a familiar face
amid strangers
is that you?
Author notes
I have written this because I have seen my mother-in-law forget her family members due to Alzhiemer's Disease.
Written September 1st, 2006
In a list
A contest entry
- Haiku's About Water 'n' stuff... Prewrites Welcome by PerVirtuous.
1300 points, ended August 18, 2007, 55 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Living With Alzheimers Or Dementia by CountryCousin.
1500 points, ended March 27, 2008, 20 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Lovely.
This also puts a face on the disease. I love haikus and this says a lot in a few words. The face in the picture is real familiar to me. I knew a lady in Virginia that looks like her. -
very nice
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PerVirtuous Allan
Thank you
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Thank you so much for your commentsa Sheshh. They are truely appreciated.
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what a relief! it is!! beloved pollyspellcheck! yay
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Thank you for your comments cherche -d -ame. Thank you for holding this contest. Good luck with the judging.
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I am so sorry about your mother in law
Alzheimers is a terrible condition for the person who suffers from it---and for those that love that person and remember the way they once were.Your words seem to speak volumes for this illness-----not recognising even the ones that they loved the most thank you for entering and best wishes in the contest,
reenie
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Thank you so much for comments and kind words myron. They really mean a lot coming from you.
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a familiar face
amid strangers
is that you?
i like the way you have written this haiku with its one clean break at the end of the second line.
it's an open-ended haiku, which is what hakuists strive for. before i read your poet's comments i thought this may have been somebody who had lost a lover and was seeing their face everywhere they looked.
best wishes for the contest,
myron.
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