IDYLLIC CHANDLER HEIGHTSIDYLLIC CHANDLER HEIGHTS*
“Life here was once idyllic, charming; here were once no rich, no poor, no high, no low.” — from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
men in faded caps,
hands calloused like the bark of old oaks.
men with wrinkled faces, fresh from the war,
their broad...
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Categories:
12th grade, memory, remember,
Form: Free verse
PetrichorSomething was changing one day—
I felt it when a cool breeze blew.
Restless branches danced and swayed
while the world around me grew silent.
With the first touches of rain
I smelled ozone in the air
and in a moment of glory raised my arms.
I embraced the moment as mine alone
but looked for the word to describe how I felt
like...
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Categories:
remember, love, memory, psychological, rain,
Form: Free verse
Chuck ManigoneThank you Chuck
for your fun song
"Feels So Good".
We who remember
will never forget
You and your
joyous flugelhorn....
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Categories:
music, remember,
Form: Free verse
Chambers of the MindIn chambers of the mind, we store each day,
Each lesson wrapped in wonder, fear, or joy.
What matters most will never fade away.
The smell of chalk, the light at morning's ray,
First bicycle, first book, beloved toy
In chambers of the mind, we store each day.
Not facts alone, but how they came to stay:
The teacher's smile, the moment...
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Categories:
remember, children, education, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Marco Rubio(Voice of a Broken Lineage)
Before your first cry kissed Florida’s air,
Two weary souls crossed oceans of despair—
Your parents, Cuban hearts in exile,
Arrived in 1956, not with riches,
But with hope wrapped in trembling hands.
They fled the storm, not to breed silence—
But to gift you a voice sharp as justice.
And yet, what song do you sing now,
Marco...
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Categories:
remember, future, grief, journey, money,
Form: Free verse
i remember and smilei love this love
that brings out the sacred and vulnerable
that can be tuned into and let out as art
in its rawest and deepest forms
i love the love that turns walls to dust
where sweet rays dont rust!
thank god for that,
i remember and i smile
i love this love
where i can be unafraid
and let myself freely fall
in...
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Categories:
remember, love,
Form: Free verse
Stubborn heartThe Stubborn Heart”
Stubborn as stone, he stands his ground,
Words like rivers, he won't let them drown.
Eyes set firm, with fire and pride,
Even truth must wait till he's tried.
He sees threats wherever he may go,
Every word—a weapon poised to throw.
Sharp as knives, his cold replies,
Send chills down spines and truth to lies.
He hides his pain, but...
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Categories:
remember, anger, depression, heartbroken, lonely,
Form: Free verse
SWEET SUMMER GYPSY GIRLsonger.co/song/m64h48fkez0e3jlyj38d0wpy
[Intro]
Oh-oh, oh-oh, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
Sweet summer gypsy girl, I see you in the rain,
You dance like stars in the sky,
I can’t quite reach you, no matter how I try,
Do you ever look up and wonder why?
We’re half a world apart, yet feel so near,
Like waking from a dream — and it’s suddenly clear.
[Pre-Chorus]
Am I chasing...
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Categories:
angel, fantasy, nostalgia, remember,
Form: Lyric
The Dagger
I’m reminded of you in everything and everywhere.
You’re the coolest thing for the eyes to see.
The most beautifully crafted piece in the collection.
The harmless object when it’s inside its box.
I see you in the sharpness of everything and everywhere.
You’re the scariest thing for the heart.
The deadliest weapon for the soul.
The...
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Categories:
remember, betrayal, change, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
SIBLING REMEMBRANCESSIBLING REMEMBRANCES*
In the warm, sunlit corners of our childhood
where laughter spills like marbles across the floor,
I hear the echoes of our shared secrets,
each whispered promise a thread woven into the fabric
of our youthful days.
We were explorers,
mapping the terrain of our backyard kingdom,
with sticks as swords, the garden hose our river,
where we splashed and shrieked,
the world...
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Categories:
12th grade, brother, remember,
Form: Free verse
Graphite Steps
My soles press soft
into sidewalks. I leave
a trail of graphite steps
They etch out my first sentence—
a diary in crayon, a novel in margins
Time sharpens the graphite steps
I stroll through my city growing younger
White tiles paved over the dirt path I loved
but look: beneath the cracks, faintly traced,
ghosts of my graphite steps
Size 5 kneels where...
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Categories:
remember, childhood, city, meaningful, memory,
Form: Free verse
When I Depart, Remember Me SoftlyI did not come to win the world—
I came to feel it bleed.
To taste the silence in the hungry mouth,
To weep where no one dared to read.
To my family—
You held my name like worn cloth,
never quite knowing what I was stitched to become.
But I loved you more than I could say.
I only wanted to bring...
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Categories:
remember, absence, death, death of
Form: Free verse
A Pious Place in the United States of AmericaA major street along the country
A place minds are calmed,
Listening to Holy word
And words of wisdom into heart
A Holy place
created by Heavenly Father
To turn us into good
And away from evil...
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Categories:
america, jesus, remember, society,
Form: Free verse
Heartbreaking In Leaves
A tree birthed in girl's heart behind the window
Wherever, however, old Aspens are made —
And God was in green's time, Christ coming in gold.
The solo leaf that before my look just swayed —
She dropped in the dark, though would her lost life grow.
While at Autumn's end, I remember her shade —
Tree limbs...
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Categories:
remember, angst, children, devotion, growth,
Form: Rispetto
To Be Named AgainOne day…
After the fires are done
And the water has carried all maps away…
Someone will find you.
Not to save...
To name again.
And then, you will remember
You were not lost....
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Categories:
remember, fate, fire, life, memory,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Remember Poems
Definition | What is Remember in Poetry?
Poems Related to Remember
commemorate, get, recall, recognize, remind, learn, revoke, retrospect, memorize, extract, treasure, mind, revive, recollect, educe, reminisce, elicit, memorialize, retain, bethink, enshrine, cite, bear in mind, call to mind, conjure up