Memoir as Nonfiction and Poetry

There are many ways to share your life experiences and stories with others. A memoir is a collection of life experiences or memories from the author's life. While similar to an autobiography, the memoir does not have to summarize the entire life but merely share glimpses into that life. In keeping with the rejection of rules and traditional forms of Modernism and Postmodernism in literature, a memoir does not have to take the form of prose; a memoir can be shared as poetry.