Forgetting (poem) by Ronald W. Hull on AuthorsDen

Forgetting
by Ronald W. Hull → (All Poetry by Ronald W. Hull)
Saturday, October 11, 2025 Rated "G" by the Author.

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Forgetting Familiar Faces by Ron AI Forgetting Forgot to write this poem yesterday, I always write a poem a week. Forgetting when to write it, Is not a path I wish to seek. Find myself forgetting events, That often come my way. I mark them on my calendar, Forget to check them that day. I’m forgetting familiar names, For faces I can clearly make out. So frustrated trying to remember, Like a kid again, I nearly pout. Not forgetting my life events, Clear as when they occurred. Sometimes even enhanced, Clearer written, not blurred. But there are gaps in my life, Of the routine things I did. Where I shopped for groceries, Completely left my head. My life is full of simple routine, That’s getting out of sync. Like writing a story backwards, Or running out of ink. Read where simple forgetting, Does not dementia bring. Just a part of growing older, As I forget the songs I sing. Copyright 2025 © Ronald W. Hull 10/10/25 You can read and print this poem at my website here.
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Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on October 17, 2025

THANKING GOD TO HAVE LIVED ALONG ENOUGH TO BECOME A PART OF THIS THE THIS EXPECTED, AGE GENERATED 'PACT'....AND PRESSING TO ?!?!??!? H-MM--M...I FORGET WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY(SMILE)! THANKS FOR SHARING, LOVED IT! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Diana Legun

Well, Ron, I forget how much I enjoy being in the Den and reading what those who I follow are writing. However, I surely don’t forget how much I like reading and commenting on your posts. This one is a ringer…ringing in my ears how prevalent it is to have recollections slip away from us. Truly one you name here is a painful loss . . . names for people’s familiar faces. Mortifying. My favorite stanza is #6, “…writing a story backwards,” — I love that! Thanks, Ron ~~ djl

Reviewed by John Herlihy

Reviewed on October 11, 2025

I think there is forgetting and then there is forgetting, a more worrisome kind of forgetting. It's hard to sort it all out. I have lived in many places over the course of my life, but I forget much of the details of what happened. I sometimes have to look at my CV to remember what year I lived in a certain place, although I never seem to forget how long I lived in a place. One year here, two years there, four years somewhere. It's all a matter of perspective, and I have written about it many times in poems. Many things we don't need to remember, so I readily forget them. It's the things that we need to remember that we should remember. Your poem explores the topic well.