Remembrance
Remembrance - meaning Summary
Memory of Intimate Love
remembrance centers on how a single intimate moment can haunt memory. The speaker recalls the lover’s hands, the warmth of touch, and the anticipation that unsettles reason. When the moment passes, only the scent of love and the memory of closeness linger, and the speaker longs to relive the presence through recollection. The poem presents memory as a vivid, sensory force that sustains desire long after the encounter ends. It was published in 1975 in Maya Angelou’s Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well, emphasizing love, intimacy, and the enduring power of memory.
Read Complete AnalysesYour hands easy weight, teasing the bees hived in my hair, your smile at the slope of my cheek. On the occasion, you press above me, glowing, spouting readiness, mystery rapes my reason. When you have withdrawn your self and the magic, when only the smell of your love lingers between my breasts, then, only then, can I greedily consume your presence.
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