Category Archives: Alzheimer’s

LIFE: That’s what it’s all about

  LIFE It’s making something out of nothing, It’s seeing optimism in the air, It’s embracing the most impossible, And the taking your own dreams by the dare.   Life, that’s what it’s all about, Life, with all its slings … Continue reading

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Who Will Be There?

Who will show up when it’s time to say goodbye? Continue reading

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We Fortunate few

  WE FORTUNATE FEW   We fortunate few who stand here to speak In willingness to share in all that is Good to smooth all ills with the balm of love And kindness and brotherhood, we say on   To … Continue reading

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Election / Lament

  ELECTION / LAMENT Election notwithstanding The clause says Life goes on. Make the most of the time. Make your own opportunities. Let the politiciams be the ones To make monkeys of themselves. ALSO: further honouring Alzheimer’s Awareness Month—rather symbolic, … Continue reading

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Faces

  FACES H. W. Bryce   —a free range poem   Have you ever looked into a face And wondered Where it’s been? What lies behind those mysterious eyes? What secrets do those wrinkles hold? What would enfold if you … Continue reading

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Kill ’em All

KILL ‘EM ALL H. W. Bryce   Kill ’em all, kill ’em all, The cancers, dementias, and all, Kill all the germs and diseases that wrack, Kill all bacteria, give microbes a smack. Let’s kill all paralyses, sex’al disease, Obesity, … Continue reading

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I Am Called to Duty

  I AM CALLED TO DUTY   H. W. Bryce   My country is in danger, I must go to her In this, her desperate hour of need. The call to duty is a call that I must heed, For … Continue reading

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