To read the best poems I could find on the subjects of loss, acceptance, fear, anger, humor and hope — by Anne Silver, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jane Levin, Ted Kooser, Sandra Steingraber and many others — click here or on the Cancer Poems tab above. In September of 2003, I organized a reading titled “Women, Interrupted: An [...]
Posts Tagged ‘caregiver’
Outstanding Cancer Poems
Posted in Cancer, Writing, tagged cancer poems, caregiver, poetry, survivor on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What Not to Say
Posted in Cancer, tagged cancer humor, caregiver, what not to say, what to say on June 26, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Gentle reader with cancer: You are wondering why people say such un-helpful things. Gentle reader who knows someone with cancer: You are wondering if there’s anything helpful that you can say. Whichever group you’re in, this post is for you. Cancer patients and survivors will always encounter fear among their friends and associates, who either [...]


