Dial-a-Phone Memories by Úna Saint James

Dial-a-Phone Memories

I wish we could ring up old memories and listen to the voice as it reiterates the stories.
Our index finger brushing through the yellow pages, “where’s the number I can dial to find the people
I haven’t seen in ages”.

Or maybe I’ll check the voicemail and listen to the ones I missed.
The memories I didn’t embrace because I was simply too selfish.

Then I’ll text my friends about the things that we did, and text the ones that didn’t make it about the
things that they missed.

I wish there was a Dial-a-Phone, so these memories were forever,
Maybe that's the one material thing that I would always treasure. 

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‘Úna’ is a new and upcoming writer from the Northwest of Ireland. She entered the poetry space back in August, after creating social media under the name Úna Saint James – a pseudonym that allows her to express her creativity, whilst maintaining some level of anonymity. Her writing is heavily influenced by the Irish greats such as Behan, Heaney and Yeats, as well as The Dubliners and Luke Kelly. So far, she has been published in the Train River Publishing Winter Anthology 2019 and continues to share her work online through various social media platforms. Twitter and Instagram - @ÚnaSaintJames