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TX: 07.01.09 - John Killick's Dementia Poem - All Singing PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON |
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Downloaded from www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 THE ATTACHED TRANSCRIPT WAS TYPED FROM A RECORDING AND NOT COPIED FROM AN ORIGINAL SCRIPT. BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF MISHEARING AND THE DIFFICULTY IN SOME CASES OF IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS, THE Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ CANNOT VOUCH FOR ITS COMPLETE ACCURACY. ROBINSON When we first featured the work of the poet and writer John Killick on this programme we had a huge and very positive response. A writer in residence at hospitals, hospices and nursing homes he's created poetry from the words of people with dementia. John Killick has just published his third collection of these poems, it's called Dementia Diary and we're featuring them all this week. KILLICK All Singing To me singing is most important When I was a child my mother sang to me When I saw her come into the house I would run and jump into her lap In the kitchen I asked her: "Are you really singing?" And she'd say: "Yes darling. And it's all for you." My father would hum to my mother He used to swing it like He would stand with his arms around her And I used to love that He and she were very devoted Sometimes it seemed as if they could draw everything to themselves When they used to sing It was sort of quiet It didn't build up to anything They were like Darby and Joan They were special They were one ROBINSON And there's more about John Killick and his work and a chance to hear all of this week's poems on our website. Back to the You and Yours homepage The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is not responsible for external websites |
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