Best Nostalgia Poems
Below are the all-time best Nostalgia poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of nostalgia poems written by PoetrySoup members
One Brief MomentLook...See how long nights are drawing in.
Dreary birdsong gradually abates -
Opaque dusk grows dim;
And just outside the creaky little garden
Gate,
Stood opposite the empty wood
Where the...
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Categories:
imagery, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow OldYou were beautiful,
my tiny child,
wrapped tightly in my arms,
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless,
you...
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Categories:
nostalgia, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
nostalgia,
Form:
Concrete
You Caught The WindI remember you, from when there was a spring
When the seasons were ripe, with verdant green
Our nimble feet danced in the wind
and on the brink...
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Categories:
nostalgia, death of a friend,
Form:
Free verse
winter's afterglowstars twinkled brilliantly
against majestic snow-capped mountains,
delicate pure white flakes danced;
swirling, twirling, rhythmically.
she stood, nose pressed tightly
against the window pane; gazing in awe
at the magic the...
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Categories:
nostalgia, angst, death, introspection, loss,
Form:
Free verse
My Darling Boy
Oh ...
Have you seen my darling boy,
blond hair, like corn...
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Categories:
nostalgia, analogy, boy, childhood, innocence,
Form:
Quatrain
This Song is for my MotherThis song is for my mother
Let her hear me cry
I couldn’t bring myself to write it
‘Til this darkened day arrived
A song about old promises
Made...
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Categories:
nostalgia, angst, death, dedication, depression,
Form:
Ballad
Stardust Road“Stardust Road.”
"Soft defense is driven by my thoughts,
I vanish away into yesterday’s scenic road,
Set the mood among the dark clouds,
Wish I could go back to...
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Categories:
adventure, nostalgia, travel,
Form:
Free verse
I Think Of You - At The Edge - 3
A reflection of the coloured pencil drawn sky
skates on the glass smooth surface below it.
While a rebellious group of shades take their positions
on a...
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Categories:
introspection, love, nature, nostalgia,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Loving YearsDark honey tanned skin glistens
From the moisture of humidity.
The ladies flirt shamelessly with
You, but your eyes...
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Categories:
nostalgia, autumn, beach, husband, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
life, love, nostalgia, sad,
Form:
Shape
When We Were RoyalsLeaning against the warmth of old oak,
I recall your sun burnt skin that summer.
As I let my fingers linger on the side of the...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
Things That Seemed PoeticThings that seemed poetic were always sad,
though I yearned for sparkle
and my dad's guffaw, which never came.
Familiar things were always drear --
repeated motions in the...
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Categories:
nostalgia, angst, childhood, death, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Autumn Reverie
Shifting haze, so slowly trailing
Through wood and field, now veiling
Melancholy skies, holding back the tears
With wild geese flying to meet other years.
Flames of crimson torches...
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Categories:
nostalgia, autumn, flying,
Form:
Rhyme
Under the Willow Trees
A path strewn thick with ruddy-faced leaves
led to nowhere and everywhere in fantasies,
our near-death rescue from boredom
...
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Categories:
nostalgia, childhood, death of a
Form:
Free verse
Acid Rain
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Categories:
music, nostalgia
Form:
Choka
TangibleWhat things does one possess
at journey's end?
What bits and bobs? What trivial tripe?
Please, do tell, what is the hype?
For should I recall anything at all
of...
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Categories:
nostalgia, philosophy, today, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
Love IsLove is a rainbow mirrored in the sky
Its free, its beautiful and tells no lies
A gleaming reflection
Upon the still of a pond
The dewy mist on...
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Categories:
nostalgia, beautiful, devotion, happiness, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
Her Grace, Soft As The Silence Of Morn's Falling DewHer Grace, Soft As The Silence Of Morn's Falling Dew
Her romantic letters, birth as heart pure and true
supported deep vows we both swore...
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Categories:
nostalgia, appreciation, art, beautiful, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Susurrus
Heart yearns for a remedy to help it unwind,
as thoughts drift to forgotten forests of the mind.
Distant visions with hues of a sepia tone,
soul senses...
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Categories:
nature, nostalgia,
Form:
Sonnet
Who I Would Bring BackWho would I bring back, if I had only one
Perhaps a great leader, Kennedy or Lincoln
Or I could choose a musical icon
Such as John Lennon...
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Categories:
memory, mother, nostalgia, woman,
Form:
Couplet
Sweet Spring SouvenirsNow, Spring an echo of a crazy dance
Its music still wrapping the soul in trance.
Sweet the taste of a season of pure feel
The scent...
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Categories:
nostalgia, friendship love, heart, how
Form:
Couplet
My Addingham(The memories are simple, living the feeling significant)
After conquering Beamsley Beacon due Southwest,
Rombald’s moor stood, while for centuries
within the valley the minute dwellings
of grey stone,...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
COMING BACK HOME
C ountry roots beckon regrets of past transgression
O ne way ticket meant to soothe my innermost obsession
M emories of you not fading with the passing...
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Categories:
forgiveness, home, love, nostalgia,
Form:
Acrostic
Dreaming With Butterflies
FLUTTER BY ...
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Categories:
butterfly, nature, nostalgia, seasons,
Form:
Concrete