Complete A Process for Recovering Memories at the end of “I Couldn’t Stop Watching.” You don’t have to do all ten of these—choose five to focus on. Follow the directions in Taking Notes for the First Poem, and then try POEM 1: A Childhood Memory. Try to limit your story to one scene or a single location and describe it in as much physical detail as you can. For this first poem, stick with prose rather than verse—that is, don’t worry yet about breaking your lines. We’ll get to that soon.