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Tag: Memory

Poems about memory, or memories to be more exact.

Some of the poems deal with how memories work. Even more deal with the certainty that they get altered and diluted over time.

Feelings that are strong at the outset become distant memories and as a result almost impossible to recall.

The fact that people retain a timeline of their lives is incredible when you consider how flawed our memory is.

Some of these poems are about concrete memories. But most are about how memory functions in general. How its strength wanes, how it alters – and also how it is ultimately lost when someone dies.

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “acerbic”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onDecember 11, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “acerbic”

bitterness – every thought of you acerbic on my tongue – memories of all you’ve … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “acerbic”

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “were i alone tonight”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onNovember 30, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “were i alone tonight”

were i alone tonight i’d drown my sorrows one by one and cry out what … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “were i alone tonight”

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “memory count”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onOctober 24, 2018July 11, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “memory count”

i carry inside a memory count and every time i see a screen it ticks … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “memory count”

Categories Light Requires Darkness

As the World Forgets My Existence

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onSeptember 3, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on As the World Forgets My Existence

A scorching summer’s sun sinking making way for pale pink ribbons flailing disappearing into inky … Continue ReadingAs the World Forgets My Existence

Categories Light Requires Darkness

Those Days

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onAugust 31, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on Those Days

Those days – and all that we still thought might be! Those days of awkward … Continue ReadingThose Days

Categories Light Requires Darkness

But Nothing Remains

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onAugust 19, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on But Nothing Remains

I search for the feeling but nothing remains – except recollections of losses and gains … Continue ReadingBut Nothing Remains

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

There’s a Tree Left Behind in the Rubble Piles

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 20, 2018 Leave a comment on There’s a Tree Left Behind in the Rubble Piles

There’s a tree left behind in the rubble piles – its branches wind upwards among … Continue ReadingThere’s a Tree Left Behind in the Rubble Piles

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

And So He Died

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on And So He Died

And so he died who, having lived so long, had buried so many others and … Continue ReadingAnd So He Died

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

Poetry Is Contrary To Nature

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 20, 2018 Leave a comment on Poetry Is Contrary To Nature

Poetry is contrary to nature in the sense that it is meant (or at least … Continue ReadingPoetry Is Contrary To Nature

Categories Essays

Art and Memory – fragment

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021 Leave a comment on Art and Memory – fragment

Art is a creation that is based on human memory, which is, as you already … Continue ReadingArt and Memory – fragment

Categories Dystopia anno 20**

Understanding Others

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018December 29, 2020 Leave a comment on Understanding Others

The centrifugal force of words washed over her, swirled around her, made her dizzy. ‘But … Continue ReadingUnderstanding Others

Categories De spor man efterlader sig

Dansen i ruinerne

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on Dansen i ruinerne

Fortidens slør smyger sig om min krop ved hvert trin jeg tager gennem ruinerne – … Continue ReadingDansen i ruinerne

Categories De spor man efterlader sig

Noter efter isbjørne

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on Noter efter isbjørne

Alkohol vugger mig som bølger Bølger på min barndoms sandstrand Hold kæft; jeg er hjemme

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Ghost From My Childhood

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018December 30, 2020 Leave a comment on Ghost From My Childhood

Memories I’d forgotten surge forward to beleaguer my brain when I see your face again … Continue ReadingGhost From My Childhood

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

I Remember

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018 Leave a comment on I Remember

Yes, I remember but if nothing had hurt there would’ve been nothing to remember – … Continue ReadingI Remember

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Memories

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018December 30, 2020 Leave a comment on Memories

My memories escape my brain invading my surroundings I can remember what remains of thousands … Continue ReadingMemories

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

The Presence

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on The Presence

You’re present here beside me you speak within my dream, you stir around me in … Continue ReadingThe Presence

Categories What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

The Memory of Music

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018December 30, 2020 Leave a comment on The Memory of Music

Don’t play it – no more melody reminding me of you – don’t play the … Continue ReadingThe Memory of Music

Categories What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

When It Was

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on When It Was

When it was, it all was real, today it is a shadow – the lush … Continue ReadingWhen It Was

Categories Poems to Nykteri

Flashback to Elementary School

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 16, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on Flashback to Elementary School

In rainy weather I remember how she pulled over her head the wide hood of … Continue ReadingFlashback to Elementary School

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