tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post3886484683063233976..comments2023-11-14T03:13:43.700-08:00Comments on Worditude: THE LONG GOODBYE indybevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05505539407819784525noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-72284842806360226202017-02-13T06:39:31.917-08:002017-02-13T06:39:31.917-08:00This is so touching..This is so touching..Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-76985364084313654562017-02-13T03:52:44.967-08:002017-02-13T03:52:44.967-08:00I know whereof you speak. A beautiful and tender p...I know whereof you speak. A beautiful and tender poem.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-73512440408254656012017-02-12T21:45:24.769-08:002017-02-12T21:45:24.769-08:00"a wisp of smoke from a
midnight campfire di..."a wisp of smoke from a <br />midnight campfire disappears<br />into the dark night." nothing describes an Alzheimer's patient better than these poignant lines...<br />Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-54367155988767912352017-02-12T21:43:47.569-08:002017-02-12T21:43:47.569-08:00"a wisp of smoke from a
midnight campfire di..."a wisp of smoke from a <br />midnight campfire disappears<br />into the dark night." nothing describes an Alzheimer's patient better than these poignant lines...<br />Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-74812401046281437612017-02-12T17:54:08.570-08:002017-02-12T17:54:08.570-08:00Just so sad... and the last line is true..we are a...Just so sad... and the last line is true..we are all just briefly rippling the water, yet the cruelty of the disease is so vast. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-63889580214609753242017-02-12T16:01:24.292-08:002017-02-12T16:01:24.292-08:00You have described it so very well....poignant, tr...You have described it so very well....poignant, true!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-17182925036586944682017-02-12T15:24:36.785-08:002017-02-12T15:24:36.785-08:00Alzheimer's is such a cruel disease. This was ...Alzheimer's is such a cruel disease. This was such a moving piece. Rommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-61189933682657081202017-02-12T14:52:28.222-08:002017-02-12T14:52:28.222-08:00So beautiful:
"One Spring night she simply s...So beautiful:<br /><br />"One Spring night she simply slept <br />away to that better place where <br />he-who-had-gone-before waited with <br />open arms."✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-12174933884220109852017-02-12T12:06:27.878-08:002017-02-12T12:06:27.878-08:00It is so painful to lose them while they are still...It is so painful to lose them while they are still here. Having been there, I hurt for you. indybevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505539407819784525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-5454208166838605792017-02-12T12:00:25.237-08:002017-02-12T12:00:25.237-08:00so very very sad.. and yes I do know this all too ...so very very sad.. and yes I do know this all too well. My mother is fading at the moment... so little left. brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-46652269584582552692017-02-12T09:52:19.972-08:002017-02-12T09:52:19.972-08:00The last sentence......wow.....utterly breathtakin...The last sentence......wow.....utterly breathtaking.C.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16393100446679896378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-56722410680448055972017-02-12T08:26:24.438-08:002017-02-12T08:26:24.438-08:00I love your poem. It captures the stasis and loss ...I love your poem. It captures the stasis and loss of ageing so beautifully.madhumakhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09624377766663002237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-3167025590290285622017-02-10T13:11:06.925-08:002017-02-10T13:11:06.925-08:00The most painful goodbye that you put into words s...The most painful goodbye that you put into words so well.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859015168667642673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-66237310927987537032017-02-10T13:09:56.043-08:002017-02-10T13:09:56.043-08:00So sad, so beautiful, so true, so real...I love it...So sad, so beautiful, so true, so real...I love it.Deannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377433095033570209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-57766832289179755702017-02-10T09:41:23.095-08:002017-02-10T09:41:23.095-08:00Sad and beautifully expressed, Bev. Dementia is a ...Sad and beautifully expressed, Bev. Dementia is a cruel disease.Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156773205591631053.post-22713928286627864902017-02-03T15:11:01.688-08:002017-02-03T15:11:01.688-08:00Bev, your poem evokes the sadness and loss so beau...Bev, your poem evokes the sadness and loss so beautifully. You have captured the limbo in which loved ones live while waiting for the final goodbye.Ozstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057523110612961307noreply@blogger.com