Short Unremembered Poems

our words
evaporate
upon the wind-
unremembered by thee
and me-
letters
languish in
drawers..forgotten-
art ,pictured diurnal..
we see...

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my first poem - words unremembered - was for a boy I'll never forget

Oct. 3, 2020 for JCB Burl's How My First Poem Was Born Poetry Contest...

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect; 
misbegotten, ever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, with 
no vestige of respect....

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect. 
Misbegotten, forever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, with 
no vestige of respect....

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect. 
Misbegotten, forever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, 
without a vestige of respect....

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect. 
Misbegotten, forever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, 
with no vestige of respect....

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Thoughts over and done with we see,touch think and feel that which always is may spring forth as stark silhouettes against the sky,unveiled our words then evaporate upon the wind unremembered ,forgotten, lasting retrospectives awaiting,waiting another tomorrow...

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I travelled like the sun in the sky 
With route unknown and path unsaid
Lone to shine like gold in the day 
Unremembered, assumed to be okay. 
As I search and search for the end to this all
A cul de sac, a blocking wall
My prayers go unheard and I travel on. 
...

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Bright flashes, zigzag across the sky
Glimpses of day pass like memories
Photo recollection of unremembered images
Balcony views of the night's fireworks
The dry splitting bolts of light
Across the dark, heavy low clouds
Reminds me of all the vastness of this world...

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect. 
Misbegotten, forever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, 
without a vestige of respect.

              ******

...an exercise in assonance and alliteration...

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect; 
misbegotten, ever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, with 
no vestige of respect.

            *******

an exercise in short 'e' long 'a,' 's,' 'm' and 'g' letters...

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Soft Spring Winds whisper words
  no ladies' man likes to hear
glide 'cross his cheek, foam on a wave
  echoing promises made...

Forgotten midst summer Heat and 
  Fall's faded glory, these Winds return
in December, roaring words unkept and
  teardrops wept, promises unremembered...

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect. 
Misbegotten, forever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, 
with no vestige of respect.


               ******


An exercise in alliteration and assonance,
the 'music' of my poetry....

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After beginning Coleridge’s dream,

    (exotic fields, great heights, in juicy Kubla-kahn),

lungs met nefarious opium pipe,

quickly rendering Samuel’s tale unremembered

via wicked Xanadu’s yawpish zephyr.


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yawpish - hungry
zephyr - a west wind...

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The kaleidoscope effect
of summer's weathered haze
A kiss from unremembered love
hangs loosely overhead
Faces shadowed by greed
morph into enlightened hope
Emphatic
Karmatic
Bittersweet bliss
Hippie twirl
Patchouli scent
Overloading all senses
Holding hands
Embracing summer's greedless
heart...

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When you are here
All hopes, dreams and ambitions disappear;
Drowned in your eyes when I hold your hand,
Unremembered now that I understand.
For you perplex my mind with memories
Of so many forgotten ecstasies;
Which were, are not and perhaps will never be
When we hold this moment between you and me...

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Good childhood memories arrive unbidden
Days of happiness and fun I did not remember
Where had these snippets of goodness been hidden?
This is my sixty-eighth November
Delicious memories oozed in unremembered in September 
Enthusiastic happiness doth now flow
Knowing my parents had always loved me so...

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Time spent
In preparation for 
The welcoming of the visitor
Greatest gratification of guest...
In the august process of preparation
Welcoming is unremembered
Contentment forgotten...
Christmas or Easter 
Jesus incarnates 
Vitalizes existence 
Gets crucified
Resurrected...
We are busy 
Preparing...


24 December 2021...

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Broken, Cold, Empty, Devoid of hope
These are the forgotten generation
These are the few who stood up
The young that fell for such a cause

Lost, scarred, unremembered,
These boys sent with hope of glory
Learn instead what it costs
To die a nameless death

Over they go with nothing to lose
Over they fall with nothing to lose
Over they die with nothing to lose...

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empty for centries
forgotten palaces of those
long forgotten themselves
but the city remains
abandoned, yes
but for the wisps
of past events
vibrations that falter not
but resonate with deeds
and history,
unrecorded
home to no one
but the ghosts
of those
still attached in spirit
how many cities
on how many worlds
are home to but
memories unremembered...

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Autumnal reflections 

 It is getting autumn the wind blows
the air promises and smells of winter
Sadness and longing for the past
It will always be like this a yearning for
The time which ran into sand unremembered
However, for the birds in the sky.
The curtain billows ready to set sail on the ship
To destination unknown across the seas
Towards infinity and beyond
Will you and I be there?...

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A shelf stuffed with memories
Long forgotten and dusty
Pictures neatly tucked inside
Names no longer remembered
Faces of past generations
The young care not to know
Sheltered from the ravages of time
Unremembered protected images
Lives that no longer exist
Slipped inside a photo album
Where the old never die
And the young never grow old
Smiles frozen on unnamed people
Sitting on a shelf stuffed with memories...

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Empty for centuries
Forgotten palaces of those
Long forgotten themselves

But the city remains...
Abandoned, yes..
But by the wisps of past doings
Etched into the forever
Vibrations that falter not,
But resonate with deeds...
and history,
Unrecorded...

Home to no one...
save the ghosts
of those...
Still attached...
in spirit...

How many cities,
How many worlds,
Are home to but
Memories unremembered?...

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Exchanging ions with the atmosphere
Yet hunkering down this 
Deck of cards reveals 
A future near and dear

Byways on the highways
Broken garbage emblems unremembered
The blood barriers still circulating 
Truth and doubt

This atomic moment springs beyond symbols
Dont miss
The ecstatic dancing Shiva
Loosely twisting dark matter into beams of neon light

As eyelids turn down their shades
A question remains
How to rearrange fate?...

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“Tears are like the quiet drift
 Of petals from some magic rose
 And grief yet flows from the rift
 Of unremembered skies and snows.”

Of petals from some magic rose
Of quiet beauty unsurpassed
Of unremembered skies and snows
Of joyous songs for all to last.

Of quiet beauty unsurpassed
As grief yet flows from the rift
Of joyous songs for all to last
Tears are like the quiet drift

Choose Your Form Poetry Contest
Joseph May...

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