After Memoriam



I found my mother's poems last night

Hidden under eleven years worth of electronic dust

A heartfelt message to my brother, untouched by time and feeling

Somewhere in that heavy blackness she smiles

And I light my cigarette.

About this poem

From a unfilial son, finding traces of his mother.

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Written on May 14, 2022

Submitted by Pekkala on May 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 227
Words 42
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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2 Comments
  • janet_1
    This is the poem I voted as best. Not an easy decision. So many were very good. I was moved by the feeling it gave me with the words not said.
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • rbcmwebb
    It evokes the moments of memory of the past and long past.
    LikeReply1 year ago

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