Hi Sherry. Thanks. I had almost forgotten I'd posted this. The poem is about a problem of the mind, but not specifically dementia. It is more about a psychological malaise or "bad outlook". I wrote it for a friend of mine who is a very talented photographer but frequently depressed and sev...

Shutter She says “I can’t stay in ghost towns” and I admire the sentiment almost as much as I admire the sentence: six syllables betray a poetry of spirit. She is an artist in exile from purpose, confusing the music of her shutter with the chiming of a clock. She hasn’t considered that every pictur...