Getting Older

By Poetry Pharmacy

By Poetry Pharmacy

extract from Getting Older by Elaine Feinstein

 

The first surprise: I like it.

Whatever happens now, some things

that used to terrify have not:

I didn't die young, for instance.

 

The Lazarus Strategy: How to Age Well and Wisely

Dr Norman Lazarus

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Time For Lights Out

Raymond Briggs

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Emma Press Anthology of Age: Poems About Aging

Sarah Hesketh

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Whatever the Sea: Scottish poems for growing older

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The Ancient Art of Growing Old

Tom Payne

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A Little, Aloud: An anthology of prose and poetry for reading aloud to someone you care for

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Coming to Age: Growing Older with Poetry

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Don't Bring Me No Rocking Chair: Poems on Ageing

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Ten Poems About Grandparents

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Selected Poetry and Prose

Charlotte Mew

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Ageing: A Very Short Introduction

Nancy A. Pachana

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Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing

Bronnie Ware

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The Clinic, Memory: New and Selected Poems

Elaine Feinstein

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Elaine Feinstein's poems are the harvest of a lifetime in literature.

Poetry and Dementia: A Practical Guide

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Contented Dementia: 24-hour Wraparound Care for Lifelong Well-being

Oliver James

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Connecting through Music with People with Dementia: A Guide for Caregivers

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Creative Engagement: A Handbook of Activities for People with Dementia

Rachael Wonderlin

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The Age of Ageing Better?: A Manifesto For Our Future

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The Book About Getting Older: Dementia, finances, care homes and everything in between

Lucy Pollock

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Liquid Gold: Bees and the Pursuit of Midlife Honey

Roger Morgan-Grenville

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An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

Kate Mosse

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A Square of Sunlight

Meg Cox

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Ten Poems about Getting Older

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Warning: When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

Jenny Joseph and Pythia Ashton-Jewell

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Grandmother's Memories: A Keepsake Journal

Weldon Owen

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What I Wish People Knew About Dementia: From Someone Who Knows

Wendy Mitchell

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Penumbra

Elizabeth Miller

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