Pebbles is an anthology of poems by Richard Underwood
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Pebbles is an anthology of poems by Richard Underwood.
In the first half of this poetry book, the general poems and monologues are an eclectic collection. Some are funny and some tragic. Some celebrate life whilst others remember past lives. Some celebrate current love whilst others mourn lost love. Poems have a unique ability to reflect our past and present lives, and my hope is that there will be poems in this section that will appeal to every reader. Some may make you chuckle, some may make you weep, and some may make you think.
The second half of the book includes monologues based upon Old Testament Bible characters, but they are tongue-in-cheek rather than scripturally accurate.
I know they have given great joy in the past when recited at informal religious gatherings, and my hope is that they will continue to give as much joy to those who read or hear them as they have me as I wrote and performed them.
A sample from Pebbles, an anthology of poems by Richard Underwood.
Alzheimer’s Poem
If someone has had dementia it is always difficult to know what to say at their funeral. My hope is that the following funeral poem for someone with Alzheimer’s, will help you to remember them when their mind was fit and well.
This Alzheimer poem concentrates on the long period of life prior to the onset of the disease, rather than the relatively short period of time of the final most debilitating part of the disease.
You didn’t die just recently,
You died some time ago.
Although your body stayed a while,
And didn’t really know.
For you had got Alzheimer’s,
You failed to comprehend.
Your body went on living.
But your mind had reached its end.
We’ve already said, “Goodbye”,
To the person that we knew.
The person that we truly loved,
The person that was, “You”.
And so we meet again today,
To toast your bodies end.
For it was true and faithful,
Until right at the end.
And now, when we remember,
We’ll think of all the rest.
We’ll concentrate on earlier,
And remember all the best.
For in the real scheme of things,
Your illness wasn’t long.
Compared to all the happiness,
You brought your whole life long.
We think of you as yesterday,
When you were fit and well.
And when we’re asked about you,
It’s those things that we’ll tell.
Today we meet in remembrance,
Of a mind so fit and true.
We’re here to pay our last respects
To say that, “We love you”.
Alzheimer’s Poem by Richard Underwood is one of the many poems in Pebbles, an anthology of poems by Richard Underwood
COPYRIGHT
All my published poems are copyright (c) Richard Underwood or (c) Dick Underwood from the date of first publication.
All my poems CAN BE USED without specific permission in the following circumstances provided copyright is acknowledged:
- * The funeral poems and love poems can be freely used in funeral services, memorial services, wedding services and similar events but if the poem is included in a printed order of service there must also be a printed copyright acknowledgement.
- * The comic monologues based upon famous characters from the Old Testament, and any other comic poem can be used in any religious or child based setting provided that if they are printed out the copyright must also be acknowledged.
My poems CAN NOT BE USED without specific permission in any other printed or online source.
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Pebbles is a miscellaneous book of poems by Richard Underwood.
