Memento Mori
My crush gifted me a book on trees
and I placed within it a four
leaf clover, another gift
a different day, treasured
talisman, there still
all this time, flat
memento
to love
lost.
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Memento Mori
My crush gifted me a book on trees
and I placed within it a four
leaf clover, another gift
a different day, treasured
talisman, there still
all this time, flat
memento
to love
lost.
This is just so beautiful! It all cascades down to that one point ‘lost’ – mementoes by lost loves.
manoshibose –
Thank you! I’ve never written in a nonet format before, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
What an exquisite tumble down this took!
Thanks very much!
Poem lends itself to this form, and vice versa. Nice piece
Thanks, Mark–true story, that, except the gentleman in question is still alive and kicking, just an ended relationship. I’ve just always wanted to title a poem “Memento Mori,” lol, love the alliteration.
Beautiful transgression so that the last word is the most meaningful in the story you’ve already told. Wonderful use of the form.