Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays Robert Cory’s most recent poem to appear here was This Side of Nordkanalallee, published as part of Contributor Series 10: Silken Rag in December 2011.
Scrapbook
By Robert Cory
Scrapbook photos.
Mounted moments
chronologically cramped,
crushed & yellowed.
Others marred,
creased by careless fold.
Frozen in black & white.
Posed?
Maybe yes. Maybe no.
Pomp & ceremony someplace.
Birthday mugs
for the camera.
Groups, picnics, places, pets.
Formal. Candid. Awkward.
The dead, the living,
the unknown … some of whom
have come unglued.
Random bookmarks.
Whims of history.
Yes. I remember you,
him, her, them, and it.
Reconstructed memories.
Lately, in pixels.
Someday they will extinct. We have so many. Thanks for the memories.