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.

Light Requires Darkness

As the World Forgets My Existence

K-M SkalkenæsSeptember 3, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

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

Light Requires Darkness

Those Days

K-M SkalkenæsAugust 31, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

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

Light Requires Darkness

But Nothing Remains

K-M SkalkenæsAugust 19, 2018July 17, 2018Leave a comment

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

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

There’s a Tree Left Behind in the Rubble Piles

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 20, 2018Leave a comment

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

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

And So He Died

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018Leave a comment

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

Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

Poetry Is Contrary To Nature

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 20, 2018Leave a comment

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

Living Art

Art and Memory

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

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

Dystopia anno 20**

Understanding Others

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

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

De spor man efterlader sig

Dansen i ruinerne

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

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

De spor man efterlader sig

Noter efter isbjørne

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

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

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Ghost From My Childhood

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018Leave a comment

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

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

I Remember

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018Leave a comment

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

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Memories

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018Leave a comment

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

Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

The Presence

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

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

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

The Memory of Music

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

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

What Bits of Peace My Life's Ensured

When It Was

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

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

Poems to Nykteri

Flashback to Elementary School

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 16, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

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

Poems to Nykteri

In the Rain

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 16, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

I want to see the raindrops in your hair, after a summer shower, warmly refreshing, … Continue ReadingIn the Rain

Poems to Nykteri

My Hands Inwoven In Your Hair

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 16, 2018March 21, 2018Leave a comment

My hand was once inwoven in your hair – I feel it still. My thoughts … Continue ReadingMy Hands Inwoven In Your Hair

Uncategorized Poems

New Poem: “A Pocket Full of Empty Space”

K-M SkalkenæsSeptember 17, 2012July 10, 2018Leave a comment

somewhere between brevity and perpetuality there is an empty space where our shared memories rest … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “A Pocket Full of Empty Space”