Recollections Poems

Ripped Recollections

                           Trauma,
                       loiters and lurks,
  

- Ripped Recollections -

                                                    Sorry
  

Ripped Recollections

Contest : Rolling With The Rs
Sponsor : Nette Onclaud
Date : August 4, 2025



Stray mind

glides on stalled time.

Wave surfer on rough life

grabs mute mementos of split moon,

floating on dim trough of dismal essence.

Memory invents alchemy,

remembrance rust turns gold

in Midas touched

stray mind.

RIPPED RECOLLECTIONS

 

Woeful,
my painful past,
that leaves me woebegone
for my loved ones now gone above.
Full of melancholy and grief-stricken
and lost in sad recollections.
I have been crushed forlorn
in thoughts and left, 
woeful.

Nostalgic Recollections

Your kiss still lingers on my lips,
A fleeting memory that time won't rip.
Your smile, a radiant beam of light,
Echoes in my mind, a bittersweet sight.
Your laughter, contagious and free,
Haunts me now, a melancholy melody.

In whispers of the night, I hear your voice,
A gentle breeze that makes my heart rejoice.
The stars align, a celestial map,
Guiding me

Lilac Recollections

Even now, I recall that memory;  
When we both sat in the dim hallway—  
Your eyes held hope, yet showed agony;  
I watched you fade into disarray.  

Like decades passed since we last did meet;  
Through nights we danced 'tween love and hate—  
Though gods proved ruthless, bitter yet

OAHU RECOLLECTIONS

the serendipitous lobster
bib
tied
‘round big kahuna’s neck

kuene stumble over*
him
dab
his chin

monkeys
gaze at him
from
behind glass

pearl
city
memories
that shine

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l
s
e
w
h
e
r
e

is the diner
two
scoop
choice

served with
teriyaki
steak
or
shrimp
tempura

out of towners
paying
money
to find out
the size

of a single
pearl
near
Hanauma Bay

p a s t
is
present
in
wet seas

aloha the day
e
v
e
r
y
fragrant lei
ebbing, flowing
 precious
  Oahu recollections

A Memory From The Past

AN ANECDOTE FROM THE PAST...

Names of places and persons have either been changed or omitted to protect identity.

It was a late summer’s night warm and balmy,
Camping we were high in the lofty mountains;
I was lying on a cot made of some uncomfortable fibre,
Mate Sandeep was sleeping on another cot not far away;
Both were retired for

Recollections of a condemned man

178 months, 129940 hours,
now only 10 minutes remain.
Sitting in cold eerie darkness,
he observes the rhythm of water drops, 
slowly wipes away streams of sweat
with his withered trembling hands.

That aching fear, gnawing in his fevered brain,
spasms of fear demanding flight
yet none to be had,
his inner soul asking why he had lost his way
why had his sad

Wisps of Recollections

Like 
wisps of
soft white spores -
those vague remnants -
are recollections wafting through my mind -
sun-gold heads of spring I no longer hold,
Yet I can glimpse
when they turned
into 
fluff.
I 
recall
my young self
blowing off the
fluff of seeds . . . wishing time would pass quickly.

Recollections of October

It was October, the leaves fell,
I reveled in my youth.
But what happened in sixty-two
took the fun and
innocence out of autumn;
There were missiles in Cuba.
Missiles,with more on the way.
Warnings were given,
demands and threats made.
At thirteen I learned
the meaning of a naval blockade.
Grown-ups spoke in hushed tones
over hastily brewed coffee,
eyes and ears glued
to the television for the

Future Recollections

The experience of years silently accumulates within unseen pages of “Future Recollection”, gathering mental cobwebs as they age.  Their vintage sweetens and enhances their contents with the passage of time.

The owner of the collection is the only one who can recall and truly appreciate the contents, but, oh, my, the preciousness of their worth

Ephemeral Recollections On the Passage of Time

Ephemeral Recollections of the Passage of Time 

Ephemeral recollections of the passage of time  
General inspections of a population in decline
Congenital directions of a genealogy in scientific refine 
Perennial distortions of a perspective in pure mime

Elegant notions of a theory on entropy 
Pertinent commotions of what the third eye can truly see
Innocent devotions about

Recollections An Open Form

RECOLLECTIONS
exquisite
vignettes
a
 reportoire
relished
approach
an
opportunity
encapsulated
in
cultural
cornerstones
with
luscious
touches
with
hybrid
conformity
phrased
&
 hallmarked
in
the
mundane
convuluted
&entangled

Invaluable Recollections

recall first school day
I stood weeping, scared to move
we held hands at five
she vowed to look after me
we were close, with a deep bond

we had sweet-sad thoughts
dispute with football or dolls
taking both shows care
saddened by her lengthy trip
she cupped my cheeks and we kissed

she flushed when I grinned
felt proud and had butterflies
I soothed her last

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