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Chemotherapy Poems - Poems about Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy Poems - Examples of all types of poems about chemotherapy to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for chemotherapy.
Growing my hair down below my knees
...Growing my hair down below my knees... stimulated courtesy follicles, where Coconut, Olive, Grapeseed, Jojoba, Amla and Vitamin E oils allowed, enabled, and provided head start germinating pe......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, addiction, america, april, body,
Form: Free verse



Pain hits hard
...My partner and I were never prepared, for what the specialist doctor said, We hoped the chemo worked but dread, to tell you that the cancer spread, Our palative nurse tried to dull the pain, ......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member It's Nice to be Back
...So the death sentence is lifted I kicked cancers ass They found no trace of it with surgery free of that sh*t at last! Now it's on to radiation to become a spiderwoman queen Not exactly w......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, anxiety, cancer, health,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member COVID brain storming
...I can’t sleep because I can’t breathe My mind is bleeding red thoughts so odd Thoughts like I wish to eat and not get fat To stop coughing up my blue heart It occurs to me COVID is the beast Th......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, absence, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Stay strong and hopeful
...I wrote this for a friend who went through a harrowing Cancer experience and survived the disease and the treatment. Chemotherapy is insanely challenging. I'm grateful that she made it through. Survi......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, cancer, encouraging, health, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Poisons
...POISONS Boldly betrayed by my body It came so fast Poison coursing through my veins, My Source, my Self, Frightening and sure, traveling it’s way Through me, Out to get me from my Life, Ta......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, cancer, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Poem For My Mother
...Every small sore is numbing pain As if morning can't see the rain Every small touch on your light skin Makes the world like it stops to spin Teardrops can't mend your heart's sorrow As if......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky circa November 13th
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005 (untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935) I trot out a poem acknowledging birthday of dear ole mom, who s......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, absence, age, america, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Chemo and the side notes
...So the chemo got the cancer though I have three more trips to the chair but for this very moment there is no lump longer there Its kinda a revelation with the battle going on but this silly com......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, appreciation, cancer, humor,
Form: Lyric
Deceased For a Decade
...He was my dad but his life came to an end. He died and I would never see him again. He perished after months of receiving chemotherapy. He had Leukemia and is buried in Sneedville, Tennessee. He ......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, anniversary, cancer, dad, death,
Form: Rhyme
Harriet Harris, Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost
...Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost... ~ May fourth, 2005 wedded bliss nearly fifty years half a century almost me not most favorite grown offspring, she (when alive) did boast, ab......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, absence, abuse, anger, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
The Big C Keeps On Coming
...Inspired by the moving storyline of Andie, the brave and courageous 9-year-old patient, from Season 2, Episode 2: Autopsy, of the brilliant TV Show, "House". It's an excellent ensemble cast. We a......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, cancer, caregiving, child, death,
Form: Free verse
A Shadow Hiding From the Sun
...There's good and bad days, like a shadow hiding from the sun, only to realize it can't exist without light, among reminders to wear gloves because he's leaking chemotherapy fluid and the docto......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, cancer, dark, death, night,
Form: Free verse
Not So Easy
...It is not so easy to forgive old dogs and old friends dying on you. Once I had a mongrel pup got her from a shady pet store back in a shabby past. Parvo came and she went - not easy. Once, an......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Harriet Harris Circa November 13th, 1935 - May 4th, 2005
...Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005 untimely death sentence ordained approximately six months prior to mother dearest celebrating her seventieth birthday, though the ......Read the rest...
Categories: chemotherapy, absence, age, anniversary, birthday,
Form: Rhyme

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