On the tip of your tongue.

poem in triplets

On the tip of your tongue

 

 You know, you know but can’t explain

Just how or why you came to gain.

The facts stored in your memory.

 

Odd facts stored subconsciously.

For no good reason seemingly.

Stored away haphazardly.

 

Though ev’ry fact our mind has stored.

It had some reason to record.

A nugget added to the hoard.

 

A vast accumulation

Of useless information.

We very seldom call upon.

 

But when we do it’s sad but true

We find that we cannot renew.

The direct link that leads us to.

 

The word or phrase we want to find.

Amongst those hidden in our mind.

The system is not well designed.

 

We can’t recover what we’ve stored.

Our efforts totally ignored.

Our mind decides it can’t afford.

 

To grant unlimited access.

Although it leaves us free to guess.

The reason for such stubbornness.

 

Thursday, 12 April 2012

 

 

Reviews

[Fades]

Always glad to read this one when I return. some remains timeless!

[Jackson Krauss Blind Pa..]

I remember reading not too long ago that every time we consciously remember a memory after the first time, we are actually remembering our own interpretation of that memory. In essence, we're remembering how we remembered how we pictured it, incrementing each time we recall it. Memories of memories..... changes over time.

To think that even those shadows' shadows may slip from our hands....

[Tomás Ó C..]

Nice to read this one again!

[A. Amos]

We can’t recover what we’ve stored.
Our efforts totally ignored.
Our mind decides it can’t afford.

You have crafted very well this beautiful poetry, I really enjoyed.

[Jeannear]

beautiful poem very well written

[David Lewis Paget]

This is so true, Piers, and more so as the years mount up. I lose the most ridiculous words and names in the labyrinth of my mind, knowing they're there, but just hidden around a corner somewhere; but which one? Nothing is more frustrating.

[carol burgess romance]

I love this and yes how our brains become so cluttered with info we never knew we carried. Very good write.

[Monique-elise Delagraen..]

You know, you know you are a poet of true distinction. Thank you for sharing your work of humor and mettle.

[C.C. Marx]

Can you say story of my life?!? That one word you want to say but just cant seem to think of it yet ask me how many people were killed in the battle of Verdun or every irregular spanish verb in the past tense nd somehow my mind is able to remember that......strange haha well great job

[Debbie]

I am reminded of my grandmother's alzheimer's ....what things come through day to day versus those things that simply just don't anymore...