July 10

Response Poem

Poetry

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When someone you love is diagnosed with dementia as a caregiver your own life gets turned inside out as well. In fact probably even more as the caregiver. But really who knows? All of us are having our own experiences through our personal realities. Who are any of us to say what's real or not real in any given moment for anyone else. 

For me poetry and music have been consistent ways to examine emotions and personal growth the experience gifts me. Recently, I have found myself, once again, pulling at the threads my emotions through poetry. Some how by placing one word next to another I am able to find peace with grief. But even more powerful, I have been able to unravel the gift of the journey. 

Here are two of my most recent poems:

a cardinal rests
it’s frozen reflection
~ encapsulated
your colorful life stilled
in a lake of memories

image of guitar from the neck with the poem Sing Me overlaid.

Summer 2009

2009 What a year we thought it would be,
New president
New hope,
Awareness of diverse abilities yet…

2009
What a year it could have been.
It is like a birthday, I guess another year has passed
but do we feel any different from last year?
Do we act any different than we did last year?

2009
Education undervalued and underfunded.
Libraries under threat from ignorance,
Children kicked out of pools because of the color of their skin
Graves of love ones turned to mass graves to make a profit.

2009
What a year it could have been.
Not only have we not learned to value knowledge
We have not learned to value life.

2009
We know how to dine
but we are not fine.

About the author

Creator of sounds. Poet on an energetic journey with words. Explorer of Frequencies.


 

Delaina J Miller

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  • I love it! I thought everything you said was very poignant! It's important to keep our eyes and our minds open to the shortcommings of our society in order to fulfill our potential.
    Jake

  • Thank you. Love and support are wonderful and much needed in this world.

    Racism is still a problem in this land of the free. I for one agree with Gandhi that if one of us is oppressed then we all are. Ironic we still seem to be oppressing each other.

    The other part was the Burr Oak Cemetery. It is heart breaking and very troubling.

    Thanks again for you kind words of support.

  • I love this post. What a beautiful AND truthful poem. I felt that the simplicity of the poem made it more moving to me…oh and I read in the newspaper about that club outside Philadelphia that kicked the "non-white" visitors out. Crazy, scary and horrible that we still live in a country that treat people that way!

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