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Having been immersed in memoir writing for many months, I decided to write a small poem every day for a year to keep my poetic hand in. I've posted them to Instagram and facebook as written – where, to my amazement, people love them – but on this blog they are sometimes subject to later rewriting.
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Friday, 1 December 2023

Funny how ...


Funny how we all try to leave

our individual marks on the world,

in the memories of those who stay

behind, and those who'll come after. 

Collectively, we are leaving marks 

which can’t be erased, and which will

obviate all others. I wonder how long

that will take? We see the vast stretch 

of past and future, as if that is what

we inhabit; but really, each of us has 

only a brief span, and won’t, can’t know 

what will come next, nor how long 

before none are left to remember.




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