Poetry
Many people find poetry to be therapeutic - a way to express what they are feeling and experiencing. These poems have been generously shared over the years by people who have been touched by cancer. If you would like to submit a poem, contact us.
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Confluence
The Four Seasons of Having Cancer-Spring
The Four Seasons of Having Cancer-Winter
The Four Seasons of Having Cancer-Fall
The Four Seasons of Having Cancer-Summer
Hair
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What Healing Is
From: Lifting My Shirt: the breast cancer poems
Absurdities to Live For
From: Beyond Cancer: an anthology of visual & written art, Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA
12. Epilogue: Nevertheless
From: The Crack in Everything University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996
Robin's Nest
From: Beyond Cancer: an anthology of visual and written art (Barbara Brownstein, editor), Healing Arts Program at Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, Washington, 2002
Seed
Copyright © Floyd Skloot
Prefatory
From: Post-diagnosis Firebrand Books, 1995
Isaac Stern's Performance
Copyright © Hilda Raz
Recovery
From: Divine Honors Wesleyan University Press, 1997
I Am No Longer Afraid
From: Her Soul Beneath the Bone: women's poetry on breast cancer (Edited by Leatrice H. Lifshitz), University of Illinois Press, 1988
Promise
From: Bare Root: a poet's journey with breast cancer Terrapin Press, 2002
Spirit o' Spring - Poems
That Lucky Guy Sonnet
Copyright © Alysa Cummings
Apricot Jam
From: Don't Turn Away: Poems About Breast Cancer, PWJ, 2000