This poem reminds me of the movie "Up"

Here is the poet Naomi Shihab Nye reading her poem The Art of Disappearing

(The entire transcript of this interview can be found here, and this is where I looked for the words of the poem)
One of the lines goes "You're trying to remember something/ too important to forget."  This reminds me of the line that Russell says to Carl about something he used to do with his dad, and he says "That might sound boring, but I think the boring stuff is the stuff I remember the most." (That line taken from the movie's IMDb page.)  This bit really resonates in me, and that's why I instantly thought of it when I read Nye's words.

To me this poem is all about treasuring the ordinary, seemingly mundane stuff of life.  Sure, it's easy to remember the big moments, the ones that come with fireworks and parades and musical tributes by today's hottest artists.  I think that every day there are moments or events that are both ordinary and miraculous/special; last week while I was on a bus there was a man sitting behind me who got up a few minutes before his stop (the bus was pretty empty) to tell a young mother that he'd had a lousy day but seeing her baby (couldn't have been more than 9 months old) cheered him up, what with his smiling and cooing.  That was kind of a Precious Moment to me, and I found it notable but at the same time it's only a little anecdote within the annals of Stuff That I Witnessed On The Bus Ride Home. Not that the ride is always exciting or eventful-- this was a pretty eventful bus ride for me-- but every ride is the same route but it's a different experience.

Oh!-- also I really like the first line of this poem.