Poems About Cancer by Top Critiquers
#cancer
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
13th Aug 2022 6:35pm
13th Aug 2022 6:35pm
Grey Sanctity as Summer Fades
Heat wave climaxed
Last rays of summer descending
Melancholy on a perch
Waiting to swoop in
I'll be good with that
Melanoma robbed me of summer joy
10 years a survivor
Walking the shady side of the street
There's still baseball to be played
Cool evenings
The mango finally sweet
A black merino wool v-neck in waiting
Last rays of summer descending
Melancholy on a perch
Waiting to swoop in
I'll be good with that
Melanoma robbed me of summer joy
10 years a survivor
Walking the shady side of the street
There's still baseball to be played
Cool evenings
The mango finally sweet
A black merino wool v-neck in waiting
#dark
#inspirational
#summer
#fall
#cancer
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32 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
31st Oct 2022 3:04am
31st Oct 2022 3:04am
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Is Winding Down
Breast Cancer Awareness Month winding down
Therefore, ladies, please continue your monthly breast exams, they do help for early detection.
If you are over the age of 40, please schedule to have a mammogram
If you are in remission, please select healthy choices to consume, be liberal in your caffeine, and get your mammogram yearly, along with a physical and blood work.
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Therefore, ladies, please continue your monthly breast exams, they do help for early detection.
If you are over the age of 40, please schedule to have a mammogram
If you are in remission, please select healthy choices to consume, be liberal in your caffeine, and get your mammogram yearly, along with a physical and blood work.
I have raised $5,727.02 from coworkers, affluent friends who have given money, checks
Private pictorial downloads $65.00
St. Jude Children’s Hospital Cancer Research $350.00 ...
#TruthOfLife
#feminism
#support
#philosophical
#cancer
260 reads
6 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
8th Sep 2019 1:10am
8th Sep 2019 1:10am
Through the Eyes of a Friend
Look at me through the eyes of a friend, she said,
A stream of thoughts embraced me in a sad rhapsody,
But I, drunk on whiskey and rye cried a rivulet instead,
Running through my mind like an unforgettable melody.
I took her old rosary, the one she kept in an old box,
Before anyone else would ransack her possessions,
I prayed a prayer of redemption but before I could talk,
She said, never look back or hold on to obsessions.
But I placed the beads and hymn book in my rucksack,
My young rebel soul would never see her eyes again,
And as the years...
A stream of thoughts embraced me in a sad rhapsody,
But I, drunk on whiskey and rye cried a rivulet instead,
Running through my mind like an unforgettable melody.
I took her old rosary, the one she kept in an old box,
Before anyone else would ransack her possessions,
I prayed a prayer of redemption but before I could talk,
She said, never look back or hold on to obsessions.
But I placed the beads and hymn book in my rucksack,
My young rebel soul would never see her eyes again,
And as the years...
#sadness
#death
#memories
#memorial
#cancer
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4 Comments
Her
Poem Published
23rd Nov 2022 00:26am
23rd Nov 2022 00:26am
Cancer Free
This is my first anniversary
Of the year cancer could have got me
I carried pain nobody could see
Dire news had befallen me
I cried to the Gods, “how could this be?”
“It’s your test,” they replied to me
Learn to accept that your family
Can only be what they can be
Accept all the changes that would accompany
What happens as cancer claims your body
Believe in something you can’t see
Something to remove the guilt that you carry
I came to a place where I could believe
That life had more to offer...
Of the year cancer could have got me
I carried pain nobody could see
Dire news had befallen me
I cried to the Gods, “how could this be?”
“It’s your test,” they replied to me
Learn to accept that your family
Can only be what they can be
Accept all the changes that would accompany
What happens as cancer claims your body
Believe in something you can’t see
Something to remove the guilt that you carry
I came to a place where I could believe
That life had more to offer...
#anniversary
#TruthOfLife
#myself #cancer
#myself #cancer
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26 Comments
Bluevelvete
Poem Published
11th Oct 2021 7:26am
11th Oct 2021 7:26am
on indescribable grief (a senryú)
When I see his face
Still— [shockwaves], I'm breathing
With my heart...... missing.
Still— [shockwaves], I'm breathing
With my heart...... missing.
#love
#grief
#memories
#senryu
#cancer
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Pinkdreams
Poem Published
27th Apr 2022 5:14am
27th Apr 2022 5:14am
Gary
Gary wants you to know he's very good looking. Yeah, his beard does kind of look like Kenny Rogers', but nicer.
Gary is good at his job as an auto parts manager. Really damn good. He expects respect from those new hires. Damn 19 year olds. What do they know? No way he'd let his kids mouth off like those kids they get in the store these days.
Linda's the best woman Gary's met in a long time. That auburn hair almost down to her ass. Knows how to shoot a gun too.
Linda was surprised to learn that Gary has a teacup poodle. Gary chuckles to himself, then turns...
Gary is good at his job as an auto parts manager. Really damn good. He expects respect from those new hires. Damn 19 year olds. What do they know? No way he'd let his kids mouth off like those kids they get in the store these days.
Linda's the best woman Gary's met in a long time. That auburn hair almost down to her ass. Knows how to shoot a gun too.
Linda was surprised to learn that Gary has a teacup poodle. Gary chuckles to himself, then turns...
#relationships
#death
#MovingOn
#healing
#cancer
270 reads
7 Comments
Stoney223
Poem Published
29th Nov 2021 12:37pm
29th Nov 2021 12:37pm
MY STILLNESS AWAITS
As I awaken from a dream that has awaken me, as I am still here in this world alive and still breathing. Yet I have to take sometime to adjust my life and mind to the truth, that from the darkness I had to learn to experience life from a different perspective. Yet through those troubling times, I learn that we have to go through some rough times to appreciate, the good blessings of our lives. For as I deal with my cancer treatments going through chemotherapy, I am still not afraid of what the future will bring or become for me. As I am feeling no pain nor regret for living my life as I did...
#strength
#courage
#gratitude
#cancer
#StreamOfConsciousness
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2 Comments
ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Poem Published
19th Sep 2019 2:30am
19th Sep 2019 2:30am
Neuro
It's a comic and cruel twist of fate
that you went in for a brain surgery and returned
worn of heart,
and you're sleeping, all wires, monitors, white lines -
our dead pan humour lingers in my cargo,
I don't know what to do with it now.
And I sit,
six to eight hours from you
penning lines with less empathy than our jest,
more rage, more frustration, more age
contemplating who you'll want nay need me to be,
who you'll be as and when you wake.
I'm driving up Monday
back to Suffolk with all her ghosts, ...
that you went in for a brain surgery and returned
worn of heart,
and you're sleeping, all wires, monitors, white lines -
our dead pan humour lingers in my cargo,
I don't know what to do with it now.
And I sit,
six to eight hours from you
penning lines with less empathy than our jest,
more rage, more frustration, more age
contemplating who you'll want nay need me to be,
who you'll be as and when you wake.
I'm driving up Monday
back to Suffolk with all her ghosts, ...
#friendship
#home
#cancer
284 reads
4 Comments
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
11th Jan 2019 1:50am
11th Jan 2019 1:50am
Terminal Courage
In times of Cancer or " AIDS "
Don't allow your faith to grow dim.
Uplift your fellow-human;
Give hope and compassion to them.
Let life not wither on the vine
in helplessness of despair;
Remember, you're not the only one
who could give-up and not care.
Be stronger and allow the weak
to lean against your might.
Plant the seeds of courage
in those who fight your fight.
Don't forget to be human
and it's all right to cry.
there's no room for self-pity
where only love can satisfy.
Don't allow your faith to grow dim.
Uplift your fellow-human;
Give hope and compassion to them.
Let life not wither on the vine
in helplessness of despair;
Remember, you're not the only one
who could give-up and not care.
Be stronger and allow the weak
to lean against your might.
Plant the seeds of courage
in those who fight your fight.
Don't forget to be human
and it's all right to cry.
there's no room for self-pity
where only love can satisfy.
#hope
#courage
#illness
#MentalHealth
#cancer
390 reads
9 Comments
mysteriouslady
Poem Published
11th Sep 2021 2:45am
11th Sep 2021 2:45am
f**k you cancer
Why in the fuck
did you think
you could take him from me?
Do you know who the fuck you are up against?
I am all you wish you could destroy, but lives
He is more than what I am
He is the air I breathe
He is my soul
He is my heartbeat
He is the smile on our teens lips
He is the blood of life that keeps me alive
Hes made me everything I wanted to be
He loves me
Hes always loved me...
So, cancer FUCK YOU
You cant have him
NO. FUCKING. WAY.
Hes Mine
Ill fight for him
Come for me
Im...
did you think
you could take him from me?
Do you know who the fuck you are up against?
I am all you wish you could destroy, but lives
He is more than what I am
He is the air I breathe
He is my soul
He is my heartbeat
He is the smile on our teens lips
He is the blood of life that keeps me alive
Hes made me everything I wanted to be
He loves me
Hes always loved me...
So, cancer FUCK YOU
You cant have him
NO. FUCKING. WAY.
Hes Mine
Ill fight for him
Come for me
Im...
#husband
#illness
#cancer
425 reads
5 Comments
Alviola
Poem Published
22nd Nov 2022 2:03am
22nd Nov 2022 2:03am
Today I Saw a Man Who Should Not Die
Today I saw a man who should not die,
he wore the cuffs and shackles of white gown care,
thin fingers
fondling the button that triggers the pump
that feeds him smiles.
He bared his chest to show us the pipes
of great science running through him,
the pipes that feed him smiles.
Today I saw a man who sees pain
walking about the room, he has studied
and mastered it: when to press the button
to stop
the demon from jumping onto his bed
and still remain awake -- to dream.
...
he wore the cuffs and shackles of white gown care,
thin fingers
fondling the button that triggers the pump
that feeds him smiles.
He bared his chest to show us the pipes
of great science running through him,
the pipes that feed him smiles.
Today I saw a man who sees pain
walking about the room, he has studied
and mastered it: when to press the button
to stop
the demon from jumping onto his bed
and still remain awake -- to dream.
...
#sadness
#love
#regret
#death
#cancer
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