sometimes blessed things, Hungry things, Misunderstood things, Life giving things, Life taking things, Not always friendly things, Not for the faint hearted things, That always come with strings, That can turn us into out of control...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, absence, addiction, age, allusion,
Form: Monorhyme
Life
She searches for comfort cancer...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer,
Form: Haiku
Facts
ER not a show reality...Read the rest...
Categories: age, cancer, irony,
Form: Senryu



Threads of Tomorrow
Fate weaves the fabric of our fleeting days, Like tangled threads beneath a weaver’s loom, I pull the strings, but do they shift or stay? Or does the hand that guides belong to doom? I wonder who decides the...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, cancer, conflict, confusion,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Last Day
Gene stood. Skyscraper demanding. Cold steel. Thirty-five hard years. Over now. Just like that. Corrugated box. Family photo. Timex watch. Bitter coffee. Stale sweat. He walked out. Sun blaze. Fireball. Air thick. Sidewalk. Familiar corner. Man there. Black skin. Weathered face....Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, grief, jobs, loss, psychological,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member My Road
My Road By: Miracle Man 9/26/2024 My road in life, by choice, I have traveled, without any vision of where it might end. Many miles were smooth, some were graveled, with unforeseen things I had to contend. But early on my miles...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, god, health, jesus,
Form: Quatrain
ODE TO THE YOUNG ADULT CANCER SURVIVOR
I stood at the threshold Of a promising life, Ready to step out bold, Face challenges and strife. I wanted to soar, Like an eagle in the sky. Eager to conquer more, To reach really high. One fateful day I...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, cheer up,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Return from Desert
Back from the desert and loving it both the visit and the return. The powerful plane deiced in Chicago. Brittlebush, difficulty distinguishing acacia from ironwood. Mesquite, and plenty of paloverde. A good jazz band in Phoenix, their own style, no...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, home, music, power,
Form: Free verse
passing the buck
In Preparing children for the adult world, There is no better game to teach them than pass the parcel, No better game to show them that we live in a caring world. And when they reach adulthood in...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, age, art, cancer,
Form: Burlesque
Radiation Waiting Room
Radiation lobby, filled with unspoken sense. I see a community of fighters and partners. The partners are the curious who know. They sit using books as blinders, or sitting watching others. They are family waiting. The fighters are strugglers, arriving with smiles or stone...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, caregiving, courage, family,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Exploiting A Lie
A lie is worse than a curse A lie is a bad or false rumor on steroid A lie can hurt countless innocents A lie can cause unnecessary wars A lie can destroy human lives A lie is like a...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, absence, america, black african
Form: Free verse
Premium Member J I T
J.I.T. (Just In Time) Miracle Man 9/8/2024 Though Jesus gave His life for all, I feel He’d have done so just for me. Arms outstretched He made my call, and from life’s misdeeds set me free. I had never known of any love...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, jesus, love, sin,
Form: Quatrain
I Don’t Wanna Die
In the dim light of a room, shadows cling tight, A girl faces her fate, Stage III breast cancer in sight. With courage so soft, and grace in her eyes, She endures each day as her life slowly...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, cry, father son, first
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Cancer Poems

Definition | What is Cancer in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs