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Amnesia Poems - Poems about Amnesia

Amnesia Poems - Examples of all types of poems about amnesia to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for amnesia.
Politics of Memory
History books rewritten, pages turned, truths overturned. Past reconstructed. Memories are planted like seeds, carefully cultivated. Reality harvested. Leaders cast long shadows, dark spots conveniently erased. Selective illumination. Monuments rise and fall, stone faces weather time. Legacies carved in flux. Archives are sealed tight, skeletons locked in national...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Amnesia
I, alone, cognizant and coherent Yet frail and new am I Many times the size when first was here Reborn into this unlucky surprise No mother to swaddle with affectionate kiss No father with pride holding me up...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, humanity, i am, image,
Form: Other



Lunacy Loo Flies
*** Lunacy Loo Flies *** Beauuty, in a creature from Among the most high; In rythmic song while in her flight Witnessng the realities and fancies Circling the clouds — Proud of her ancient, legendary form, gone lost into that...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, bird, identity, journey, lost,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Hell Is For Children
“The title Hell is for children,” is inspired by Pat Benatar’s song of the same name, it’s about a psychologist’s therapy session with a small child who suffers from dissociative amnesia trigged by childhood trauma....Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, abuse, child, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Signal Amnesia
Tech support informed us There is nothing they can do For the signal sent by Sirius Won’t work with Subaru. Not all cars have been affected, Just the Foresters (of course!) And the techies have been working Hard to find the problem’s...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, technology,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Amnesia Or Lobotomy
I don’t know which is worse amnesia or lobotomy, one you have no control over and the other you can ask to receive One happens from an accident in which you didn’t want to lose your...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, angst, hurt, remember,
Form: Rhyme
Amnesia Hall
A city without streets… a pain in the memory Like an amputated limb still aching at night A city without people a bane on existence Their shadows to wander —down avenues unnamed (Dreamsleep: September, 2022)...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, memory,
Form: Free verse
Author's Notes
Dear 2020! This Poem was Inspired by an Acknowledgment that this Past Year Was Difficult or Tough, That I Don't have All of the Answers, But I Serve a God Who Does. That I Did Have...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, appreciation, basketball, conflict, football,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Amnesia
Amnesia suffered, our heart yet proffered prayer into space, imbibing God’s grace. With symbols all gone, we’re here now reborn; innate aliveness, one with That oneness. No thoughts interfere, as bliss throbs so spear each pore of our form; divine caress warm. We need no preacher, for...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, god, spiritual,
Form: Jueju
Forced Amnesia
The memories of her that hurt the most are always good, not bad; they ambush when I'm less engrossed. Recalling happy times we had is guaranteed to change my mood to sad. Her birthday will be very soon and I shall...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, divorce,
Form: Quintain (English)
Premium Member Amnesia-
mouthing thoughts offered thinking past memories droughts amnesia forgot 2/17/22...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, absence, confusion, lost, mental
Form: Haiku
Amnesia Lazarus
Scrub away the remnants of emblazoned colours that have mixed down to mud. Settled in pore. Scraped through every crease. Dead finery clings in layers that have fused over years, bringing me closer to a man I don’t know. Brittle skin. Exposed to...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, confusion, identity, self,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Once Upon a Future - Magnificent Amnesia, Everyday Disguise
Once the future promised brilliance, but it never came to light As the star I’d used to guide me dimmed and blended with the night. The astronomy of darkness lured me farther from my goal Till I...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, loneliness,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Our Amnesia
Given that we have amnesia How may we reclaim soul presence Earth life, a baffling enigma Shrouded is our luminescence Stillness the way, our prognosis Given that we have amnesia Silence exits self-hypnosis Renouncing ego agenda...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, memory,
Form: Quatern
Dying Love
My lips drip of the words I want to express Follow my hands I’ll trace a map for us On your skin We will meet in the middle Hands in hand Colors overflowing Our cups The wands spinning out of control Moving out of their...Read the rest...
Categories: amnesia, beach, dance, dark, death,
Form: Free verse

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