The Constellations of My Body (A Poem)
“I tanned the cancer into my flesh …shaved my teeth
to needles …filling
my mouth with bathroom fixtures, let doctors
cut me apart like a hunting prize”
“I tanned the cancer into my flesh …shaved my teeth
to needles …filling
my mouth with bathroom fixtures, let doctors
cut me apart like a hunting prize”
Healing / Real-Life Stories / Self-Discovery
by Karin Sieger · Published September 12, 2016 · Last modified October 11, 2016
“I will make peace. I have to make peace, in order to die in peace, wherever, whenever that may be.”
Lisa’s journey of dealing with her father’s death expressed as a haiku in three parts: shock, grief, and closure.
by Claire Jones · Published March 30, 2016 · Last modified March 28, 2017
Claire faced death when her brother died, but little did she know that she’d soon face her own mortality and find strength she never knew she had.
Courage / Healing / Real-Life Stories
by Llinos Mai Thomas · Published May 14, 2014 · Last modified October 15, 2016
“All I knew about cancer was that it killed people. I was a 12 year old girl. How on earth could I hope to survive against cancer?”