Poet-in-residence - Cancer
Some won’t say the word
for fear it infects their mouth.
Some of us carry its syllables
conversing under our skin.
Some day white coats may coax
its meaning out like a shout.
Science Museum, February 2008
By Heidi Williamson, our poet-in-residence.
This poem was inspired by the Cancer: In the genes? event on Wednesday 19 March 2008.