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Best Recall Poems

Below are the all-time best Recall poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of recall poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member No Such Thing As Forever
We all arrive alone naked and vulnerable,
crying our eyes out, not knowing -
this is the first day of the rest of our life.
I guess the...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: recall, analogy, death, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Gift of Love
Around my mom, I always felt my guilt
My conscience seem to always take her side
Some years ago, I gave her a new quilt
I still recall...

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Categories: recall, love, mother,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member No Thunder Without Lightning
Lightning rarely strikes without thunder,
causing havoc in gloomy skies.
Humans can't control their plunder,
seeking shelter until the storm dies.

Once, I was your prince - full of...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: recall, absence, angst, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...

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Categories: recall, death, evil, family, fate,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member October Skies
We are apples growing on our parent's tree, planted by our grandparents from the apples of our great-grandparents ~ author

October skies still reflect in your...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: recall, age, anniversary, autumn, grandparents,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Last Letter
Oh my dearest love, how longingly I recall
Amorous wink of joy, teasing zealous eyes
When you held my hand on journey of life
And never let go...

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Categories: recall, farewell, goodbye, love,
Form: Verse
Premium Member As Father Is To His Daughter
Passing through framed windows like ours,
I recall your tales of reckless war and lost friends
that burned your innocence at 21... and though
you claimed flashes of...

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Categories: recall, father, introspection, words,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member What Is Love
I still recall our first poetic glance,
dormant pen roused my fingers to dance.
Her love was like a cherry blossom tree,
which at first blossomed so beautifully.

When...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: recall, love, love hurts,
Form: Sonnet
Light On the Devil's Chord - Dear Lucifer
I cannot compete with something as painstakingly glorious as you
Envy is but a humbling tumble down a steep, rocky hill
I am crushed in your fits...

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Categories: recall, absence, analogy, character, corruption,
Form: Epic
Premium Member You Caught the Wind
I remember you, from when there was a spring
When the seasons were ripe, with verdant green
Our nimble feet danced in the wind
and on the brink...

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Categories: recall, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Time Between the Seasons
In between my autumn and winter years
Time passes without notice, seeking you
In remembrance of our time, through my tears,
Of passions we shared just you and...

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Categories: recall, husband, longing, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
For a Friend
A wise and sentimental one
              Who lived and loved some years ago
Had...

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Categories: recall, appreciation, for her, friend,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When We Were Royals
Leaning against the warmth of old oak, 

I recall your sun burnt skin that summer.

As I let my fingers linger on the side of the...

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Categories: recall, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Her Grace, Soft As the Silence of Morn's Falling Dew - a Collaboration With Robert and Teppo
Her romantic letters, birth as heart pure and true 
supported deep vows we both swore to be held to.
Her grace, soft as the silence of...

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Categories: recall, appreciation, beauty, loss, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member One Sip of Chai
When my fatigued pen,
succumbed to a sleepy state of silence

in the market place of silent poets,
I searched for a tea room to stimulate my mind

my...

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Categories: recall, analogy, appreciation, inspiration,
Form: Free verse

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