Nursing Home Poems

“God setteth the solitary in families…” Psalm 68:6 of the King James Bible.

Home assures God’s presence so blest
Where love, mercy, truth and peace reign
Nurturing members...

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My father was locked in on an Alzheimer’s unit of a nursing home.
I asked my mother “how will I know when to leave?”
“You’ll know,” she...

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One disgruntled nursing assistant
calls it: the s..t house.
I overhear the laughter of angels.

The inmates know it as ‘Fair Havens’
some have a sense of humor
they name...

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On the way to the nursing home, we pass many beautiful sights. So many homes with pleasant yards, lawns, and flowers that delight. After so...

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She's slow as molasses,
And really a pain.
Let her stay home forever!
We have nothing to gain.

Taking a walker down the 
stairs?
Is really something, we just
can no...

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I think it’s nice that people send each other friendly cards, or simply call on birthdays…or for Christmas…or Thanksgiving. 
And I’m so glad…when someone feels...

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The shaman speaks of plants to see,
other cosmic dimensions energy.
The Zulu’s stamp dance the ground,
working the earth to a drumming sound.
Smokes from many ashes taken...

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Once there was a nursing home man called Fred,
at night he was found in an old gals bed;
with a great big happy smile,
his pajamas in...

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Old men
sit in wheelchairs, drool
warehouses for people
...

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First night in his final place
My dad called me weeping
“Please Bobby bring me home.”

His skin like ice cream
Melting on handle bars
Plopped in his wheelchair
Square
In the...

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There is still frost on the roof tops and I wonder about all the silver haired souls 
that are wondering why they are being moved,...

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Apple blossom boogie
Whoopee Whoop Whoop
Double time and triple time
Have some vegetable soup

Fats Dominoes in the hallway
Shuffleboard too
Twist with Chubby Checkers
Add morphine to my stew

I’m catching...

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They sit and  stare
Some not aware
Sit lay bed alone
Lights turn on
Under
Nursing Home Care...

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Once there was a nursing home man called Fred,
at night he was found in an old gals bed;
with a great big happy smile,
his pajamas in...

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In the multi-racial nursing home
to bent and broken bodies
in broken bent back wheelchairs
longing to free roam,
said the black lives matter rapper:

When your woman leaves you,
and...

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