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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.
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
Breast Cancer
Ain’t life sweet So light on my feet Cause I got my cancer beat!...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer,
Form: Rhyme
Gable
When he left us, he left us too soon. He starred in 13 episodes of "Tycoon". It was a day that all of his fans were sure to hate. Christopher left us at the young age of fifty-eight. He...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, celebrity, death, england,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Goodbye
You cannot see what I hold in my heart Your hate and your fear drive us apart. My loving pleading eyes beckon you to see. In outbursts of pain, you beg to let you be. My time is laboriously...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, cancer, courage, death,
Form: Rhyme
Keep Going
Nobody knows what to say, Try to carry on as if it's just another day. Things will be alright, One day this horror will be out of sight. Just try to keep it together, don't let them see you...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, cancer, children, daughter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Projectionist
Lest we forget that back in 2017 at a softball game, they tried to massacre members of the republican congress. Then between 2016 -2020 they impeached trump twice for nonexistent and/or trumped-up charges. During the fentanyl Floyd riots they attempted...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, conflict, confusion, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Extreme Audacity
Audacity has a negative connotation That I despise with a conspicuous passion It’s fine for somebody to be bold And not to be too arrogant and cold Where narcissistic images or horns emerge Like insatiably bad worms that nothing can...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, cancer, corruption, crazy,
Form: Rhyme
Robert Sherriff - Australian -Pearly Gates
Robert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer - Actor - American Historian Photographer Pearly Gates In life, I never take anything for granted. Everything is free, but nothing is guaranteed—except for the certainty of...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, care, dad, daughter,
Form: Epitaph
Premium Member Heaven Sending Love to all the Right Cells
Unparalleled baby quilted blue and pink sky Spiritually painted Heaven smiling down Sending love to all the right cells Spiritual magic Happiness holding together an optimistic giddy certified day of hope, and love. games, prizes, fun, Girl Scouts Cousins Family Sadie's Cancer in Remission!...Read the rest...
Categories: cancer, love,
Form: List

Specific Types of Cancer Poems

Definition | What is Cancer in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs