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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Excellent Day
Copyright © 2006 Richard Harvey
Just Right
Copyright © 2006 Richard Harvey
Collection of Poems by Richard Harvey
Copyright © 2006 Richard Harvey
CancerLand in the First Person
OncoLink's Poet-in-Residence
Hope
Hope is the Thing With Petals
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Hope is the Thing With Petals: Quotable Hope
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Hope is the Thing With Petals: Poetry Submission
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To Hell & Back: Quotable Quotes
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To Hell & Back: Cancer, Myth and Meaning
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A Virtual Interview with Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD
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Waiting Room
From: The Radiation Sonnets, Reprinted by permission of Algonquin Books, 2003. Not to be reprinted without permission.
From The Medical Record
Womb of the Night Sky
From: Bare Root, Terrapin Press, 2002.
In the Hospital
From: Her Soul Beneath the Bone, edited by Leatrice H. Lifshitz. University of Illinois Press, 1988.
One Hundred and Ten Days
From: The Woman with a Cubed Head, New Issues Press, 1998.
Lifting My Shirt
Got to Get Down to Know
From: Wounded Healers, Rachel Naomi Remen, editor. Wounded Healer Press, 1994.
You Will Be Just Fine
From: Fine Black Lines, Mulberry Hill Press, 1993
O Body
From: Wounded Healers, Wounded Healer Press, 1994.