Grandfather Cancer Poems

New Shoes

"Grandpa, my shoes are too small, 
or maybe my feet or too big?"

"You are going to be ten foot tall, 
if you don't stop...

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CANCER

I was ten when you invaded our family, when my sixty year old grandfather
died with lung cancer and at that time I never really understood...

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Green Apples

Lovely…
not yet ripe, 
sweet fruit from grandma’s…
most favorite tree. 
She planted it… 
just for me. 

When I was born, 
my mama died. 
It was...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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One day my grandad slipped away,
His face sunk into a waxy, pale grey,
With a sudden stillness and a wave of your hand,
You have ventured off...

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Place at table

                      ...

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Stoked in low; 
stoked in high;
Try to reach up; 
to that sky.

Your placement here; 
Has just been in passing;
It's over now; 
Life's not that harassing.

Don't...

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 A Letter to Granddad

I remember the last moments before you passed away
Walking out the door, and hearing you say
“I can’t remember his face, I...

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The Big C

If I had cancer I would cry
Brother, mother, grandfather
Lost to this disease
Firsthand knowledge not a gift
Could it be a lie?

If I had cancer...

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I was left dull breathing
In the windswept tongue, new
The fire of mornings halo, dashed
And we were as yet unformed

For when you opened your cheeks
Straw dogs...

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I met her in a bar one night when I was on a business trip;
We were both feeling lonely and had one too many sips.
We...

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Daughter disconnected from her father.
It took years for you two to reconnect.
I had only one chance to talk to you.
The cancer took you, before we...

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It starts with one thing
and one thing always leads to another
I think he is indestructible 
Three forms of cancer can't stop my grandfather
Prostate Lung Pancreas...

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He looked like he was attempting a hug, I deliver a hand shake
Why I think, Seems like regret rest within every decision I make
Illness trickles...

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I bought my house for its mirrored walls 
in the master bath from which you could fancy 
yourself as a forties' film star, your flawless...

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