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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.
You can not leave us
You can not leave us Think about, from up, what is our hearts, the only Heart Okay, you don’t know, we need to move away, two ways You gotta take me, let we us, okay we have it,...Read the rest...
Categories: life, love, memory,
Form: Free verse



Gin And Tears
And as I reach my end of years I’ve come to know my gin and tears A pleasant cocktail, I suppose ...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, how i feel, introspection,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member HIKU of NOUNS
evening fragrance a chanel no: twelve rem·in·is·cence of you NOTE: why hiku ? HAIKU the ' phonetical&cultural original 'in Japanese' whereas HIKU is the English language version(including translations)with similar economy of words without "telling all" thereby to ' show ' (conforming...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, word play,
Form: Haiku
Six Shots of Southern Comfort
Bonne nuit, numbers and digits Did you miss hearing the drunk specter sing? Back to waffle again about their trauma and joy Derek isn't even their real name Where were you when the millennium turned? I can't imagine it was...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, introspection, memory, niece,
Form: Free verse
Late Daughter
Poem that is written with each gentle kiss Music I play twitching the corners of my lips Art brush paint four magnum opus till death Final one I will whisper with my dying breath...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, beautiful, child, death, depression,
Form: Epitaph



Premium Member What I hold on to
early morning bike rides, the chill on my skin as we travel down back roads taking in the views and the smells...Read the rest...
Categories: memory,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member reliving a childhood memory
monstrous giants surround me on this gentle journey the water is winking at me as if she knows my secrets. Simultaneously, I feel invincible and vulnerable Memories I thought were deceased arrive unbidden I feel a kindship to my...Read the rest...
Categories: memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Transcendence
Memory erased and free from conditioned thought, I Am as I Am, pure bliss. Memory intact, yet transcending space and time, I transmute as love and light....Read the rest...
Categories: i am, memory, spiritual,
Form: Sedoka
Premium Member The illusion of timeless silence
The ILLUSION of a TIMELESS SILENCE Drenched the RUSTIC creaking barn Its tortured wind scarred face Snarling at the SWIRLING winds A lonely BLOSSOM sprouts atop a fencepost Mice scurry about an empty silo A naked scarecrow dances in a barren...Read the rest...
Categories: farm, history, memory,
Form: Verse
Premium Member A Fell Star Three Bags Full
Frayed border prints paste illusion, worn-out inks swirling bleeds, The hauls, stareways, persuasion, privileged balconies. Antiquities of read reviews, claims of a rustic quill, to scribbled marks a light verse muse, and forever bestill. I hear the silence of the slams, satirical critics, synthetic...Read the rest...
Categories: age, animal, irony, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Happy Heavenly Birthday
On this day we send our love, to the heavens above. Happy Heavenly Birthday. May your spirit forever stay, in our hearts. On this special day we celebrate. Your life, your love, your legacy. In the hearts of those you touched, forever treasured,...Read the rest...
Categories: farewell, memory,
Form: Free verse
Nice Memories
cherish cherish please nice memories are treasure lovely dear recalls...Read the rest...
Categories: memory,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Remember
The past is like a lesson book, Into which those who are wise look. The insights gained inform their view, as they assess the current milieux. The past we know is not too kind To those who blot it from...Read the rest...
Categories: character, future, history, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Whiles Of Yesterday
Gift of memory while my presence of my past know acts of kindness should I have cause to forget ~ Heaven always remember ...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, heaven, integrity, life, light,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member somewhere in a lake
a town forgotten taken over by a lake I hope water drops...Read the rest...
Categories: image, memory,
Form: Haiku

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.

Definition | What is Memory in Poetry?


Book: Reflection on the Important Things