{"id":147,"date":"2025-07-11T16:32:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:36:54","slug":"issue-1-summer-2025-page-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/?page_id=147","title":{"rendered":"ISSUE 1: SPRING 2026 Page 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Copy-of-Page-1-Perspectives-Logo-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-149\" style=\"width:407px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Copy-of-Page-1-Perspectives-Logo-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Copy-of-Page-1-Perspectives-Logo-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Copy-of-Page-1-Perspectives-Logo-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Copy-of-Page-1-Perspectives-Logo-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Copy-of-Page-1-Perspectives-Logo-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Copy-of-Page-1-Perspectives-Logo-1.png 1563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A poem b<em>y Kate Swaffer, a person living with dementia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Paddling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Living with dementia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Looks like a swan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Calm on the surface<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Paddling faster and harder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Below the surface<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">To stay afloat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>From her book <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cLove Life Loss &#8211; A Roller Coaster of Poetry Volume 2: Days with Dementia&#8221;<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180\" style=\"width:720px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/perspectivesnewsletter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9.png 1563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem by Kate Swaffer, a person living with dementia Paddling Living with dementia Looks like a swan Calm on the surface Paddling faster and harder Below the surface To stay afloat From her book \u201cLove Life Loss &#8211; 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