Daily Archives: April 27, 2012

Lois (Alzheimer poem #2)

she held my son in her lap when he knew 2 words & she had forgotten all hers but they were smiling together love needs no spoken language

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toothsome temptation

your lower lip pouts outward sweet lure for biting

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when its over

OK, maybe I’m the only one out there that finds inspiration in the oddest places–Facebook, a newspaper article, a thesaurus (!), and now it seems scrolling through the wordpress reader is also a source for that odd quirk that generates … Continue reading

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Lois (Alzheimer poem #1)

It started so simply: first,  she would forget where she put the damned car keys then, gradually she misplaced  her car & forgot how to start it & where to take it & how to get home & then which … Continue reading

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motherhood

he said you are my rib & I believed him flesh knit to bone so tightly we were one person but when she showed up, tiny spark & flutter on the ultrasound the choice was easy for me: if I … Continue reading

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