Lucille Clifton, "questions and answers"
Joseph Gallagher, "The Circumstances"
Julia Kasdorf, "What I Learned from My Mother"
(This poem is available online.)
Mary Oliver, "In Blackwater Woods"
Mary Oliver, "The Oak Tree at the Entrance of Blackwater Pond"
Mary Oliver, "A Visitor"
(This poem is available online.)
John Shea, "A Prayer of Anger"
John Shea, "Two Prayers of Loss"
See also The Poetry of Cancer