tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post8072300058403858124..comments2023-10-18T01:34:56.085-07:00Comments on Poetic Pause: Create Your Own Poetic FormCarolyn Cordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-35018727345292233362012-03-31T02:24:04.518-07:002012-03-31T02:24:04.518-07:00I witnessed my father slowly losing himself to dem...I witnessed my father slowly losing himself to dementia, and the thought of having that to me fills me with horror.<br /><br />Dad was a great man, with so many friends, friends who slowly drifted away as Dad made less and less sense. He'd lost his main reason for his life, with the death of my older brother. Jeff and Dad were a winning team in harness racing for many years, once Jeff was Carolyn Cordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16928724006245769572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441272000221745733.post-63331627013961964692012-03-31T02:02:00.618-07:002012-03-31T02:02:00.618-07:00I agree, Carolyn: not just writing poems but any k...I agree, Carolyn: not just writing poems but any kind of writing, including blog writing :), is a way of keeping our brains alive and warding off that beast Dementiajohn malonenoreply@blogger.com