Posts Tagged With: Forgetfulness

unremembered things

Posted on 31/03/2026 by Nightpoet

“Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.”

~ Romare Bearden ~

Photo taken in July 2024.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Confusion, Forgetfulness, Life, Memory, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Remember, Thought, Unremembered Things | 1 Comment

season of silence

Posted on 08/01/2026 by Nightpoet

“I said nothing for a time, just ran my fingertips

along the edge of the human-shaped emptiness

that had been left inside me.”

~ Haruki Murakami ~

Photo taken in Winter 2002.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Animosity, Carrion Crow, Cold, Darkness, Death, Emotions, Forgetfulness, Hapless, Helpless, Hopeless, Labyrinth, Laughter, Life, Loathing, Memories, Past, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Purgatory, Seasons, Shadows, Silence, Snow, Struggle, Summer, Survive, Time, Trust | 1 Comment

some have learned to cheat

Posted on 29/12/2025 by Nightpoet

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world –

not even our troubles.”

~ Charlie Chaplin ~

Photo taken in Paestum, Italy in 1996

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Brick, Cheat, Creativity, Dark, Death, Evanesce, Forgetfulness, Humanity, Life, Light, Memories, Molecules, Monuments, Mortar, Music, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Time, Words | 1 Comment

only embellished

Posted on 28/10/2025 by Nightpoet

“A man stays alive as long as he is remembered.

He is killed only by forgetfulness.”

~ Richard Basehart ~

Photo taken in October 2025.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Embellished, Fade, Forgetfulness, Hurry, Life, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Remembered, Resurrected, Revived, Time, Toil, Worry | 1 Comment

the skin shedding the snake

Posted on 23/08/2025 by Nightpoet

“Love hath made thee a tame snake.”

~ William Shakespeare ~

Photo taken in 1967.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Corners, Dusty, Engulfing, Evolving, Fade, Fingered, Forgetfulness, Intense, Life, Linger, Love, Moments, Notes, Passion, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rare, Shedding, Skin, Snake, Treasured | 1 Comment

forget their names

Posted on 09/08/2025 by Nightpoet

“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards…”

~ Lewis Carroll ~

Photo of street art taken in Paris in May 2015.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Bittersweet, Coda, Forgetfulness, Life, Love, Memories, Midsummer, Names, Nothingness, Paris, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Silence, Street Art, Sun, Sunlight, Tart, Time, Tongue | 1 Comment

things to look forward to

Posted on 02/04/2025 by Nightpoet

“Old age is a shipwreck.”

~ Charles de Gaulle ~

Photo taken in Paris in July 2013.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Ache, Breath, Check Engine Light, Death, Empty, Energy, Forgetfulness, Kneeling, Life, Memories, Muscles, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Senses, Sight, Sleep, Smell, Sound, Steps, Taste, Time, Wake Up | 1 Comment

the dark forest of forgetfulness

Posted on 22/03/2025 by Nightpoet

“Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.”

~ Plutarch ~

Photo taken in Paris in May 2013.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Death, Diseases, Faculties, Forest, Forgetfulness, Gift, Gratuity, Isolation, Journey, Life, Neglect, Nice, Old Age, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Surprise, Time, Walk | 2 Comments

auld

Posted on 01/01/2025 by Nightpoet

“The tragedy of growing old is

not that one is old but that one is young.”

~ Oscar Wilde ~

000 auld

Photo taken in Paris in May 2018.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Bangles, Baubles, Beads, Death, Dreams, Dust, Fathoms, Folly, Forgetfulness, Golden Watch, Life, Oblivion, Old Age, Pages, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Time, Trivialities, Truffles, Unknown, Unloved, Unrepentant, Wise, Wonders | 1 Comment

unremembered things

Posted on 27/11/2024 by Nightpoet

“Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.”

~ Romare Bearden ~

000 unremembered things

Photo taken in July 2024.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Confusion, Forgetfulness, Life, Memory, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Remember, Thought, Unremembered Things | 1 Comment

these days

Posted on 20/04/2024 by Nightpoet

“These days I seem to think a lot about

the things that I forgot to do…”

~ Jackson Browne ~

Photo taken in 1990.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Calendar, Clueless, Clues, Days, Death, Degeneration, Forgetfulness, Graying, Imagine, Jungle, Life, Mirror, Nearsighted, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Sojourn | 1 Comment

réminiscences

Posted on 03/03/2023 by Nightpoet

“Every man’s memory is his private literature.”

~ Aldous Huxley ~

000 réminiscences 1

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art taken in Paris in June 2018.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Digital Imagery, Existence, Feelings, Forgetfulness, Images, Impressions, Labyrinth, Lepidopterist, Mazes, Meaninglessness, Memories, Mind, Moments, Mosaic, Moths, Net, Oblivion, Paris, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Street Art, Thoughts, Wings | 1 Comment

these days

Posted on 04/02/2023 by Nightpoet

“These days I seem to think a lot about the things that I forgot to do…”

~ Jackson Browne ~

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in 1990.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Calendar, Clueless, Clues, Days, Death, Degeneration, Digital Imagery, Forgetfulness, Graying, Imagine, Jungle, Life, Mirror, Nearsighted, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Sojourn | 1 Comment

season of silence

Posted on 21/08/2022 by Nightpoet

“I said nothing for a time, just ran my fingertips along the edge

of the human-shaped emptiness that had been left inside me.”

~ Haruki Murakami ~

000 season of silence 1

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Winter 2002.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Animosity, Carrion Crow, Cold, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Forgetfulness, Hapless, Helpless, Hopeless, Labyrinth, Laughter, Life, Loathing, Memories, Past, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Purgatory, Seasons, Shadows, Silence, Snow, Struggle, Summer, Survive, Time, Trust | 1 Comment

SEASON OF SILENCE

Posted on 15/10/2019 by Nightpoet

“I said nothing for a time,

just ran my fingertips along the edge

of the human-shaped emptiness

that had been left inside me.”

~ Haruki Murakami ~

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in 2002.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Animosity, Carrion Crow, Cold, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Forgetfulness, Hapless, Helpless, Hopeless, Labyrinth, Laughter, Life, Loathing, Memories, Past, Photography, Poetry, Purgatory, Seasons, Shadows, Silence, Snow, Struggle, Summer, Survive, Time, Trust | 1 Comment

MATIN DANS LE BORDEL

Posted on 07/10/2018 by Nightpoet

“Use your life to wake yourself up.”

~ Pema Chodron ~

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a painting taken in October 2018.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Ardour, Bordel, Chemise, Desire, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Forgetfulness, Heart, Life, Love, Lust, Memories, Morning, Night, Passion, Photography, Poetry, Sex, Thirst | 1 Comment

RÉMINISCENCES

Posted on 22/08/2018 by Nightpoet

“Every man’s memory is his private literature.”

~ Aldous Huxley ~

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in Paris in June 2018.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Digital Imagery, Existence, Feelings, Forgetfulness, Images, Impressions, Labyrinth, Lepidopterist, Mazes, Meaninglessness, Memories, Mind, Moments, Mosaic, Moths, Net, Oblivion, Paris, Photography, Poetry, Street Art, Thoughts, Wings | 1 Comment

Posts Tagged With: Forgetfulness

“Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“I said nothing for a time, just ran my fingertips

along the edge of the human-shaped emptiness

that had been left inside me.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world –

not even our troubles.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“A man stays alive as long as he is remembered.

He is killed only by forgetfulness.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“Love hath made thee a tame snake.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards…”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“Old age is a shipwreck.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“The tragedy of growing old is

not that one is old but that one is young.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“These days I seem to think a lot about

the things that I forgot to do…”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“Every man’s memory is his private literature.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“These days I seem to think a lot about the things that I forgot to do…”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“I said nothing for a time, just ran my fingertips along the edge

of the human-shaped emptiness that had been left inside me.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“I said nothing for a time,

just ran my fingertips along the edge

of the human-shaped emptiness

that had been left inside me.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“Use your life to wake yourself up.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

“Every man’s memory is his private literature.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

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