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  1. 21. She Doesn't Know Me

    • By Alan N. Prentice
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 14, 2024 with permission of the Author.
    Visiting A Dear Friend In A Dementia Care Home

    In the crowded room she sits alone,
    Lost inside her tangled thoughts,
    Her eyes unfocused on the floor,
    She doesn't know me any more.

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    What brilliant news - both about your help in the home and the fact that you are writing again. My poetry writing has definitely come to an end since my husband died. Very best wishes, Ann.

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  2. 22. When I Made My Vow

    Becoming A Carer To Spouse

    'For better for worse'
    I did not know
    what worse was going to be,
    that I would lose

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  3. 23. After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes

    Famous Poem

    After great pain a formal feeling comes--
    The nerves sit ceremonious like tombs;
    The stiff Heart questions--was it He that bore?
    And yesterday--or centuries before?

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  4. 24. Dementia

    • By Caroline J. Pennington
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 30, 2024 with permission of the Author.
    Having Lost A Wonderful Father Through Dementia

    Well I'm spinning
    And I'm spinning
    Like a carousel
    In your arms

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