Walking with Jesus
©2025 Susan Noyes Anderson
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2025 is here, the new year
looking less than bright.
A dark path looms before my eyes;
my heart is longing for more light.
Cancer Poems
Cancer touches most of our lives, either personally or tangentially. I am currently fighting cancer myself and have written more than a few cancer poems lately. With that in mind, I’ve created a new category. No doubt I will add to my cancer poems collection as my treatment continues. I hope some or all of this poetry might be useful to others who are either walking the same road themselves or accompanying a loved one along the way. It is not an easy journey, and my heart is sending love and healing blessings to every one of us.
FINDING THE POEM YOU WANT: As you scroll through this section, read each snippet sample (usually the first four lines) to get a feel for the poem. When you find something you like, click “CONTINUE READING” to view the entire poem.
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Power to the Patient!
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
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Courage comes more easily,
when you still have a choice.
How can you show up brave if
you don’t even have a voice?
Lambs to the Slaughter
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
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Is everyone here filled with dread,
or am I the exception?
These people seem too tranquil for
Oncology reception.
Thoughts from a Seeking Soul
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Joshua Earle on Unsplash
I woke up with one thought today,
one bracing bit of spirit wealth:
In life, there is no gift more sweet
than the freedom to be yourself.
Follicle Fallout
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
My hair is falling down like rain –
disaster in the making.
These wisps and tendrils, once admired,
are borderline law-breaking.
The House of Me (Edited)
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Scott Webb on Unsplash
We build ourselves just like a house
in this sojourn on earth.
Creatively, we’ve got the skills –
a blessing of our birth.
I’m doing some restructuring
I thought I’d done already.
And yet this house, however loved,
is holding less than steady.
Cancer Drains, Love Remains
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
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A quiet room, a sterile room,
cold womb for the unwilling.
I sat there feeling quite alone,
my cup of sorrow filling.
Chemo: A Walk into the Jungle
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
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It’s good, sometimes, to recognize
your fear and give it space,
to realize what’s eating you
so you can give it grace –
to walk into the jungle’s lair
with eyes wide open, knowing
that crocs and cobras watch and wait,
while jaguar eyes are glowing.