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.

divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “acerbic”

K-M SkalkenæsDecember 11, 2018July 11, 2020Leave a comment

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

divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “were i alone tonight”

K-M SkalkenæsNovember 30, 2018July 11, 2020Leave a comment

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

divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “memory count”

K-M SkalkenæsOctober 24, 2018July 11, 2020Leave a comment

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

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

Essays

Art and Memory – fragment

K-M SkalkenæsMarch 17, 2018January 16, 2021Leave a comment

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

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, 2018December 30, 2020Leave 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, 2018December 30, 2020Leave 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, 2018December 30, 2020Leave 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, 2018December 30, 2020Leave a comment

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

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Tag: Memory

New Poem: “acerbic”

New Poem: “were i alone tonight”

New Poem: “memory count”

As the World Forgets My Existence

Those Days

But Nothing Remains

There’s a Tree Left Behind in the Rubble Piles

And So He Died

Poetry Is Contrary To Nature

Art and Memory – fragment

Dansen i ruinerne

Noter efter isbjørne

Ghost From My Childhood

I Remember

Memories

The Presence

The Memory of Music

When It Was

Flashback to Elementary School

In the Rain