Nostalgia Poems - Examples of all types of nostalgia poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Those Days
I miss those days of hopscotch
Doing handstands against the wall
Skipping, riding bikes, running free
Playing with friends…. having a ball!
Those days of youthful exuberance and excitement
Of joyful simplicity personified
Not knowing then its true beauty and...
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Categories:
children, happiness, nostalgia, simple,
Form: Rhyme
I did half a cart wheelI did half a cart wheel
once pooped a quarter
don't ask
OK, i also tried the dog food
the crunchy stuff wasn't bad
I'll still eat the last cookie
and love taking the large strawberry
that sits atop the display
whenever...
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Categories:
humor, life, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
When Silence SpeaksThis poem is written for the "When Silence Speaks" poetry contest.
Date Submitted: 07/05/2024
the air conditioner soothing my heated skin,
fire brick curtains with their red dyed orange
bumblebee rays peeking through gaps in between,
they have so...
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Categories:
change, metaphor, mirror, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Town Full Of SoundTown Full Of Sound
I use to live in
A town full of sound
With Roller Coasters
And Merry Go Round
Horns would blast
To sound an alarm
I use to live in
A town full of sound
I use to live...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
ephemeralAlways wrote about everything but myself
It's difficult to be honest although ephemeral
I'm failing at everything I try because of you
I can't keep my focus when you're lingering
The back of my mind has been caged off...
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Categories:
nostalgia, 12th grade, allegory, angel,
Form: Free verse
record brokenNot ready to be thrown away,
like those memories made
it's not broken,
long as it's loved.
Can't you feel them?
lands and grooves in circle's run..
feels I've known you since the day you were born,
though the...
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Categories:
missing, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
The Seasons of Our LoveOn summer nights
Nostalgia's muse revives
Scent of jasmine
Fig tree fragrance fuses
Memories meander
Minty ice cream flavours
Add sweetness to hungry kisses
Star gazing to cricket symphony
Roof top whispers of love's infinity
Days drenched with salty waves
Sun flared skin...
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Categories:
longing, lost love, nostalgia,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Remembering Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmRebecca of Sunnybrook farm was a book and a movie in the thirties
Way back in the day, actually past my day, into my mother’s day.
If you do not know who Shirley Temple is, please look...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
WASTE NOT - WANT NOTIn those days we had to make do and mend.
Milk bottles we would rinse out and return.
Kellogg’s cartons we collect for children
to cut and paste and learn creative art.
Rinsed food cans collected by rag-bone man.
Last...
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Categories:
england, nostalgia,
Form: Blank verse
A Love Nostalgia Epilogue
Written: May 2nd, 2024
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Quixotic quest quiddity
As dusk sapidity emerges,
Casting a shadow
Weeping waves smash
in foamy scatters;
seraphic strophic sojourn
groans...
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Categories:
inspirational, love, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Stars in Her Eyes Mirror
The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you ~ Rumi
Pouring forth from the light in her eyes, I see my heart spilling salty tears – they glisten, then subside. Where she’s been,...
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Categories:
nostalgia, beautiful, blessing, dance, encouraging,
Form: Haibun
Enthralling MomentFeel peaceful moment
Space filled with sunshine, wind
And chirping of birds....
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Categories:
freedom, nature, nostalgia, sensual,
Form: Haiku
Serendipity of a Lost SoulBurned by dawn of brand new light
I drift back into primal night
to find upon my dreams a dance
in wait to be
restored by chance.
...
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Categories:
nostalgia, dark, dream, introspection, light,
Form: Lyric
grandpas new toygrandpa was excited about his new toy
he brought us to his den, he was bursting with joy
what is it? We asked him, for none of us knew
he laughed until he was crying, but he was...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Panoramic BeautyThe view at the peak
Is like bride's wedding dress
To old-school clique....
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Categories:
beauty, nature, nostalgia, perspective,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Nostalgia Poems
Definition | What is Nostalgia in Poetry?
Poems Related to Nostalgia
longing, sentimentality, remorse, yearning, homesickness, reminiscence, schmaltz, wistfulness, pining, fond memories, hearts and flowers, tear jerker,