tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post1691891586643734768..comments2023-11-30T13:49:20.131+00:00Comments on NASIM MARIE JAFRY: ON WRITING, READING and CHRONIC ILLNESS: The poetry of dementia (1)nmjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post-59388299832985435392012-05-08T20:10:48.907+01:002012-05-08T20:10:48.907+01:00If only your step dad stayed at this stage . . .
...If only your step dad stayed at this stage . . .<br /><br />It is poetry: the brain finding substitute words, metaphors.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post-33529223623512040542012-05-08T20:10:18.966+01:002012-05-08T20:10:18.966+01:00Sorry to hear you are going through this. Your ste...Sorry to hear you are going through this. Your stepdad sounds like a fantastic person and he remains a poet despite his illness. Moving post, NMJ.<br />xMellifluous Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180132607349077647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post-84348607206146228082012-05-08T19:38:49.125+01:002012-05-08T19:38:49.125+01:00Beautifully said and beautifully written.Beautifully said and beautifully written.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399055975295189494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post-70957142923809512262012-05-08T15:28:49.080+01:002012-05-08T15:28:49.080+01:00the sadness of dementia, that one would remember p...the sadness of dementia, that one would remember politicians you might prefer to forget and forget your own language. Heartbreaking, but there is certainly poetry in there too.Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.com