Poems

Alzheimer
by Faith Wyche, age 50, Camden, NJ
Submitted February 18, 2011

Fireflies
by Hayley Fox, age 21, Ballwin, MO
Submitted February 6, 2011

Same Eyes
by Kaley C. Fore, age 43, Smyrna, TN
Submitted January 18, 2011

The Visits
by Anne Tredici, age 65, Monroe Township , NJ
Submitted December 30, 2010

Scattered
by Katy Rugg, age 40, Cambridge, MA
Submitted December 7, 2010

Worry and Toil
by Deborah Strafuss, age 59, Wayland, MA
Submitted November 9, 2010

Untitled prose poem
by Nancy Lagomarsino, age 67, Hanover, NH
Submitted August 4, 2010

Beneath Mom's Brown Pillow
by Donte Tamprateep, age 32, Ballwin, MO
Submitted July 20, 2010

Hear Here
by Tony Lane, age 52, Maumee, OH
Submitted July 14, 2010

The Treasure Hunt
by Tony Lane, age 52, Maumee, OH
Submitted July 14, 2010

Neurons
by Lorraine Courtney, age 52, Concord, NH
Submitted June 24, 2010

Thief
by Kathleen  Reynolds-Hughes, age 58, Kansas City, MO
Submitted May 9, 2010

Slow Fade
by Kathleen  Reynolds-Hughes, age 58, Kansas City, MO
Submitted May 9, 2010

Hands of Time
by Donna Webb, age 57, Racine, WI
Submitted May 6, 2010

Forgetting
by David Arnold Hughes, age 60, Kansas City, MO
Submitted May 5, 2010

The Terrorist
by Bob Amerault, age 43, Reading, MA
Submitted April 29, 2010

Security Checkpoint
by Irene Hammer-McLaughlin, age 41
Submitted April 23, 2010

Heart String Theory
by Irene Hammer-McLaughlin, age 41
Submitted April 23, 2010

Dementia
by Max Wallack, age 13, Natick, MA
Submitted April 13, 2010

Unraveling
by Mariarose, age 51
Submitted March 8, 2010

Old Enough to Forget
by Taylor Gould, age 19, Corinna, ME
Submitted March 3, 2010

The Softer Edge of Memory
by Diana Saenz, age 60, Londonderry, NH
Submitted January 11, 2010

Permission Granted
by Irene Hammer-McLaughlin, age 40, Needham, MA
Submitted December 15, 2009

Journey to the Valley of the Shadows
by Rafael A. Quiles Sr., age 59, Methuen, MA
Submitted December 8, 2009

Pieces of our Minds
by Frances Shani Parker
Submitted October 20, 2009

Do We Dare to Ponder
by Michael Santasieri, age 54, Franklin, MA
Submitted October 18, 2009

The Christmas Tree
by Alan Holbrook, age 63, Groton, MA
Submitted October 13, 2009

My Mind
by Jill E. Judson, age 55, Brookline, MA
Submitted September 26, 2009

Artist
by Thomas E. Rice, age 60, Derry, NH
Submitted September 15, 2009

Fragments
by M.E. Johansson
Submitted August 13, 2009

Lost
by Jonna Casoli, age 13, Lyman, ME
Submitted July 1, 2009

Caregiver
by Lee McCurley, Nashua, NH
Submitted June 17, 2009

Where I'm From
by Laura Damuck, age 92, North Chelmsford, MA
Submitted May 22, 2009

The Lake
by Christina Ames, age 30, Moultonborough, NH
Submitted May 7, 2009

Ask Your Name
by Steve Smith, Pittsfield, MA
Song with lyrics
Submitted April 15, 2009

The Retired Officer
by Frankie Carlson, Rocky Hill, CT
Submitted April 9, 2009

The Bath
by Holly J. Hughes
from the anthology, Beyond Forgetting
Submitted April 6, 2009

A Little Less than the Angels
by Claire Keyes
from the anthology, Beyond Forgetting
Submitted April 6, 2009

The Memories
by Emily Verrier, age 18, Arlington, MA
Submitted March 30, 2009

Familiar Face
by Barbara Azzalina, age 53, Medford, MA
Submitted March 11, 2009

Showering an Alzheimer's Victim
by Rose Lamatt, age 67, Geneva, FL
Submitted March 9, 2009

The Shell
by Marie B. Bolin, age 81, Temple Terrace, FL
Submitted March 9, 2009

Despair
by Elsie Duggan, age 82, Wappingers Falls, NY
Submitted March 9, 2009

Sun
by the Early Stage Dementia Group hosted by the Hudson Valley/ Rockland/ Westchester, NY Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association

Which Goodbye
by Doug Mathewson

My Girls
by Pam Harris, New Salem, MA

Remembering How to Fly
by Leigh Marthe, Westmoreland, NH

Still You
by Diane Tosca, Taunton, MA

Forever
The Mist of Remembrance
by Ariana, age 13, Lee, NH

When the Day Comes
by Cynthia Johnson

Alzheimer's
by Alyssa Hershfield, Sharon, MA

Still in There
The Couple
Nursing Home Halls
by Judy Paglia