Craft Attack!

Can’t
Remember
A
Fucking
Thing

Conceivably all my past,
Reflections of pain and glory,
Allow me to be me.
Forgetting is also an option,
Trauma is no fun.

Carefully I sort through,
Retaining what is useful
And sometimes merely playful
Fully aware
That letting go’s not easy.

— weirdelf, Oct 10, 2007

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About the Author

Region, Country: Sydney, Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: The Romantics, The Mersey Sound, The Beats and, of course, The Bard

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Critiques

Quillsvein1

18 years 8 months ago

rich

you work well with the acrostic form--the content of the poem is complex in your reaction to your life experiences, and how they've affected you for better or worse. the last line is a natural conclusion of the previous ones, the necessity of letting go: as poe said, "there are certain thoughts/speculations in which the case is: they go or we go. we perish or they perish." ain't it true! a brave, excellent poem.

weirdelf

18 years 8 months ago

thanks quill

sometimes your comments are better than the original poem. Not being self-deprecating. Wish you could read Doug Andersans reviews of movies in the Sydney Morning Herald. Very often his reviews are better than the movie. Have broken my rule of not printing out poems on this site (would destroy several rainforests a week if I did), to print out your latest. Need to. Not pissing in your pocket, your work requires care and thought and........ commitment, it's not easy for me. will get back to you on them. E.H. is giving me difficulty, just ... don't know how to respond to it. i guess you could take that as a compliment. cheers, Jess

IKnowNoBox

18 years 8 months ago

Crickey!

Such Craft Elf ,I have been amazed by the use of Acrostics at Neopoet. I am truly here now. !!!I have converted the Elf LLaL!!! ssSSmashing and Crafty. In ink, Dabbler ps. Is it not what we let go of ,but where it falls? Sometimes I reflect on this.

weirdelf

18 years 8 months ago

mmmm when we let go

mmmm when we let go doesn't it just go? It's when we don't the flak flies and fallout falls. mmmm again, I think you just seeded a new poem, thankyou friend! (Interested in a part-time position as muse while mine is off gallivanting around?) cheers, Jess

IKnowNoBox

18 years 8 months ago

Sure I'll A Muse you like only a former carney can

keep your quid, I'll do it Pro-Bozo. Good to see you back from the vault. Welcome outside Elf. In ink, Dabbler

RSScheerer

18 years 8 months ago

Acrostic!

Quite possibly the most interesting Acrostic I have ever read, and I hate Acrostics! Of course, now every time I see the word CRAFT, your first stanza will be the first thing that pops into my mind. Thanks for that one, friend! You effortlessly grasped the context of the style without forcing it out in childish banter, as so many Acrostics are handled. Impressed once more, Ronda

weirdelf

18 years 8 months ago

thanks Ronda, I used to hate acrostics

That was my first (although I was severely addicted to the online game Acrophobia for a couple of years) IKNB and Conect11 put me onto them, it's all their fault! cheers, Jess

Frost Smith

18 years 7 months ago

Awesome...

No offense to box, but this is probably the best acrostic I have read yet, maybe my favorite poem of yours altogether:) Nothing is forced; and all three stanzas are great by themselves, put togther they have a synergy. (Side Note) I heard this the other day from someone: Son Of a Bitch Everythings Real Take care Frost