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Memory Poems | Examples of Memory Poetry

Memory Poems. Read and share great examples of poetry about memories. This list of memory poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of memory poetry. This list of works about memory is an excellent resource for examples on how to write memory poems.
Premium Member Music Of Memory
Disarrayed sands dropped by chaotic time settle ceaseless bemused on stratified shelf of languid life ...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, depression, memory, time,
Form: Free verse

The Melting Point of Memory
my river blackest water death etched in wet stone tumbling dark and light disentangle the night and roll my body into the deep cold of you my river once a-bliss in knots of fire thrashing in the theatre of the...Read the rest...
Categories: i am, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Yet I Cling Long Version
Blue twinges of lament cast gaunt shadow o’er my dreadful pang as a grim mist segued into dark claustrophobic cantons where rabid zeal of hearts once smouldered from magma’s deep red vein Yet I cling to golden dawn recall of lazy strolls in lush...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, age, august, deep, feelings,
Form: Nonet
Premium Member Cold April Evenings
Chilling remains haunt On these cold April evenings I wish I'd forget See the stars dancing Flying among them are dreams So out of reach now You inspired hope Now you are a memory Holding my heart up Tears flow like...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, hope, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member America's Decency's Gone
Where has America’s decency gone Long time passing All the folks who support Hamas would thrill to Auschwitz’ gassings Hamas rapes, burns and slaughters Jews ...Read the rest...
Categories: america, memory, motivation, murder,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Lingering Memories
Memories linger… Where loves have come and gone Blessing in deeds, the happy ones… As lessons soothing Threading into past life event’s Make more valued, better memories Meanings made so much more clear Even as curiosities rule days So do I, am...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, adventure, celebration, graduate, life,
Form: Sonnet
Gain and Loss
Memories mounting Losing sight losing faith Positive heartbreak ...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, growth, heartbreak, i miss
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Maybe We Can Use Electrolysis Instead of Immolation
to free this specter from its host caught in a body like bear trap a house made of arms that can't let go my hearth’s flame is selfish, unwilling to part with smoke without separation i will choke at the memory...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, absence, break up, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Walking Again Down The Path Of Youth
Time has wrinkled our weeping faces, never withered any of the embraces; oh, how delightful is to walk again down the path of youth and not fear whatever fate brings upon us: joy or pain... nothing can tear down...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, emotions, feelings, joy, lost
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member EPHEMERA
A flattened rose mumbles An old cracked button chuckles Tickled by a 2nd place ribbon In the corner a tattered doll weeps Comically consoled by a one-eyed bear Ballet slippers long for a pointed toe A dried corsage sits inside a...Read the rest...
Categories: life, memory,
Form: Free verse
Daddy's Hand: Images
Big hands of this man Who I remember as a child? Growing up in and at a time, When real men were fathers then. Supporting that family, no matter what, Working their fingers to the...Read the rest...
Categories: celebration, dad, father, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Adieu Peat Briquette - Ephemera
Eco fuels at home are warmly cherished, obligation calls and duly heeded, in the past a smokeless coal, allied to peat briquette the norm, a less than ideal medley I’d agree, I have this last briquette in camera folder, on the...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, celebration, cute, fun, happy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love Laced By Lunar Lure Ephemera
The silver orb of the luminous full moon ascended, slithering silent on the satin slope of sapphire sky. Enticing cadence of the dancing sequins sensual pulsated through the aura of the argentine night. Rhapsody rolled on the waltzing waves...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, lost love, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dadella DeVil
(To be sung to the tune of "Cruella DeVil from Disney's 101 Dalmations) Dadella DeVil, Dadella DeVil If he don't make you laugh, no funny thing will I think of him, and now I'm laughing still Dadella, Dadella You'll wait...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, funny, memory,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Put a Light in that Attic
There's a space with no light. So much crammed up there! Wonderful treasures in the front, Trash in behind. Images and memories all muddled together. Loads of ideas and half thought out plans scattered all over the place. Should have had some...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, absence, confusion, how i
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Memory Poems

Read wonderful memory poetry on the following sub-topics: christmas, dad, daughter, death, funeral, in loving, loss of, mom, quilt, son, and more.

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