Best Dementia Poems
Below are the all-time best Dementia poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dementia poems written by PoetrySoup members
Lost To DementiaNight of the Dark Soul,
shadows infiltrate
the gap between self
and oblivion.
Your mind's a fogy
dysfunctional place,
under constant siege;
fighting delusion.
As reality
morphs into a dream,
all your memories
start to slip...
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Categories:
dementia, august, crazy, emotions, feelings,
Form:
Blank verse
Mother and DementiaWhen robins appear an angel is near.
* * *
A memorial dedicated to my mother who suffered from dementia for many years.
November 1920 - July 2008
Mother...
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Categories:
dementia, i miss you, memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
If Ever I Don't Know"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and
can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words"
...
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Categories:
dementia, age, daughter, father daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
The D WordSitting and gazing at the world through the window.
Silence is broken with whistles of wind,
rustling through lifeless leaves.
As specks of rain trickle down panes...
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Categories:
dementia, angst, relationship, sick,
Form:
Free verse
The New YouA Poem About Dementia
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What lies behind your eyes
I really wish l knew
How are your thoughts now formed
What it is like from your altered minds...
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Categories:
dementia, loss, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
I Am Me, Set Me FreeI am given to you by Creator Himself
My Limbs long to grow straight and tall
Bathed in sunlight from above, paying homage
Fulfilling my God given task
From...
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Categories:
dementia, cancer, creation, environment, health,
Form:
Ode
On the RocksWhiskey on the rocks, advised by my doc
combats dementia, so bring on the blocks
no need for a glass; I'll have me the bottle
with a...
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Categories:
dementia, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Vanishing OrganSam Ebenezer
a sad ol' geezer
was lamenting his shrinkage of late:
my worthless ding-a-ling
is a bell without ring
my manhood in diminishing state
From whence I salute
is thin...
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Categories:
dementia, funny, lost, lost,
Form:
Rhyme
I Sit SobbingI’m staring at the reflection in the mirror -
who is the lady with the grey hair?
Today a strange man came to visit me
I do not...
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Categories:
dementia, memory, mental illness, mother
Form:
Verse
Shifting Relentless Time(FICTION, PLEASE. It is easy for me to write in the first person, but nearly all my poems are fiction. Please don't attribute...
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Categories:
dementia, abuse, angst, betrayal, death,
Form:
Free verse
The Love Of His LifeGeorge was sitting in his favorite chair looking out his favorite window. He lived
in an old farm house that his wife Betty and he enjoyed...
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Categories:
dementia, love, marriage,
Form:
Narrative
INTERCEPTION
INTERCEPTION
Shadows waning distorted fading
Teasing tempting, a psychotic hack
Scheming concealing cerebral deceiving
Sun retreating behind shades of black
Memoirs succumbing, alpha notes strumming
Hope dwindling midst each laboured breath
Dusky-eyed...
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Categories:
dementia, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
dementia, age, husband, imagery, memory,
Form:
Verse
Paul Callus: Ego SumPaul
Husband of Sheila, Father of Kirsty and Paul-Mark,
Grandfather of Valentina, teacher, and friend
Son of Pauline and Nazarene, brother to six siblings:
Joseph – Angela...
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Categories:
dementia,
Form:
Bio
You Were the Best MotherA true poem of my own Mothers battle with Dementia. You were the best Mother.
Twenty Five years ago this week you died. It was...
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Categories:
dementia, absence, best friend, celebration,
Form:
Rhyme