Analysis of “At the Stern of a Ship,” focusing on how maritime imagery, metaphor, and paradox convey themes of memory and separation.
Metaphor and Paradox in Neil D. Lopido’s “At the Stern of a Ship”
Tag: memory
Method of Loci
A poem addressing the vagaries and impact of Alzheimer’s on my father.
The Gardener
Following a family’s long-time gardener, Westin Yeled who discovers something that haunts him, and rocks his tiny world.
Words and Swords
The battle between words and swords. The infinite power of words pitched against force and violence.
Left Overs
I wrote this after washing dishes by hand one day.
The One Who Remembers
She’s the last one alive who remembers. Her hair is grey and shining. And her skin is barely wrinkled, a rose-pink that’s also petal-soft.
Memories
A poem about the things we remember and those we forget.
Who are we?
Are we
who we were
By the Strait
A work of allegorical fiction following a girl named Glauca as she navigates a world on the brink of the ocean while contending with memory and loss.