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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That Lucky Guy Sonnet
Copyright © Alysa Cummings
Apricot Jam
From: Don't Turn Away: Poems About Breast Cancer, PWJ, 2000
Rose
From: Can You Come Here Where I Am? Poetry and prose of seven breast cancer survivors E.M. Press, 1998
The Path
From: Unbearable Uncertainty: the fear of breast cancer recurrence (Edited by Amy Bowes, Terry S. Gingras, Beth A. Kaplowitt, Anne Perkins) Pioneer Valley Breast Cancer Network, 2000
Recurrence
From: Fine Black Lines: Reflections on Facing Cancer, Fear and Loneliness Hjelmstad Mulberry Hill Press, 1998
How to Live in a Continual Present
From: Unbearable Uncertainty: the fear of breast cancer recurrence (Edited by Amy Bowes, Terry S. Gingras, Beth A. Kaplowitt, Anne Perkins) Pioneer Valley Breast Cancer Network, 2000
To Answer Your Question: Why I Take Pictures of Flowers...
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Beginning Treatment
© 2010 Barbara Stainman
Impatient Patient: Quotes
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Impatient Patient: Poem
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Impatient Patient: Introduction
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
If I Could...
Footsteps and Stars: An Anthology
Copyright © Catherine Evans Schutte
Momento
Copyright © 2006 Richard Harvey
Dime On!
Copyright © 2006 Richard Harvey
Cancer gets served
Copyright © 2006 Richard Harvey
Calming the Cyclone
Copyright © 2006 Richard Harvey
Manifested Best
Copyright © 2006 Richard Harvey
Prognosis
Copyright © 2006 Richard Harvey
My Muse
Copyright © 2006 Richard Harvey