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I love how this one builds and builds to a dramatic twist in the tail. It's really clever how you set the reader up, then turn it round. Fantastic and poignant.

Thank you for your comments Lesley. This poem was a homework piece for a writing workshop i used to attend. We were given the pattern but the words were 'Love is....' I thought listening to a dozen 'Love is...' poems could become monotonous so played around with it and decided on the word 'Remember' instead. I also broke the rules in the latter couple of stanzas to build the tension ie left out 2 of the 'Remember' s and added a line in the last verse. Why not have a go yourself? x

This is one of my favourite poems. I like the idea of lost love and having the intuition when something is not right even though being told the opposite. You put those ideas across very effectively.