Emotional Reader

I read extensively but do not retain

Most information, I cannot explain

In detail what I have just read

I tend to make associations instead

With my existing emotions-therefore

I remember what appeals to my emotions more

Facts I forget as quickly as I read

I cannot talk knowledgeably indeed

About the contents of a book, but I don’t forget

If a book has made me exceptionally angry or upset

Or if a book has made me feel positive in a way profound

I am likely to carry forever those memories around

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I connect with the words in a book, and then they

Get lodged in my memory where they stay

For easy retrieval when I feel a similar sentiment

I remember old words in the context present

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Yes I envy those who can remember and convey

The information they have read in a coherent way

I wonder why in that category I do not fall

Large bytes of information why do I fail to recall?

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Maybe that is why reading that moves me

Inspires me to incorporate it into my poetry

I read, I feel, I imbibe new ideas and thoughts

Eventually into my verses those ideas are brought..