Short In Remission Poems

stacy is happy
cancer now in remission
still praying although...

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girl in remission
she laughs at each crashing wave
today she is queen...

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To my brilliant doctor
I asked
"Am I in recession"
he replied
"No not in recession
but you are in remission"....

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Bug A Boo

Cute as lite kittens
Babies in remission coos
Love, true bug a boo

11/10/17
by James Edward Lee Sr....

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Lucky is the Patient 
The Doctor comes to tell
Good news
The scans
Say 
Your Cancer has gone
Your prayers have been answered 
You are in remission...

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8/3/2021

I write to spread more than unease. 

As people gather and read that I am unpleased. 

With this world that stutters when they hear my condition. 

I am now free, though not in remission....

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My brain's in remission the last few days
Nothing creative has evolved, nothing out of the haze
Something needs oiling
Some pipes need rejoining
Needs to go to the shop to determine my malaise...

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BLANKET COMFORT

so tenderly, he takes the blanket
covered with red dots and grandma love
tucked all around his eight year old frame

my tooth pain in remission while i sleep
he places the soft and tender blanket
over my legs, sharing the warmth

Kim Rodrigues © 2017...

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Earl King had a heart attack and needs our prayers.
He's a good man and needs to know that people care.
At the moment he's in critical condition.
Let's pray that he'll soon be in remission.
He's given his friends and family quite a fright.
Let's pray that Earl will be all right....

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The tidyings of a town
here we are in Croydon
trying to make a stand
Seen so many charges
a 15% council tax rise,
fall from clumsy hands
Our Whitgift centre a shell of a complex!
The whole town has a forgotten ring
Do the dangly dance now
A town in remission
isn't too grand...

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lab results positive-
             living with cancer made
                       less sense than her dying
                       lethargic from chemo-
              laughing in remission, 
                    Leanne was now cancer free!
                           Lord saved her soul from death…



*The name Leanne is ONE syllable according to howmanysyllables.com*

Pleiades L
April 14, 2017...

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Oh ! Lord what color is the rain 
And where hence  does it fall in 
This dismal place of all the garden is
Land in remission there is a drought 
And humanity has fallen it has forgotten its course 
Please Oh God replenish my soul 
Give me a place where I am known
 I'm calling on the power of a present God 
Riegn down your mercies unto me


3/1/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022...

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broken chariot we cannot fix
our strong, precious love is still in the mix

broken chariot we can always replace
the strength of our strong, precious love will always save face

broken chariot we know not the definition
our strong, precious love survived many cancers and always in remission

broken chariot we can always redefine
our strong, precious love is like water that makes our everything more beautiful and refined...

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winter approaches
snowflakes tumble from the sky
a sprinkle of white

As brisk breezes scatter leaves around,
Autumn colors confetti the ground.

Winter winds howl through barren branches
shaking off any remaining leaves.

Mother Nature is in transition;
stripping the scenery yet again.
The naked trees are in remission
till Spring showers; water them with rain;
and green canopies supplant the plain....

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'...the great tide that treads the shifting shore.'
   -Edna St. Vincent Millay



Sluggishly the waves steal in like guilty 
lovers, apologetic,
smothering the shore with gentle kisses 
of contrition;
the ocean lies at rest, the surf recumbent, 
apoplectic.

Suddenly the heavens burst, tides no 
longer in remission,
swells that idled now surge into shore
their temper rages,
'sotto voce' once, now they roar like tigers
in their cages!...

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'...the great tide that treads the shifting shore.'
-Edna St. Vincent Millay


Sluggishly the waves steal in like guilty 
lovers, apologetic,
smothering the shore with gentle kisses 
of contrition;
the ocean lies at rest, the surf recumbent, 
apoplectic.

Suddenly the heavens burst, tides no 
longer in remission,
swells that idled now surge into shore
their temper rages,
'sotto voce' once, now they roar like tigers
in their cages!...

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'...the great tide that treads the shifting shore.'
-Edna St. Vincent Millay


Sluggishly the waves steal in like guilty 
lovers, apologetic,
smothering the shore with gentle kisses 
of contrition;
the ocean lies at rest, the surf recumbent, 
apoplectic.

Suddenly the heavens burst, tides no 
longer in remission,
swells that idled now surge into shore
their temper rages,
'sotto voce' once, now they roar like tigers
in their cages!...

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Colored Monarch Flies
 Danaus plexipus black torso bright orange black wings
summer runs flies a nectaring
over wintering sites in mid Mexico
early, early spring emerging
massive migration clusters springs summer like being covered with grand ma's shaw
traveling flying like a cloud in remission
nectaring spring flowers
Danaus plexipus black torso bright orange black wings

7/14/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.© 2020...

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Like a desert lily
Like February sunshine
Like an August rain
Like daisies in a pavement crack

Like a cat on your lap
Like a parent's compliment
Like a child's gratitude 
Like a smile on the subway

Like an oasis in the desert
Like regaining your sight
Like cancer in remission
Like a winning lottery ticket

Like a reconciled marriage
Like an armistice announcement 
Like a stay of execution
Like a rolled away stone 
  by an empty tomb...

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'...the great tide that treads the shifting shore.' 
                                Edna St. Vincent Millay 


Sluggishly the waves steal in like guilty 
lovers, apologetic, 
smothering the shore with gentle kisses 
of contrition; 
the ocean lies at rest, the surf recumbent, 
anorectic. 

Suddenly the heavens burst, tides no 
longer in remission, 
swells that idled now surge into shore 
their temper rages, 
'sotto voce' once, now they roar like tigers 
in their cages!...

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Her hands hovered over the pistols on her hips
The Apocalypse
Grantor of one-way trips 
Bestower of the scarlet mist

Salvation Is, Salvation does
She is Why, How, and Just because
She is Attrition,  She is Abolition
A chick on a mission
A ticket to perdition
She is death in remission

Her hands settled on the grips
Which glowed bright red
Pulsating in rhythm with her breath
Remember this she said
Life is a privilege
You earn the right to exist...

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Subliminal, dimensional
minds of the criminal 
guns of politicians
a world in remission
bang bang 
life refrained
fake police, no relief
plans for the mission
minds always switching
confusion, delusion 
revolution the only solution
money to be made
games alway played
mothers put to shame
fathers wearing chains
children on the street
drugs fulfilling needs
satan on the prowl
churches falling down
hell's over crowded
and we forsake the Holy Father
World Insane...

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cover of clouds
parked cars crowd a narrow street
sidewalk rising and settling
a rough journey in time
leaves turning colors rustle
the neighbor across the street
she says it’s just another day
toddler at her side
a man sits on his porch
greetings offered
as people pass
two eager golden retrievers
behind a tall picket fence bark
speaking a language of their kind
a retired clerk from the police department
rakes leaves, cancer in remission
in the autumn of her life...

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'...the great tide that treads the shifting shore.' 
                                Edna St. Vincent Millay 


Sluggishly the waves steal in like guilty 
lovers, apologetic, 
smothering the shore with gentle kisses 
of contrition; 
the ocean lies at rest, the surf recumbent, 
anorectic. 

Suddenly the heavens burst, tides no 
longer in remission, 
swells that idled now surge into shore 
their temper rages, 
'sotto voce' once, now they roar like tigers 
in their cages!...

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Wicked and distorted eyes dancing under the
moon. The wicked eyes listen as screams are
heard in the distance. Wicked eyes pounding 
faster than a heart beat and streaks of blood
dripping like rain.

Blood drippings travel up toward the moon.
drying out and becoming crisp as the air
hits the spots. Sparks flash as the eyes
mimic a screaming child.

Silence sits in as the screams diminish and gently close.
The moon now rest and is assured that the
wicked eyes are now in remission....

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