The years and their memories ,
memories of the years
which we struggle to recall ,
grasping at inconsequential ephemera ,
a snapshot , a film , a record album ;
transcendent icons ambered in time ,
which we somehow put aside sometime ago ,
long ago discarded them along with
sundry detritus of the conventional ,
the ordinary everyday years erased
through inattention and indifference ;
We dream now only the dreams of memory ,
and we read only the fiction of the years
which we no longer struggle to recall ,
nor have need to grasp their ephemeral presence ;
we have consumed our own histories ,
fed on our own gore ,supped our own blood ,
we can no longer recall nor care to
the years and their memories ,
memories of the years
we lived .
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A bitter note from a master poet; about our indifference to history-“we have consumed our own history”- a line that is compelling & a clear dig at the ‘yuppies’ , seeming to be oblivious of the true import of the lessons learnt from our past.
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With your poems, I enjoy your subject matter as much as your delicious word choices. This is one to frame, but when I glance into it’s face upon each reread, my eyes cast downward in despair of its penetrating insight. I thus will give it the highest marks, and respect this hallowed ground where it presently resides, occasionally to come back to it for needed jolts of conviction.
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This one’s rhythm seemed rougher than your others, but perhaps that is due to the evocative thoughts you are dealing with.
poetic genius…