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EXPERIENCES IN MENTAL HEALTH CARING |
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JOHN HORDER THE SICK IMAGE OF MY FATHER FADES |
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KITH AND KIN (Sixties Press 2004) CONTENTS |
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JOHN HORDER
THE SICK IMAGE OF MY FATHER FADES
The sick image of my father fades. When I was three he used to take me Tied up in a sack to the cliff's edge And threaten to throw me over. The wind Was ghastly, and his hands shook with terror. I whimpered like a fretful dog. Fear Stole over me, and I shrieked and screamed.
My father said, shall I break your legs Before throwing you over? You should then land On the sand without the sudden crunch crunch Of breaking bones. I looked up at him, pleading. Then he would laugh out loud like a normal man, And let me clamber back on to his back, so that I forgot The sheer drop from the cliff's edge, just for a moment.
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One Carer’s Story - Barry Tebb Schizophrenia - A Carer’s Journal - Mike Schizophrenia – A Mother’s Story – Georgina Wakefield My Journey Of Sadness – Stan Hagon The Voice Of Carers – Amanda Cummin Yemeni Carers’ Stories – Debjani Chaterjee Beyond Our Reach, But Not Our Love – Brian D’arcy Carry On Caring – Emily Machin & Lucy Machin Enigma And Other Poems - Georgina Wakefield Killingbeck Drive – Brenda Williams Searching The Beyond And Other Poems – Daisy Abey Sharp Edge – Daisy Abey The Long Good Bye – Barry Tebb Looking Back – Barry Tebb Nameless In Camden – Brenda Williams Autobiography – Simon Jenner The Sick Image Of My Father Fades – John Horder Are You A Carer? Caring About Carers
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