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Skin Cancer Poems - Poems about Skin Cancer

I've got

...I've got.....

I've got skin cancer,
bone cancer,
lung cancer too,
I won't ever let it beat me,
if it's the last thing I do.
It'll never define me,
there till my life is due,
Holding on to d...
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Categories: skin cancer, absence, cancer, change, death,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSunburn Skin

...red orange ball of fire
rolling up down green tar hill
skin cancer is real...
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Categories: skin cancer, appreciation, art, environment, sun,
Form: Haiku



holly day in May

...A Holly Day in May

the building is eerily empty today, everybody
has gone to the beach, even those in wheelchairs
I sit on the verandah in the hope of tanning
my scalp looks so white in the bat...
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Categories: skin cancer, abuse, appreciation, baptism,
Form: Blank verse

nothing

...Nothing
Two o'clock this Wednesday afternoon
protected by tall walls, but I have to go
inside
the sun is too hot
It is about getting a deep, lasting tan
my vanity has no limit
gave me skin can...
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Categories: skin cancer, absence, abuse, addiction,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberAvoid Skin Cancer- Slip Slop Slap

...We reach 
The beach

Nice spot
Sand's hot

Flies swarm
Water's warm

Surfers crave
Big wave

We wish
no jellyfish

We learn
sun burn

hot sun
have fun

slip on
a shirt

slap o...
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Categories: skin cancer, beach,
Form: Footle



Premium MemberSun Dried

...I can feel my body cooking

It's drying out beneath the sun

A price to pay for such a tan

Skin cancer touches everyone...
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Categories: skin cancer, cancer, sun,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMy Black God

...My Black God
is real as I could imagine
worrying about defective White People
vulnerable to skin cancer
and fading water-front real estate values
in this unholy 
traumatic 
WhiteWashed Anthrop...
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Categories: skin cancer, dark, god, humor, lust,
Form: Political Verse

Ah Tis Nothing Greater Than

...Ah... tis nothing greater than...

malfunctioning heater 
on that brisk winter day
recorded here as proof positive
regarding following reasonable rhyme.

While scrolling thru 
poems crafted y...
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Categories: skin cancer, 12th grade, angst, dark,
Form: Rhyme

Rosy

...Rosy cheeks, pink lipstick
She looked enchanting
Beautiful like a fairy

Enamored, he wanted to marry her
He was wealthy, she gladly accepted

Soon he realized without makeup
She was ordinary...
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Categories: skin cancer, 10th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Day For Relaxing

...there is an internal laziness about the tree
That inspires my pen to dance along the side of my page
My muse attempts to make a grab for it
Let it be I caution her
She can be so controlling somet...
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Categories: skin cancer, tree,
Form: Free verse

Weather Warning

...WEATHER WARNING

The sun, when shining very hot,
Can cause skin cancer, like as not.
So, if you’re out on sunny days,
Be mindful of its harmful rays.
And when sun-bathing by th...
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Categories: skin cancer, sun, weather,
Form: Verse

Skin Cancer and a Songstress

...Death’s undisturbed progress.
And a doted-upon songstress:
In the musical battle field, Matchless Tigress,
Now being  taught unforgettable lessons by Skin Cancer,
Her concerned doctors all robbed...
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Categories: skin cancer, bereavement, cancer, death, fun,
Form: Rhyme

Catering Life

...The Catering life

It is sunny and warm on the terrace.
I sit with my face facing the sun. It is supposed to be healthy
vitamin D, and so on.
I`m not so sure, I have had skin cancer twice.
Once...
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Categories: skin cancer, appreciation, chicago, color, corruption,
Form: Blank verse

Time Is Looking Up

...Time is looking up

Today, for the first time in months
the restaurant was opening, and we had a proper 
meal served
by a real waiter, although they were obliged
to use masks.
good food on a b...
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Categories: skin cancer, allusion, appreciation, august,
Form: Blank verse

Ah Tis Nothing Greater Than

...Ah... tis nothing greater than...
malfunctioning heater on brisk winter day!

Thee particular date being
December twenty eighth,
two thousand nineteen, I saith
the Jack of all trades
maintenan...
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Categories: skin cancer, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

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