Collection

Poems of Sickness, Illness, and Recovery

Poems that confront the mystery of ailing health, diseases, treatments, healing, and dying.

BY The Editors

Illustration of a figure crying.
Illustration by Natalia Vico.

We feel that something isn't right. We make an appointment and visit a doctor. We agree to have tests. We worry. We get the results, we hear the diagnosis. We worry. We go through treatment. We struggle to find the courage, the strength. We lean on our loved ones. These poems explore the many stages, and emotions, of illness, in some of our toughest times, when we and our loved ones are most vulnerable.  

Sickness, Illness, And Being Sick
Tests And Diagnoses
Families And Loved Ones
Treatment
Hospitals
Resilience And Recovery
Dying