Yann Rolland Poet Free verse

youth

Imagine, 
You’re skating in Central Park,
You’re 18,
Girls are pretty,

Imagine, 
You are licking an ice cream
At Time Square,
You’re 18,

You’re  18
Imagine 
your poem is famous ;
aired on radio,

Imagine, 
You’re skating in Central Park,
You’re 18,
Girls are pretty,

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Joe Maverick February 28, 2026 at 9:56 PM I'm with you here Yann..Specially on girls being pretty..And me being 18...) WAKE UP JOE.!!!! Oh yes.' Oh no..' Well there we go))))

Sara Kendrick February 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM Well, that would have been 63 years ago so that is hard to imagine, and I would have had to imagine young men were handsome. I never could skate, but the ice cream was delicious back then as it is now. It would have been nice to have been writing poetry back then and get recognized. LOL..Sara K..

Karen Jones February 24, 2026 at 7:24 AM If only life was as we imagined in our fondest dreams! Or is it vise versa? Lol enjoyed your engaging poem!

Arthur Vaso February 23, 2026 at 12:13 AM Oh Yann, this is hearsay!!!!! no no no no no, one must imagine he is in Paris, I just had a heart attack!!!! LOL of course I am teasing!!!! Joe Maverick February 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM No lets stay with time and space being immaterial.??? Hold on!! But they are...I think just stay in the daydream.? And any philop-histine who dissagrees?? Well who Cares about them anyway?? I've never met one yet..'

John Loving Iii February 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM I wish I could Go back. Yann Rolland February 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM me too, John, with all i know now, thanks

Paige Hind February 17, 2026 at 9:40 AM ah, youth.... things we could and couldn't change, still magic in those days

Valsa George February 17, 2026 at 5:43 AM We all like to imagine that we are still youthful making adventurous ride, dallying with pretty girls and enjoying ice cream. Yaan, you took me back to my younger days. Yann Rolland February 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM thank you so much valsa, this is the idea of the poem, celebrating youth and innocence, wishes

Victor Buhagiar February 17, 2026 at 1:15 AM To be young again! Would it change my life? Yann Rolland February 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM really don't know victor, but it could help, wishes

Evelyn Judy Buehler February 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM Such a pleasant poem, replete with joys of youth! Lovely, Yann. :) Yann Rolland February 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM thank you so much evelyn

Kim Rodrigues February 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM Feeling lucky - famous and young. Made me smile, yes, even the ice cream! Yann Rolland February 17, 2026 at 2:11 AM thanks Kim, for the warm words and support wishes

sara Etgen-Baker February 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM a dreamy, well-written verse :-) Yann Rolland February 17, 2026 at 2:11 AM thanks a lot sara

Andrea Dietrich February 15, 2026 at 11:10 AM That would be line a line I heard in a pail Simon song. "My sweet little imagination" Yann Rolland February 17, 2026 at 2:12 AM thanks andrea, will seek this song, i love the singer too wishes

Gershon Wolf February 14, 2026 at 10:14 PM Hmm. Many of us on this site, require quite an overactive thyroid -- a real leap off of the map of reality -- to imagine being 18 and/or around 'pretty girls.' LOL. Glad you can dream it up, though. Arthur Vaso February 23, 2026 at 12:14 AM Many Palestinians can not imagine that,they are dead. Yann Rolland February 17, 2026 at 2:13 AM thanks gershon, i feel some regrets too, thanks for the touching comment wishes