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Free Verse · Love

Memorised

by The QuillOak Editors

1I could find you in the dark

2by the sound of your breathing,

3in a crowd by the way you stand,

4in a city by the light you leave on.

5I have stopped needing maps.

6I have you memorised.

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Poem
Memorised
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
6 lines
Form
Free Verse, Short Poems
Themes
Love, For Her, Short

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The QuillOak Editorstoday
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QuillOak originalMemorised, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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