D+32+Memory+Poem

Memory Poem
 * Poem 32

Minimum: 70 words

Your poem should focus on a vivid memory. Some of you may have to be creative, putting yourself into a character's position in order to come up with a memory that will serve as the basis for the poem.**

Why do you still remember this event? Why do some events fade from our memories?

Choose a specific memory. Think about the situation. You might use dialogue to draw the reader into the poem. Do you remember everything or only bits and pieces? How can you convey this in your poem?

Begin with a question and end with an answer or, perhaps, another question.

Build your poem on words related to the senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.

Does this particular memory rely on certain senses?

Based on a poem handout by J. Weston Walch, copyright 1988.