Memory Rictameter Poems

Building
tension from a
niggling tickle inside
my desirous heart when you stroll
through the depths of my haunted memories
in what had been then, or could be,
as I seek...

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Courage
Glorious passage
Temptations deflected
Faith in solitude reflected
Soul above all tribulations and pains
Rock over multitude of grains
Living daylight that grows
Fortitude sows
A king...

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Baseball
First sign of spring
A scented leather joy
Wafting over a childhood dream
Two on, two out, three balls, two strikes, one swing
The sound the silence, the drama
Oh...

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The wind
comes in at night,
bringing with it new ghosts
but I'm wrapped tight in mother's quilt, 
each painstaken swatch stitched by her own hand
She sings a...

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Treehouse
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Unmasked,

her smile summons
 
hope held hostage by fear.

It feels good to feel free again,

assign yesterday's woes to memory
 
and once more, indulge in a hug

received...

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silent
daydreams drift off-
soon a day of grieving
shall turn into a day of joy,
for her kind heart shall be celebrated;
myriad of teary eyes dried,
woe no longer...

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A leaf,
floating downwards,
comes to rest upon grass.
Escapee cutting off the bonds,
unaware of its impending demise;
the umbilical cord severed,
now page-pressed memory;
dried skin cracking,
A leaf.




...

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I miss
the scent of you
in sweet cinnamon light
and sunlight haloing your face;
lines revealing truths of your life story;
the stories whispered just for me,
the walks we...

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the rose
 loses petals
 as summer slowly fades
 casting autumn's gloomy shadow
 with whispers of tomorrow's falling leaves,
 and summer's golden memories
 will linger for...

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Mother
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Friend
Funny stories
Great personality
A hilarious memory
Her name was Vi, and she was the best fun!
Alzheimer’s took her brain over.
Dreaded disease for her.
Changed everything
Neighbor...

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As Life's
moving forward
memories keep building
preserving brief moments of time
In my short life, I'll cherish the good ones
While forgetting all the bad ones
This abrupt existence,
I'll always...

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Where did your heart go did you leave it in the rain

Drowned forgotten bloated and with wrenching pain.

Lost from the sun living in the shadows...

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I will

Forget and leave

The past and all its chains.

Foibles, choices, falls I've taken,

Now shelved into memory, locked away.

I'm standing up again to face

Life's battles for...

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