Alice’s Father

Farther and farther he sank
below the surface of dementia
 And yet like a salmon 
in his homeland of Scotland
he would rise to the words of a favourite poem
Grab the hook and leap
the length of the line

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, and Alice Major one of Canada’s finest poets

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