Lines for the Forgotten Familiar Living with Loss: My Spouse to Alzheimer’s

Authors

Dixie L. Partridge

Keywords

2024 BYU Studies Poetry Contest, Alzheimer

Abstract

Tight as a bulb, I wait in the dark,

wanting only the dark. But I’ve dreamed

the scent of sage, the smell of plowed soil,

a movement of wildflowers coming and going.

Recommended Citation

Partridge, Dixie L. (2024) "Lines for the Forgotten Familiar Living with Loss: My Spouse to Alzheimer’s," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 63: Iss. 2, Article 13.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol63/iss2/13