Suggested Reading - Running from the Reaper: Poems from an Impatient Cancer Survivor

Running from the Reaper: Poems from an Impatient Cancer Survivor by John Smelcer 
Leap Faith Press, 2023, 72 Pages, Paperback
ISBN: 978-1087908151

From a lymphoma survivor comes this poignant and heartfelt book of poetry in which the author kicks and screams as Death tries to drag him toward the abyss. Genuine and human, full of strength and weakness, humor and despair, doubt and faith. The author asks the ubiquitous question, "Why me?' and "What did I do to deserve getting cancer?" If the author learned anything from his experience, it's that one does not fight cancer; one surrenders to the cure. The fighting comes afterward during recovery and rebuilding. Throughout his grueling ordeal, the author felt as if he were barely a hand's grasp out of reach of the Grim Reaper.

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