Long Lymphoma Poems

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Always wanting to get the most from life,
one morning after a terrible snow storm
she rose from bed stretching 
the most radiant, playful grin spread across her face,
"I feel incredible," she screamed,
"Let's have a picnic!"
"In this?"...

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Hired first as your band's assistant
Adonis with bonus warmest manner
Smile left me gooey, I couldn't resist it
Fluent guitar fingers sparked my enamour

Liasing with music gurus was realms apart
From routine of home, single Mom of two
Denham...

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I was just four when I discovered that some grown-ups cry.
That’s because I saw my mommy dragging my daddy down the stairs,
Her eyes so full of tears that they fairly poured down her flimsy nightgown.
Daddy...

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There’s unbearable beauty in crimson…

There are many crimson colored things in this world. How about blades of leaflets during Autumn or the beauty of a McIntosh apple? The most unbearable beauty I know is the...

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What Goes Up, Must Come Down
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~Different beliefs can be a blessing~

He was born on a chilly Saturday afternoon, sweet boy with lots of love,
we all knew he'd be very special because he had...

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Homeless without a blanket
poor as a penniless pocket
so sad I can barely take it
around her neck a locket


She lives on a destitute island with unsettling surroundings. Cold nights. Black days. No one even notices her...

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I have a dog story that is special to me because I
believe it could be a inspiration to someone else. I had just moved in to
Savannah GA. I was just getting ready to move to...

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In a second my life changed like i could never imagine
The world was all Topsy turvy 
and i a floating object in the turmoil
A simple six letter word
Thats all it took to take my stable...

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Their numbers drawn, the backwards lottery
Almost none were aware they were playing

Assaulted by the poisons that save them 
Hairless children with steroid-swollen cheeks
Feared stigmata of chemotherapy
Daily valiance, heroism unsought

Magic bullets are a relative thing
Modern wonder...

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Will won the table tennis at Rio, 
And celebrated this great victory, 
By instantly jumping on the table, 
With his arms stretched both sides. 

For this he got the yellow card, 
From a lines judge...

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Hometown

Our children, our families, our cities,
A shining reflection of our respect.
We are doing our best, while some
giant companies with great cheek,
Do their utmost to ruin the world.
With brazen and inhumane recklessness.

In turn, we the people,...

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That cancer has ravaged my family, it is true
My mom first with melanoma at age forty-two,
Bone cancer took my Uncle Cladie for a ride
Until the pain caused him to commit suicide,
My dad lost his battle...

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It's the waiting.
When time becomes thick with anticipated difficulty and borrowed suffering.
No matter how attentive and involved I may seem,
Internally I am fixated on the clock.
Each agonizing tick strikes like a hammer on my already...

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Airy Wells and Emmett Street were working class kids,
Just shy of a high school diploma.
Airy’s mom had a habit of drinking too much.
Emmett’s father was fighting lymphoma.

Airy and Emmett had jobs after school,
And mostly just...

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UNSPEAKABLE SADNESS

I dream of a porcelain-skinned baby, newly expelled from my loins.
Giggling, singing, chubby hands extended, feet kicking in unending joy.
She sings simple tunes of love
To the one who makes her happy and chases away...

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I sit here in anguish, too broken to think
As my sweet girl sobs on from the pain
Of the chemicals, fear, exhaustion and loss
That the cloud of lymphoma does rain.

And I who with joy traded career...

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I remember...
 when I chased the girls around the yard in the snow.
you always gently shouldered me out of their path!
protecting them, while loving me!

I remember...
when I walked you, towards the end, you simply laid-down,
I...

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I said not today,
later,
next time.
But now, it's not possible.
I took for granted this time on earth,
and now I see the truth.
How I wish I hadn't let my selfishness take over me,
given up my time,
just to...

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I give thanks 
for a Dementia patient growing more loving in latter years, my mother 
for a Dad who has diabetes, high-blood pressure, overweight, and 
should have been in the grave 20 years earlier like...

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The uncomfortable chairs in the waiting room.
The doctor's silk tie that reflects the tubes of artificial lighting.
The endless vials of blood they draw from my baby's arm.
The area of her arm where the cancer chews...

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A seventeen-year-old drug addict: healed of addiction without rehab.

A thirty-two-year-old professional: told there is nothing more medically doctors can do for a 26% function, worn-out heart,
But the next test shows her heart is back to...

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