The ubiquitous reality of cancer had persuaded me the world did not need another cancer poem. It had all been said. Could there be a subject more distressing and dreary? But having lived the roles of caregiver, patient, and survivor, I remained puzzled as to how to understand the ten years of my life that had been overtaken by this empress of all…
Moira MacDougall
Moira MacDougall is the magazine’s poetry editor. Her latest collection is Vanishing Acts.