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Memory Poems | Examples of Memory Poetry

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Queen of Madness Act2
Even now, she could recall the intoxicating ecstasy that consumed her as the blade bit and tore. A perverse mix of terror and dominance, an unholy sacrament enacted to satisfy depravities that should have died...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, gothic, holocaust, memory,
Form: Prose



Queen Of Madness Act 1
Alice found herself in the icy grip of a desolate cell, her countenance devoid of emotion, her gaze lost in the abyss. As she hummed a haunting melody, fragments of her past began to surface,...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, gothic, horror, memory,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Words and scars
Sometimes words are like scars indented on paper leaving a lasting memory...Read the rest...
Categories: memory,
Form: Monoku
I Think Too Much
I never wake up to silence, It is as if my brain wakes up before I do– I am already thinking before I can even comprehend it. I automatically think of the ways in which I could have...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, deep, depression, i am,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chocolate Makes Me Smile
Some discover the joy of chocolate in fall. ...Read the rest...
Categories: candy, happiness, joy, memory,
Form: I do not know?



Premium Member Between the Lines
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ memories broken down esoteric truths revealed (between the lines) emotion pen to paper poetic offload cathartic ...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, truth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member AGO-Poi'etry Poetry Contest
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ inside me are long ago rooms relics from afar where memories bloom moments gone forever leave treasured heirloom memories sewn together quilted from stars priceless beyond measure ...Read the rest...
Categories: memory,
Form: Other
'Neath The Palms
For so long, I wondered my life ‘neath the palms ...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, change, home, how i
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Memories of Love
"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it..." E.E. Cummings Loving Lullaby he sang to me Luminous lover too good to be true Badly broken heart...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, passion, romance,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member She's a Dream
A flood of unfamiliar faces, Shoes with Velcro, not with laces, Missing memories, times and places, Hosting in the hospital here, Staring at strangers? someone dear? Is it not what it may seem? Is it real, or do I dally with a...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, age, dance, flower, imagination,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member God Sends Pets Without Wings
"God sends pets without wings so no one will suspect they are angels ..."  Unkown Angels come in all sizes Never knowing when they will appear Great fur coats to wear Every day and night of the year Love will spread their...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, day, friend, fun, love,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not Forget me not when petals drop or when succulent fruits decay, though their energies dissipate their existences are recalled, on duller days when seasons change and a brighter picture desired. Forget-me-nots placed in a vase sit on a pedestal table in...Read the rest...
Categories: flower, imagery, memory, remember,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member As Time Goes By
Home Again reprise: We and Time started out together but somewhere Time left us behind The home of childhood - a house now owned by others - resides in the past When the blush of youth has matured into wise years, memories remain Life's path...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, change, destiny, growth, identity,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member The Factory
As a child I was warned that if I looked at the light for too long it would send me blind and yet the stuttering flash and eerie blue light from an arc welder that crackled deep inside the factory would tempt...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, anxiety, childhood, dream, fear,
Form: Free verse
Photograph
The look on your face Most beautiful in the frame Perturbed sight with ease....Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, art, creation, memory,
Form: Haiku

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Definition | What is Memory in Poetry?


Book: Reflection on the Important Things