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12. Epilogue: Nevertheless
Alicia Ostriker

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31 Days of Pink Ribbon Poetry: Introduction
Words and digital images by Alysa Cummings

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7. Wintering
Alicia Ostriker

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9. Healing
Alicia Ostriker

A

Absurdities to Live For
Carolyn Brandon

Affirmation
Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad

After Cancer
Shannon Olin Kresge

After My Last Chemo Appointment I Steal Page Six from The Children's Illustrated Book of Bible Stories
Kelli Russell Agodon

Alone
Katherine Traynham

Amethyst House
Timothy Rowe

And When She Was Bad
Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad

Anger in a Group Setting
Patricia Wellingham-Jones

Another Time Around
James A. Pharis, Jr.

Apricot Jam
Patricia Wellingham-Jones

B

The Bad Man
Shannon Olin Kresge

The Beast
Anonymous

Before And After
Tommie Ortega

The Beginning of a New Day . . .
Anonymous

Begins with the Letter C
Helen Diane Gibson

Binary View
Michael White

Bird Feeder
Ellen Goldsmith

Blossoms, Frost and Faith
George Krumenacker

Breast Cancer Support Meeting Tonight
& Refreshments Will Be Served
Alysa Cummings

Breast Cancer: My Story
Meredith K. Biegel

Breastless
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Breathing
Sandy Marcus

Business Not as Usual
Anne Silver

C

Calming the Cyclone
Richard Harvey

Cancer
Emily S. Regnier-Franz

Cancer
Lisa M. Lehman

Cancer
Timothy Rowe

Cancer Cat Sonnet
Alysa Cummings

Cancer gets served
Richard Harvey

Cancer Is Not The End
Timothy Rowe

The Cancer Patient Talks Back
Molly Redmond

Cancer Scripts, in poems and pictures
Poetry selected and digital images created by Alysa Cummings

CancerLand in the First Person
Words and digital pictures by Alysa Cummings

Care Givers
James A. Pharis, Jr.

Celebration
James Pharis, Jr.

Changing Partners
Anne Silver

Chemo Songs
Jane Wisniewski

Chemotherapy
Ellen Goldsmith

Collection of Poems by Richard Harvey
Richard Harvey

A Connection
Emily S. Regnier-Franz

Craig Czury: 4 O'CLOCK (Nelda)
Craig Czury

D

Dear Doctor
Jane Wisniewski

The Diagnosis
James Lynch

Diagnosis, Cancer
James A. Pharis, Jr.

Dime On!
Richard Harvey

Dracula Meets a Chemo-Poet
Helene Davis

Dragonfly Rescue
Patricia Fontaine

Dreams of Being a Cowgirl
Cari Kastama

E

Everywhere
James A. Pharis, Jr.

Excellent Day
Richard Harvey

F

The Face
James Pharis, Jr.

Farewell to Hair
Terri Hanson

The Fight
Timothy Rowe

Footsteps and Stars: An Anthology
By Catherine Evans Schutte

For My Mother
Emily S. Regnier-Franz

For Those Who Wait
Shannon Olin Kresge

For You In Faith
James A. Pharis, Jr.

From The Medical Record
Alysa Cummings

Fundamental Physical Constants For Joanne
Jennifer Hill Kaucher

G

Garden Sonnet Prayer
Alysa Cummings

Geography
Kelli Russell Agodon

Getting Biopsy Results
Patricia Fontaine

Getting Well
Jean Trounstine

The Gingko Tree
James A. Pharis, Jr.

God's Gift
James A. Pharis, Jr.

Got to Get Down to Know
Marion Weber

H

Haiku
Anne Silver

Handling It
Timothy Rowe

His Blessings
James A. Pharis, Jr.

Hope
Hope is Poets

Hope is the Thing With Petals
Poetry selected and digital images created by Alysa Cummings

Hope is the Thing With Petals: Poetry Submission
Digital images created by Alysa Cummings

Hope is the Thing With Petals: Quotable Hope
Quotes selected and digital images created by Alysa Cummings

How to Live in a Continual Present
Sarah Sutro

How to Stay Alive
Judith Strasser

Howler
Anne Silver

I

I Am No Longer Afraid
Deena Metzger

I Entered the Room Naked
Nancy Louise Peterson

I Kissed My Father Late
John E. McGuigan

I Pray Today
James A. Pharis, Jr.

If I Could...
By Mike Hall

Illness Is
Anne Silver

Impatient Patient: Introduction
Alysa Cummings

Impatient Patient: Poem
Alysa Cummings

Impatient Patient: Quotes
Collected by Alysa Cummings

In Limbo
Timothy Rowe

In the Biopsy Room
Jean Trounstine

In The Darkness
James A. Pharis, Jr.

In the Hospital
Patricia Goedicke

Isaac Stern's Performance
Hilda Raz

It Does Not Have You
Timothy Rowe

It's a Celebration
Heidi Lynn Brown

J

Judgment Call
Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad

Just Right
Richard Harvey

K

The Knife
Joy Harold Helsing

L

Lament
Edna St. Vincent Millay

The Last Thing I See
Patricia Wellingham-Jones

Legacy
James Pharis, Jr.

Letter C
Helen Dian

Letters Received
Denise Larrabee

Lifting My Shirt
Patricia Fontaine

Like a Thief in the Night
Timothy Rowe

Limitless
Anne Silver

The Looking Glass
Janet Gordon

M

Making Chicken Soup
Jean Trounstine

Manifested Best
Richard Harvey

The Mastectomy Poems: 1. The Bridge
Alicia Suskin Ostriker

The Mastectomy Poems: 2. The Gurney
Alicia Suskin Ostriker

The Mastectomy Poems
12. Epilogue: Nevertheless
Alicia Suskin Ostriker

The Meaning of Figs
Kelli Russell Agodon

A Mistake?
Timothy Rowe

Momento
Richard Harvey

Moonsets
Patricia Fontaine

My Brother
Stella Dunstan

My Muse
Richard Harvey

N

No Easy Way
Timothy Rowe

No Lesser Love
James A. Pharis, Jr.

Now Only One of Us Remains
Patricia Goedicke

O

O Body
Rachel Naomi Remen, MD

One Drop
Michael White

One Good Thing About My Yearly Mammogram
Alysa Cummings

One Hundred and Ten Days
Julie Moulds

One Year Later
Craig Czury

Otherwise
Jane Kenyon

P

The Path
Ellen Goldsmith

Patsy's Truth
James A. Pharis, Jr.

Perfidy (My Body Has Betrayed Me)
Lisa M. Lehman

Persephone's Bloom
Anne Silver

Pink Ribbon Poetry
Alysa Cummings

Poems
Mark B. Johnson, Sr.

The Power of the Pink Ribbon
Alysa Cummings

Prefatory
Sandra Steingraber

Prognosis
Richard Harvey

Promise
Anne Silver

A Promise to Eurydice
Jane Yolen

Q

Quotable Quotes About Anger
Compiled by: Alysa Cummings

R

Radiation Treatment
Timothy Rowe

Reconstruction
Alysa Cummings

Recovery
Hilda Raz

Recovery
Patricia Wellingham-Jones

Recurrence
Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad

Reminiscence
Ruth Molly James

Remission
Joy Harold Helsing

Repair
Hilda Raz

Robin's Nest
Zapote Gregory

Rose
Katherine Traynham

A Runner's High
Carolyn Temple

S

Scar Tissue
Laurie O'Brien

Sculpture
Kelli Russell Agodon

Seed
Floyd Skloot

Seeing Beyond Sight
James A. Pharis, Jr.

Seeing Red: Cancer and anger, in poems and pictures
Compiled by: Alysa Cummings

Set Free
Timothy Rowe

Silent Song by Patti Filion
Patti Filion

Slow dancing at the Med-Inn
F. Richard Thomas

Socrates on the Fear of Death
Socrates

Some Spirit 'o Spring Quotable Quotes
Compiled by: Alysa Cummings

Spirit o' Spring - Poems
Compiled by Alysa Cummings

Spring
Jane Wisniewski

Suddenly, Life Changes    the diagnosis
Tommie Ortega

A Survivor
Timothy Rowe

Survivor's Guide to Post-Operative Body Image Issues
Alysa Cummings

Symmetry in the Blue Dress Sonnet
Alysa Cummings

T

Terrible Word
Patricia Wellingham-Jones

That Lucky Guy Sonnet
Alysa Cummings

These Days
Anne Silver

This Breast Surgeon
Alysa Cummings

A Thought
Kiersten Van Houten

Thoughts During Chemo
Marsha Penrose

To Explain
Hilda Raz

To Hell & Back: Cancer, Myth and Meaning
Poetry selected and digital images created by Alysa Cummings

To Hell & Back: Quotable Quotes
Collected by Alysa Cummings

Transformation
James A. Pharis, Jr.

U

Uterine Cancer
Kimberly Andrews

V

A Valentine
Jane Wisniewski

A View Today
James A. Pharis, Jr.

A Virtual Interview with Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD
Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD

A Virtual Q & A with Dr. Karen Ritchie
Author of Angels & Bolters

W

Waiting
Timothy Rowe

Waiting
John E. McGuigan

Waiting Room
Jane Yolen

Walking the Green Mile Sonnet
Alysa Cummings

We Give Thanks
James A. Pharis, Jr.

WHAT AM I?
Stella Dunstan

What Healing Is
Patricia Fontaine

What I Want
Ellen Goldsmith

What is Class?
Unknown

What You See Ain't What You Get
Patricia Wellingham-Jones

Where It's At
Anne Silver

Who's Worth
James A. Pharis, Jr.

With Right of Survivorship
Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad

Wolf Woman
Patricia Wellingham-Jones

The Woman Whose Body Is Not Her Own
Anita Skeen

Womb of the Night Sky
Anne Silver

Y

You Will Be Just Fine
Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad

Your Shadow by Patti Filion
Patti Filion