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What Cancer Taught Poet Mark Nepo | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network

By Mark Nepo — 2013

After three years, two cycles of cancer and an aggressive series of chemotherapy, poet Mark Nepo's body was weak and broken. Still, he could feel his spirit growing stronger, his perspective shifting and his heart opening wider. See more...

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