Cancer Poems - Examples of all types of cancer poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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There Are No Hard Days Riding A Bicycle Across The US
I've spent a great deal of time riding alone this last week. Many of the roads we have been on do not have a shoulder making it impossible to ride side by side. There have...
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Categories:
adventure, blessing, cancer, encouraging,
Form: Narrative
till death does us partI suppose we all have a lengthened life,
some alone,
some kind,
some hard fought,
some short,
and some long
And we all deal with death in a different way,
some deal with it by not caring,
some by showing how they crumble,
some...
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Categories:
cancer, 8th grade, absence, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Until Death Do Us ApartI want to run away
But have got no way out of here
I want to just sit ‘n’ cry
But have got all my tears frozen
I want to endlessly smile
But…… just got no reason.
I want to dance...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death, depression,
Form: Free verse
A Letter to My Beautiful, Darling WifeI sit next to you,
I have never seen such beauty in my life.
My beautiful, darling wife,
I have seen you stand in front of this mirror a million times,
And not once have...
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Categories:
appreciation, cancer, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Semper AlumnusThank you God
That I’m always a student
I abhor
The slaughters of the babies
Toddlers were killed dead
Young boys and girls were shot dead
Pregnant women were stabbed dead
That’s terror
Young men were executed
Young women were raped and killed
That’s horror
Women...
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Categories:
bullying, cancer, child abuse,
Form: Haiku
DarknessMy darkness has lifted my future looks clear,
Then one certain trigger,
My eyes shed a tear,
Then thoughts after thoughts,
It's now all out of sorts,
Remembering the cancer,
3years that she fought.
My darkness has lifted my future...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
DarknessMy darkness has lifted my future looks clear,
Then one certain trigger,
My eyes shed a tear,
Then thoughts after thoughts,
It's now all out of sorts,
Remembering the cancer,
3years that she fought.
My darkness has lifted my future...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Necessary changesI don't expect my life to be,
the same as before that's for all to see,
But I need to move on and cope with my loss,
The loss of my loved one the family...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Finding a purposeWhat is my purpose,
What is my dream,
Is life meant to hurt us,
Why is my life so mean.
Life is a test,
Life is a mission,
Life has no rest,
When you've lost your ambition.
Life...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Bad dayWhat come over me today,
Really low is all I'll say,
Waking up late wrong side of bed,
That's all rubbish as it's all in my head.
It all leads back to that awful day,
My...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Lost loveI am lost I am lonely I am hurt to the core,
My life was fantastic but now that's no more,
I've been left with a hole that no one can fill,
No woman has...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Simply shortEvery day is a simple reminder that love can't be taken but cancer can find ye,
Families will lose mothers, fathers and brothers ,sisters and aunties ,Uncles and others,
But with one sad story there's...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Little meaningToday my life has little meaning,
The hurt of loss is what I'm feeling,
Losing my love is why I'm grieving,
The cancer that was has got me seething,
The doctors advice was misconceiving,
All...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
The beginning to the endMy start in life was not round here,
Newcastle was my home,
But now I've spent 20yrs in washington where I roam,
Now I wonder what is left,
A hopeless future at its best,
A...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
A day that changed everythingI dread that day the 5th of May,
my loving partner passed away,
I find it hard that she has gone,
undeserved her death was wrong,
At 42 a life cut short,
I'de double that...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Cancer Poems
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