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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A Promise to Eurydice
From: The Radiation Sonnets, Reprinted by permission of Algonquin Books, 2003. Not to be reprinted without permission.
After Cancer
One Good Thing About My Yearly Mammogram
OncoLink Poet-in-Residence
For Those Who Wait
The Mastectomy Poems: 2. The Gurney
From: The Crack in Everything, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996.
The Power of the Pink Ribbon
OncoLink's Poet in Residence
Cancer Scripts, in poems and pictures
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Terrible Word
From: Don't Turn Away: poems about breast cancer. PWJ Publishing, 2000.
9. Healing
From: The Crack in Everything. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996.
With Right of Survivorship
From: Fine Black Lines: reflections on facing cancer, fear and loneliness. Mulberry Hill Press, 1998.
Remission
From: The Lyric, Spring 2002
Getting Biopsy Results
From: Lifting My Shirt: the breast cancer poems
Making Chicken Soup
From: Almost Home Free. Pecan Grove Press, 2003.
Dragonfly Rescue
From: Lifting My Shirt: the breast cancer poems
Breast Cancer Support Meeting Tonight & Refreshments Will Be Served
Haiku
From: Bare Root: A poet's journey with breast cancer, Terrapin Press, 2002
Survivor's Guide to Post-Operative Body Image Issues
The Knife
Changing Partners
From: Bare Root: A pet's journey with breast cancer, Terrapin Press, 2002
What You See Ain't What You Get
From: Don't Turn Away: poems about breast cancer. PWJ Publishing, 2000.