poems and prose
In the six years from 2003 to 2009, there have been 214 participants in the project.
This small selection of poems and prose comes from books created in the project. The words are each author's own words. I have not changed their words or added to them.
Anthea McKinlay
writer-in-residence
click on the section headings to read these poems and prose:
experiencing dementia
My Head by Jessie McBride
Until I Remember by Flora Forrester
Away With The Fairies by Dinah Macfarlane
today
My New Great-Grandson by Harry Defilice
Pure White by May Henderson.
Closing My Eyes by John Stewart
our voices
Skin by Leticia Greaves
War by Peggy McAra
Making Peace by Janet Sutherland
remembering
When I Speak by Margaret Rae
Loving by Joan Harris
Our Street by Bill Milne
the work we did
Gold Dust by Josie Higgins
Nursing by Ellen McLellan
Slating In The Sky by Bert Shaw
ways of thinking
The Philosopher by Mary Davidson
The Picture of Someone by Agnes Weldon
Definitions by Robert Young
women’s perspective
A Writer by Betsy Smith
Waiting Tables by Lizzie Jennings
Freedom by Jean Paterson
our dreams
Languages by Agnes Hamilton
The Drummer by Margaret Warren
A Big Dream by Margaret Morrison
together
What We’ve Learned In Life
by Lizzie Murray, Cathy Quinn and Nellie Curran