#cancer poems on Hello Poetry

Randy Johnson May 19

He was born in Groesbeck, Texas and his name was Joe Don Baker.
Sadly, after living for nearly nine decades, he needed an undertaker.
He attended North Texas State College on a sports scholarship.
He starred in "The Living Daylights", "Cape Fear" and "Joysticks".
When I say that he was a very talented man, it's not a joke.
He died of lung cancer which proves that people shouldn't smoke.
After living for eighty-nine years, he perished and it's a shame.
Joe Don Baker was a skilled actor who was destined for fame.

Dedicated to Joe Don Baker (1936-2025) who died on May 7, 2025

#actor #cancer #death #nonfiction

Jellyfish May 13

Untitled

Everything hurts.
My face scrunching up as the tears burst out of me
The lump in my throat that prevents me from speaking
The thoughts I'm forced to face now that feel never ending.

No one thinks the unbelievable will happen,
Until it simply does.
and the responses I have in the moment-
make me feel incredibly ****** up.

Shock is more numbing than the walk in freezer at work.
It's as if I were reading anything, not her actual words.
I don't know who to blame,
or maybe I do- but that feels worse.

#cancer #diagnosis #shock #mumbness #pain #heartbreak #family #mom

Robert Ronnow May 7

If Not One Way, Then Another

Thanks for another day
Others curse their luck, stale breath
Eventually our enemy becomes our brother

Cancer checkup, another swinging **** who fears his death
To not necessarily sacrifice each and every day for another day
I’m going to go to my grave unsung like almost everyone

Numerous number systems beyond the real
Look one way, from another come the heart’s missed beats
One way out of the mind’s limitations is through another mind’s
      contemplations

Another autumn, another election, so aimless and sublime
The white egret ate fish after fish, one then another then another...
You get a limited number of long walks, so take your time

One gives up body and soul but that’s not what I came to talk about
Slug the world and the world slugs back
It was amusing in my youth that God’s finger could move me to another
      square

Another duality, a day in the woods, jet passing overhead
I am in favor of kindness and you prefer concentration camps
The slow death of one sometimes makes the sudden ****** of another

To survive only as many more years as there are petals on a randomly
      picked (ox-eye) daisy
Another winter passing its calling card in at the window
One day follows another until the last day and on that day there will be
      weather

#thank #curse #luck #brother #enemy #cancer #death #fear #number #election

Randy Johnson Apr 26

The Late Michael Alldredge

He guest-starred on "The Jeffersons" and "Serpico".
He also guest-starred on "The Bob Newhart Show".
He starred in "The Sting II", "Iron Eagle" and other flicks.
This very talented man died at the young age of fifty-six.
He guest-starred on "The Dukes Of Hazzard" and "Archie Bunker's Place".
Lung cancer ended his life too soon and he was a credit to the Human Race.

DEDICATED TO MICHAEL ALLDREDGE (1941-1997) WHO DIED ON DECEMBER 19, 1997

#actor #cancer #death #nonfiction

Shane Michael Stoops Apr 26

Cancer Diagnosis

If I have just one more day
I will fight forever
Give up nothing
Till the end of my days come
I will not be afraid
I will never turn my back and run
This is the path chosen for me
I may break but never be done
Courageous
I will have faith where there used to be none
I will fight for me
Be strong
This cancer cannot bind me
Cannot beat me down
It’s shadow will not dim my light
Until I’m 6 feet in the ground
With every single heartbeat……….
I will rise up and defy all odds
I will fight until forever
If I have just one more day
Cancer *****!

UPDATE: for anyone who is curious or cares, UPDATE:
August 4th, 2025 I was sent for my second PET Scan after completing four rounds of chemo and the news was wonderful!!!! my cancer has shrunk tremendously. All my labs look great so it’s on to surgery on September 2 and fingers crossed they will get out every last little bit of cancer. After a little bit of healing, I am having another 4 to 6 rounds of chemo and a new immunotherapy drug called Durvalumab, and they will continue that Drug for a total of 10 months I believe. Fingers crossed everything continues to go well and I want to thank everyone on here who gave me support on this journey you don’t know how much it lifts my spirit and helps me fight the good fight. Thanks again. See you on the flipside.
I was diagnosed with esophageal Junction cancer on April 10, 2025. Until the call from the doctor, I believed it was never going to be me, I thought I cannot get cancer. Little did I know cancer does not discriminate. It does not look at your race, gender and especially age. I am only 48 years old and I have cancer.. It is still sinking in, but this poem is how I feel about my diagnosis and my journey, I will fight until the bitter end. Cancer will have to take me kicking and screaming, dragging me all the way. I am resilient, I am strong, I want to live! Please help me if you can with my cancer journey, it is not cheap to get cancer!
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#CANCERSUCKS

#cancer #hope #cancersucks #httpsgofundmee7cbdb3e

Dog Paulson Mar 15

What More Could You Ask?

I remember
Sitting in your yard
Thinking that was all there ever was
You were sixty-four then
I was 8 or so,
You started balding. I didn't know why
You joked about your wig,
That you got the wrong color.
Your mother, she left just before you did
I didn't know you died.

I found out two years later,
Your son was cruel, I don't know how you raised him
You weren't family by blood.
but you're still the closest thing
That I ever had.

To Wendy, and her love of gnomes.
P.S. *******, Matt.

#alberta #canada #cancer #death

Gideon Mar 8

56/6 "The Cancer"

It spreads through her like the cancer in her bones.
It takes her strength, but supports her weakness.
She tries to **** it with therapies and medicine,
but it grew back stronger every time. It is her.
A part of her she couldn’t cut out or off.
It is killing her and hurting those around her.

#cancer #abuse #weakness #bones

Prabhu Iyer Feb 25

cancers

Is it the heat that is spreading
hidden among us
vortices
birthing in our bodies?
The climate: it never changes,
it is not man, but Sol:
the winds that power our earth;

We must deny everything we do;
The heat out there -
vortices in here -
Man did not cause it
Sol cannot cause it -
who never existed,
but for the true God

Not true; Not true;
But the cancers,
they grow;
But our cells, they
cannot hold a lie well;

#climate #cancer #vortex #sol #god

Zack Ripley Feb 16

Not necessarily

Love. Life.
Birth. Death.
Cancer. Pain.
Something I hope you keep in mind
is how you react to stressful events
is not necessarily a reflection of you
as a person or guardian.

#love #life #birth #death #cancer #pain #poetry #short #notnecessarily