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There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

— Peter Davison

I don't like poems that invent memories, I have enough of my own.

— Andre Naffis-Sahely

“Memory is a poet, not a historian.”

— Paul Geraldy

“Memories of the outside world will never have the same tonality as those of home and, by recalling these memories, we add to our…

— Gaston Bachelard

Now more than ever, as the role of memory in our culture erodes at a faster pace than ever before, we need to cultivate…

— Joshua Foer

Memory has always been fundamental for me. In fact, remembering what I had forgotten is the way most of the poems get started.

— Seamus Heaney

“How we perceive the world and how we act in it are products of how and what we remember...No lasting joke, invention, insight, or…

— Joshua Foer

“Writing poems is simply an excuse to remember You.”

— Kamand Kojouri

Memory is a poet, not an historian.

— Marie Howe

We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection. Something closed must retain our memories, while leaving them their original value as images. Memories of…

— Gaston Bachelard

“Writing sometimes feels frivolous and sometimes sacred, but memory is one of my strongest muses. I serve her with my words. So long as…

— Marge Piercy

I have more questions than answers in this world as do most poets and writers. The field of memory we exist in is absolutely…

— Joy Harjo