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When Silence SpeaksI languish in the cherished sounds
of winter’s chill and summer’s haze,
where memories of youth abounds
when silence speaks of bygone days.
I search the seasons, long since gone,
in reminiscence of a time
where memories still linger on
when silence...
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Categories:
memory,
Form: Rhyme
My 1st gift to MomA clear-beaded mousie
with a pointy black nose,
twitchable beaded tail,
and ruffly yellow clothes.
The tail can tilt her head--
she nods without a squeak!
Quiet little church mouse,
I bought from a boutique.
(True story!)
...
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Categories:
memory, childhood, cute love, giving,
Form: Quatrain
imitating lifemuch of what's behind
lies buried within the mind
revised or maligned
boiling down this life
using memory as knife
won't halt inner strife
trying to avoid
staring straight into the void
ego was destroyed
filling empty lines
outside truth's murky confines
too soon undermines
join the...
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Categories:
memory, allegory, change, imagery, life,
Form: Haiku
Art AttackI admire paintings
Painters have mental vision
They have art attack....
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Categories:
art, career, memory, passion,
Form: Haiku
When Silence SpeaksToday, the doorbell of my mental hideout rang.
It rang with a sound like twinkling waterfalls without the moisture,
And tweeted like a soft pillow from my 5-year-old camping nest.
The scorching glare of darkness crawled up the...
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Categories:
memory, blue, dark, green, identity,
Form: Free verse
Painted Memories
She painted her memories
in images surreal
Trying to hide scars reality would reveal
A band-aid of illusions
To alleviate the pain,
Some memories are traumatic
with wounds that wont heal
She tries holding...
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Categories:
memory,
Form: Free verse
Bear Tracks In The SnowYou come to me, palpable,
The way a candle flickers
When the air is stirred,
A vague mirage, a sense
Of metaphysical existence
But here, nevertheless,
A wondering sensation one never forgets
More than just a curiosity
A part of me rises to...
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Categories:
absence, memory, remember,
Form: Free verse
The Memory SpeaksThe Memory Speaks
I leave…
But…I come back — again. Again
I’ll return
through time’s opening doors,
…Fleeting through peripheral halls
— their floors — so well cleaned
...
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Categories:
imagery, life, memory, remember,
Form: Imagism
Officially Known As A Shut-In
Heard the word often when I was younger
A “shut-in” is what I'm referring to
Have finally reached that sad state of affairs
Methinks we'll all make it through
Until a few years ago life's been a blast
Sure seems...
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Categories:
happy, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Old Memories, New BeginningsThough the days may be long and the nights cold
And I travel alone weary and worn
I will not dwell on those memories old
But bask in the light of a new day born
My soul are waters...
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Categories:
memory,
Form: Rhyme
Marvelling in the Pink afternoonMarvelling in the pink afternoon, pretending
to crochet a drawstring. I’ve done it before,
at least once before, followed the pattern. Closed
the purse. I can’t nearly begin
to learn that not all things are meant
to bring pleasure to...
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Categories:
imagery, memory,
Form: Free verse
SOFT WHISPERS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
as I came across the yellowed card
unfolding lost fond memories
life pages of my yesterdays
yearning for those I miss
the lines written there
slowly became
soft whispers
my eyes,
blur
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Categories:
memory,
Form: Nonet
An Old Hand Reveals ItselfI see no sign of forced entry...
just copper suns and cornflower blue,
have you been here all this time?
I don't remember inviting you,
and now all my voices are a chatter,
with threats I cannot construe.
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Categories:
memory, confidence, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Lyric
Mudlarking The Memory
Sun-soaked
spectral topography
sculpts with lattice
of longing
luminescent,
the veering valley
of my lucent life
undulating briskly
in plains of passion
with the cadence...
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Categories:
analogy, inspirational, memory,
Form: Free verse
Vexed NightsVexed Nights
Trapped in my own delusion,
Engulfing self induced contusions,
I imprudently cause self confusion,
Distance seems cruel to me
So I detach from what used to be,
Emotionally,
Physically,
Then spiritually,
I vanish,
Into what I imagine,
How to feel,
Deciphering what’s...
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Categories:
confusion, growth, memory, mental
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
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
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