Poetry for Survivors

maggs
maggs Member Posts: 164
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
If you would like to read some wonderful poems and look at beautiful pictures of Spring, check out www.oncolink.com and select "poetry" from the menu--really beautiful poems and pictures by women like us!

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  • cammie
    cammie Member Posts: 102
    What a terrific site. I am surprised. I really had a great laugh at the opening story by Alysa Cummings. I haven't got a chance to read all the poetry, while some of it was not related, read on, some of it will hit you right between the eyes. Thank you for the heads up on the site.
  • isaiah4031
    isaiah4031 Member Posts: 240
    Neat sight. Thanks for the address.
    Jayne
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member

    Neat sight. Thanks for the address.
    Jayne

    I know this link is old,
    I know this link is old, but, the poetry is beautiful! I pasted one here for you. There is also lots of info on there. If you want more poems, just type poems in the search box.

    Call me recovered, yes I'm planting new
    Perennials - plants that spring back, recoup
    Year after year peek out, grow back, reach up
    Victorious over cold, frost, ice, snow
    Grow green freed from the bleakest underground
    Perennials - plants that come back, seek out
    Sunblessed empathy, connection, friendship
    Clean out the chokeweed, the twisting snake vine
    Make room for pink daisy faces and the
    Fragrance of sweet lilac I'm back I'm back
    And so are you and so we will be - come
    Next spring - April, May, June - in the garden
    Planting hope with seeds of love - watering
    Well, well, well, oh garden of my good health.
    ---------------------------------------------------

    Here is another one:



    Could I love the starlit sky
    if I did not also love the sun
    the reflection of the meadow in a horse's eye
    the curve of my nose
    even the sound of my own voice
    though I have spoken with the spite of Esau
    and wept because I had asked for too much?

    How can I not love and thank
    the Host of this entire universe?
    I can't imagine not begging to stay
    no matter when it's my time,
    but when I must,
    I want to leave
    blowing kisses off my fingertips
    and using my last breath to say
    I have loved it all.
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159

    I know this link is old,
    I know this link is old, but, the poetry is beautiful! I pasted one here for you. There is also lots of info on there. If you want more poems, just type poems in the search box.

    Call me recovered, yes I'm planting new
    Perennials - plants that spring back, recoup
    Year after year peek out, grow back, reach up
    Victorious over cold, frost, ice, snow
    Grow green freed from the bleakest underground
    Perennials - plants that come back, seek out
    Sunblessed empathy, connection, friendship
    Clean out the chokeweed, the twisting snake vine
    Make room for pink daisy faces and the
    Fragrance of sweet lilac I'm back I'm back
    And so are you and so we will be - come
    Next spring - April, May, June - in the garden
    Planting hope with seeds of love - watering
    Well, well, well, oh garden of my good health.
    ---------------------------------------------------

    Here is another one:



    Could I love the starlit sky
    if I did not also love the sun
    the reflection of the meadow in a horse's eye
    the curve of my nose
    even the sound of my own voice
    though I have spoken with the spite of Esau
    and wept because I had asked for too much?

    How can I not love and thank
    the Host of this entire universe?
    I can't imagine not begging to stay
    no matter when it's my time,
    but when I must,
    I want to leave
    blowing kisses off my fingertips
    and using my last breath to say
    I have loved it all.

    How interesting! I just
    How interesting! I just finished posting a poem a fellow survivor and I wrtoe back in 2004~ who was reading my mind??!! LOL

    Hugs and thanks for the reminder!
    Chen♥
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    chenheart said:

    How interesting! I just
    How interesting! I just finished posting a poem a fellow survivor and I wrtoe back in 2004~ who was reading my mind??!! LOL

    Hugs and thanks for the reminder!
    Chen♥

    ladydi1's poetry
    This is from ladydi1. Check out her Expressions Page. She writes beautifully!


    Cancer's Looking Glass


    There are so many pieces of me,
    That cancer scattered to the wind.
    My dreams, my hopes, my self esteem
    Body parts that need to mend.

    Stuck on the outside looking in
    Through this “cancer looking glass”
    I see the life I left behind,
    But can’t find my boarding pass.

    How can they call it courage,
    Getting through chemo, radiation, all the rest?
    For I was just sleep-walking
    Past every treatment, every test.

    Am I a real survivor
    For just being here today?
    What was it that made me different,
    From others lost along the way?

    No, I am not inspiring;
    Nor stronger, braver or a heroine,
    Just picking up those pieces,
    As I try to start again.

    by Diana Ballinger 6/2/09
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    cammie said:

    What a terrific site. I am surprised. I really had a great laugh at the opening story by Alysa Cummings. I haven't got a chance to read all the poetry, while some of it was not related, read on, some of it will hit you right between the eyes. Thank you for the heads up on the site.

    Another Ladydi1 poem

    The following poem was written in dedication to a very dear friend, who upon experiencing a real "wigged out" moment, shared her story with us to bring smiles and laughter which are much needed in the day to day lives of women living with cancer. Love you Katy!!!!

    The Ballad of Katy G

    I was driving down the road to work,
    Listening to Santana on the way,
    When I cracked open the old sunroof
    As it was such a lovely day

    While grooving to the music,
    Much to my surprise
    My wig was lifted off my head
    And out the roof it flies!

    I brought the car to a screeching halt
    On the shoulder of the road bed
    Went sprinting down the highway
    Wearing heels, a suit and my bald head!

    My wig just kept on rolling
    As if it had a life of its own
    All the while cars were whizzing by
    How I wish I'd just stayed home

    When at last I caught it
    The day had lost its thrill;
    And now here I sit at my desk at work
    Wearing my road kill!
  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991

    I know this link is old,
    I know this link is old, but, the poetry is beautiful! I pasted one here for you. There is also lots of info on there. If you want more poems, just type poems in the search box.

    Call me recovered, yes I'm planting new
    Perennials - plants that spring back, recoup
    Year after year peek out, grow back, reach up
    Victorious over cold, frost, ice, snow
    Grow green freed from the bleakest underground
    Perennials - plants that come back, seek out
    Sunblessed empathy, connection, friendship
    Clean out the chokeweed, the twisting snake vine
    Make room for pink daisy faces and the
    Fragrance of sweet lilac I'm back I'm back
    And so are you and so we will be - come
    Next spring - April, May, June - in the garden
    Planting hope with seeds of love - watering
    Well, well, well, oh garden of my good health.
    ---------------------------------------------------

    Here is another one:



    Could I love the starlit sky
    if I did not also love the sun
    the reflection of the meadow in a horse's eye
    the curve of my nose
    even the sound of my own voice
    though I have spoken with the spite of Esau
    and wept because I had asked for too much?

    How can I not love and thank
    the Host of this entire universe?
    I can't imagine not begging to stay
    no matter when it's my time,
    but when I must,
    I want to leave
    blowing kisses off my fingertips
    and using my last breath to say
    I have loved it all.

    Thanks for these poems! I
    Thanks for these poems! I love them!
  • DianeBC
    DianeBC Member Posts: 3,881 Member

    Another Ladydi1 poem

    The following poem was written in dedication to a very dear friend, who upon experiencing a real "wigged out" moment, shared her story with us to bring smiles and laughter which are much needed in the day to day lives of women living with cancer. Love you Katy!!!!

    The Ballad of Katy G

    I was driving down the road to work,
    Listening to Santana on the way,
    When I cracked open the old sunroof
    As it was such a lovely day

    While grooving to the music,
    Much to my surprise
    My wig was lifted off my head
    And out the roof it flies!

    I brought the car to a screeching halt
    On the shoulder of the road bed
    Went sprinting down the highway
    Wearing heels, a suit and my bald head!

    My wig just kept on rolling
    As if it had a life of its own
    All the while cars were whizzing by
    How I wish I'd just stayed home

    When at last I caught it
    The day had lost its thrill;
    And now here I sit at my desk at work
    Wearing my road kill!

    Like the website and I have
    Like the website and I have read ladydi1 on here before. I wonder how she is doing.
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    DianeBC said:

    Like the website and I have
    Like the website and I have read ladydi1 on here before. I wonder how she is doing.

    I really like her too. I
    I really like her too. I haven't seen her on for awhile either.
  • MOrtiz0810
    MOrtiz0810 Member Posts: 41
    Thank you, Maggs!
    Thank you for the resource! I can definitely use some inspirational poetry right now!