Memory Poems | Examples of Memory Poetry

"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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

The look on your face Most beautiful in the frame Perturbed sight with ease....Read the rest...

We thought life would have been so simple: flowers and hugs, sentimental nights and songs; then, reality came with its pain... we were no longer that invincible, rather two people so gullible! The compassion I didn't have hurts inside, now it's tearing...Read the rest...

Afternoon, the sun is hot Freckles and sun burns, I've got a lot Reminding me of sunny days I used to write under sun's rays The memories on my skin Of sunny places that I...Read the rest...

I languish in the cherished sound of winter’s chill and summer’s haze where memories of youth abound when silence speaks of bygone days. I search the seasons long since gone to reminisce another time where memories still linger on when silence...Read the rest...

A 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!) ...Read the rest...

much 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...Read the rest...

I admire paintings Painters have mental vision They have art attack....Read the rest...

Today, 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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...