Published April 16, 2026
Love, oh love, memories form the
The foundation of the human experience.
It can be frolicking and free with
Abundance, or restricting and rigid,
Constricting your heart and your soul
From the present and the future.
Poets, authors, kings and queens,
Create their legacies in ink or blood.
Historians, artists, leaders and dictators,
Mark them down in cathartic parchments.
The people, the planet, the stars and nature
Breathe in it and break them down.
Still we strive to live and thrive,
Make memories with(out) a doubt.
I am lonely, and horny, and
Corny, and missing your lips and
Your body and your smile and your
Soft breath and gentle words on
My skin and soul. Love, this too
Constitutes a memory. Pleasant or
Fleeting or meaningless or eternal,
Memories prove that we are alive.
Even in darkness and the endless abyss,
Memories sing of life's legends and elegies,
The past brings forth the present but dear,
No matter the song, rage forth without fear!
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Oh, how I love to right! What do you mean, of course I didn't peek at your reply to Tikaa's review from before.. but to be fair, I knew of the song from before so it only consolidated my suspicious. I actually began to sang the lyrics as I read that part XD
See the slightly off base, classic Jasmine rhyme you nail it everytime!
Oh I love the pattern so very much, especially coming from Jasmine who doesn't really let her voice be dictated by them, so you just know it's going to flow naturally
How drastic the beginning and end to the same stanza. It's unbelievable that someone can be so intimately outspoken and yet so poetically philosophical at the same time!
This actually reminded me of the famous poem 'Don't go gentle into that good night'!
Personally, I was really afraid to delve into free verse when I began this anthology, I genuinely have no idea how I did that decently well enough. Once again, thanks a lot! Also, hey, there's a reference to another song in the very title!
I didn't actually know this one by name and so I searched it up, and turns out I've definitely heard that tune before! You're really enhancing my taste in music here XD
I chose the next poem =D
And well, we can disagree on the concept but I still like the answer ^^
Again a phenomenal second stanza. Really like the concepts you bring up and also what it says about Jasmine's character!
Not that much of a fan of the third stanza but that has more to do with me than you XD (Ahh romance. I like the high concepts!) Tho I rly like how she says that this is also memory
Love the end of the poem :3
Thanks as always for the review, Tika!
Personally speaking, this is probably the laziest one of the 29 poems in the anthology, as I was feeling really down while writing this for some reason. Maybe the bluntness of the poem showed off a bit too much in the 3rd stanza? Idk lol
Keep reading! :p
Disclaimer: the next one might be a bit iffy because I just made on what other women have told me about it and my assumptions on something I don't experience. I am sorry for any mistakes it might have.
Ok now I'm certain that the second verse of the first poem was in fact a reference thanks to the title of this piece. : D I'm reading this to the beat of that song. It definitely works. I'm also very pleased to see my suspicions of the poems having to do with the memory of love was also correct.
I like how this is formated as a sort of reply to previous poem. It's a beautiful concept that two people might write to each other letters through poetry. I think my favorite part was the lines 1 through 4 of the second verse. I've interpreted it in two different ways and each is very scrumptious. My first interpretation was that it is talking about how people have a tendency to make records of their love through any means possible. My second was that your place in life and society does not rid you of being able to fall in love.
Once again this was beautifully written. I'm glad I got to read these.
Thanks for the review again, ColdOne! :p