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Queen of Madness Act2Even 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...
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Categories:
dark, gothic, holocaust, memory,
Form: Prose
Queen Of Madness Act 1Alice 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,...
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Categories:
dark, gothic, horror, memory,
Form: Prose
Words and scarsSometimes words are like scars indented on paper leaving a lasting memory...
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Categories:
memory,
Form: Monoku
I Think Too MuchI 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...
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Categories:
memory, deep, depression, i am,
Form: Free verse
Chocolate Makes Me Smile
Categories:
candy, happiness, joy, memory,
Form: I do not know?
Between the Lines~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
memories
broken down
esoteric truths
revealed
(between the lines)
emotion
pen to paper
poetic offload
cathartic
...
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Categories:
memory, truth,
Form: Free verse
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
...
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Categories:
memory,
Form: Other
Categories:
memory, change, home, how i
Form: Rhyme
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...
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Categories:
memory, passion, romance,
Form: Alliteration
She's a DreamA 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...
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Categories:
memory, age, dance, flower, imagination,
Form: Alliteration
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...
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Categories:
memory, day, friend, fun, love,
Form: Acrostic
Forget Me NotForget 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...
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Categories:
flower, imagery, memory, remember,
Form: Sonnet
As Time Goes ByHome 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...
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Categories:
memory, change, destiny, growth, identity,
Form: Senryu
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...
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Categories:
memory, anxiety, childhood, dream, fear,
Form: Free verse
PhotographThe look on your face
Most beautiful in the frame
Perturbed sight with ease....
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Categories:
appreciation, art, creation, memory,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Memory Poems
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christmas, dad, daughter, death, funeral, in loving, loss of, mom, quilt, son,
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Definition | What is Memory in Poetry?
Poems Related to Memory
thought, remembrance, recollection, mind, consciousness, reflection, mindfulness, recall, awareness, reminiscence, cognizance, recapture, flashback, recognition, retention, retrospection, anamnesis, retentiveness, subconsciousness, memorization, camera eye, dead eye, mind's eye, picture, image, thought, fantasy, reminder, memoir, vision, concept, prompt, hint, memo, cue, suggestion, jog, representation, prod, mnemonic,