I used to write all the time! Poems upon poems and stories. But I stopped for a year and now that I want to start again, I've got writer's block and I feel like I've forgotten everything. Any advice?

Oh but love, you haven’t forgotten any of it! It’s all just in files in the back of your mind just waiting to be dusted off. All you have to do is reflect and revisit those memories! Try going to places that you’ve been before that you remember good things from. Listen to music that you love but haven’t listened to in some time! Do things that you used to do but haven’t found the time to do or haven’t realized you stopped doing them! Stay active! That’s what helps me. But what helps me may not help you, but I hope it does! I just always have to think, think and think some more. If I’m not speaking it, I’m thinking it. Or better yet, I’m writing it. Start off simple. Maybe with a little diary entry. Keep writing as much as you can. Even if you think it’s ridiculous. No one has to see it but you. Only when you’re ready should you show it to the world. You will be ready soon, you just have to focus and try. People say writers shouldn’t force themselves, but if you are taking that advice and still not writing, shouldn’t you try something new for a change?