POEMS Archives Coping with Cancer

A poem from a metastatic breast cancer survivor. A colon cancer survivors poem. This myelofibrosis survivor shares his poem. I say hello to deception, but you cannot have me This is how you know you have forgotten how to fear:A second, then a minute, then an hour, then a year.

If Only You Asked

If Only You Asked

A poem from a metastatic breast cancer survivor.

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Changing the Script

Changing the Script

A colon cancer survivor’s poem.

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Cancer Fight

Cancer Fight

This myelofibrosis survivor shares his poem.

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Deception of the Body

Deception of the Body

“I say hello to deception, but you cannot have me…”

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Fear-Less

Fear-Less

“This is how you know you have forgotten how to fear:
A second, then a minute, then an hour, then a year.”

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I Am Not Cancer

I Am Not Cancer

“Yes, I fear tomorrow, but, I relish
Every moment of today.”

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Road Map

Road Map

A poem by a non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor.

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Here For You

Here For You

A poem written with love and commitment to a friend.

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Memories

Memories

A poem written by an adenocarcinoma survivor.

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Perspective is the Linchpin

Perspective is the Linchpin

A poem by a breast cancer survivor.

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A Woman is…

A Woman is…

A woman is so much more than her breasts.

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Can Someone Wake Me?

Can Someone Wake Me?

A realization of how fragile life is and what it means to be brave.

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