Memory Poems | Examples of Memory Poetry

“It’s only a chair,” she said. “And it’s old and too big and dark for your new apartment.” I looked again at the chair. It IS old, though not an antique, and it’s been with me all my life in...Read the rest...

Chetta Achara wrote a blog about Mount St. Helens. The volcano erupted in May 1980 and Chetta was a witness. I hope you read her blog. It inspired my poem. I saw ash on the...Read the rest...

Music played at night Up and down the streets of town Stages stood vacant No musicians could be found Some thought they're echoes From the parties of the past And no one believed That the music would e'er last Was a marching band That...Read the rest...

end of Haviland stilled kickstands & spokes of Schwinn our teen shapely thighs after school books are returned and mind wanders down the road chill in Summer heat orange & vanilla twist creamsicle in cone the yield of sweet and tincture melting on...Read the rest...

Poem written for "What of a Pearl" poetry contest Craig Cornish, sponsor 5/19/2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I remember the necklace rested lightly across my chest. Each pearl, dime-sized, shimmered in the incandescent light. I ran my fingers along the gold clasp, delicate flowers holding the...Read the rest...

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...

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...

Sometimes words are like scars indented on paper leaving a lasting memory...Read the rest...

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...

Some discover the...Read the rest...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ memories broken down esoteric truths revealed (between the lines) emotion pen to paper poetic offload cathartic ...Read the rest...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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...

For so long, I wondered my life ‘neath the palms ...Read the rest...

"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...

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...