Forget-Me-Not – Two Takes on Dementia

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Barbara Kaufmann

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forget-me-nots
all her present moments
fading away

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dementia the present moment then gone forever

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A haiga and a one line senryu for Haiku Horizons prompt – present

14 thoughts on “Forget-Me-Not – Two Takes on Dementia”

Mark M. Redfearn on May 13, 2014 at 6:38 AM said:

I will never forget a friend of mine, a brilliant professor of mathematics and Hebrew, who descended into the depths of dementia. The image that stays in my mind is that of his wife reading aloud to him the simplest of children’s stories one day on the porch of the nursing home. It was clear that he had no clue what the story was about.

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heidiskye333 on May 13, 2014 at 6:49 AM said:

So, so deep and profound. Thank you.

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menons129 on May 13, 2014 at 7:09 AM said:

Ah so poignant. Loved your Haiku.

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readinpleasure on May 13, 2014 at 1:02 PM said:

So profound Wabi. What a lovely cool blue! 😉

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Kalpana Solsi on May 13, 2014 at 1:18 PM said:

Dementia slowly wrecks a person.

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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on May 13, 2014 at 3:40 PM said:

The fading forget-me not in haiga strengthen the message a lot..

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Leonas Lines on May 13, 2014 at 4:36 PM said:

Beautiful….I have known some of whom this poem speaks…perfect Haiga!

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cheryl on May 13, 2014 at 8:25 PM said:

This is very touching Wabi

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jazzytower on May 14, 2014 at 12:49 AM said:

I wonder who is saddened the most in cases of dementia..the patient or the family. This Wabi is a thinking haiku. I glad I found you guys. All interesting stuff.

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Kathy Combs on May 14, 2014 at 9:20 AM said:

Lovely Haiku!

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reshma on May 14, 2014 at 5:52 PM said:

It hurts to see loved ones struggle to hold on to memories.

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Rallentanda on May 15, 2014 at 10:28 AM said:

Very sad !

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milan rajkumar on May 15, 2014 at 12:42 PM said:

so perfect yet so painful …..some presents are so sad for some people ,Wabi . you are making ripples in the frog pond !

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Alice Keys on May 15, 2014 at 9:54 PM said:

This is lovely and to the point. I like the flowers fading.

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