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Losing Them
I had ideas for two poems
but know I won’t remember them
when I get home without some trick,
a note or cantrip. Once
I could recall such things
but though I chase almost
as fast as ever, lately they
have learned to flee much faster.
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I've written a whole bunch of poems since Christmas. Got three notebooks of them. I wanted to ask poetrylord about the girl in the picture. Think I can steal her from him. But the thread is locked.
I can remember all the poems. I got stuck on cantrip at first, but I secrete outside normal. They don't play Swamp Thing the series on MeTV at 5am anymore but I get the same feeling.
Post the first lines of each one, and maybe I can remember them.
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(12-30-2019, 02:33 PM)rowens Wrote: I've written a whole bunch of poems since Christmas. Got three notebooks of them. I wanted to ask poetrylord about the girl in the picture. Think I can steal her from him. But the thread is locked.
I can remember all the poems. I got stuck on cantrip at first, but I secrete outside normal. They don't play Swamp Thing the series on MeTV at 5am anymore but I get the same feeling.
Post the first lines of each one, and maybe I can remember them.
Ah, youth! When I was your age (assuming it's mine minus 5 or more) I remembered everything. Now, I get distracted so easily... but writing poetry is a string of distractions, isn't it, non-sequiturs that follow each other, connected with rhymes and typography? I do remember what I remembered when I could still remember things, especially the embarrassing parts

. Without wanting to.
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I lose notebooks. I don't lose I misplace. I have notebooks full of lists of notes to myself of things to locate.
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(12-30-2019, 07:23 AM)dukealien Wrote: Losing Them
I had ideas for two poems
but know I won’t remember them
when I get home without some trick,
a note or cantrip. Once
I could recall such things
but though I chase almost
as fast as ever, lately they
have learned to flee much faster.
i had to look up cantrip but it was worth it

i'm the same, even if i write it down i lose the piece of paper.