Nostalgia Bio Poems

BYLINY: a nostalgia form'that which happened '

ADOLESCENT SCENES

during the Forties
       I was just a lad
growing up
   was...

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the class
   of summer fifty five
left to ply
   their business lives

the office     partners just two
pens  ...

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three thirty, exact
the bell
        jangled
gathered my coat
foregoing
  the afterschool
match

tuesday
  my weekly treat
   awaited on...

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dropping a shilling 
         .. in  the snug juke box
   playing   Haley...

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Senile
conversations
of long lost
  olden days
 forgotten stories
on repeat

Childhood-
remembered
  pictures
without perspective
  through a lens
close-up
just out of reach
yesterday's
  dreams...

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Shop bells tinkling from eight 'til late
queuing customers having to wait;
Thursday,closing at noon
opportunity to court and spoon.

Collection boxes built into walls,
gossiping ladies in their shawls;
Bells...

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Aboveboard
from the perch
In Spades
1st. Warning
Final Bell
Clean-up
Pause to review
Dolly Carry
Dolly Carryover
time keepers light
The Patina Variant
danger of exposure
Macadam Position
Both Acoustic(grasp and follow-up)
lacking the ability to follow-up
chain of...

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THE CUSTODIAN

The husband never forgave me
I'd given him a slim five hundred
He cashed his ticket in on a stormy day
I could not enjoy the song...

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I will always remember my Grandpa
he came home from the war a bit quiet
of course, I was not born yet . . . 

But...

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sunrise ripples 
across the lake
memories surface as I awake
deep-seated
memories-long
dead

amid the eerie dayspring light
yesterday's memories 
glow so bright
sepia memories
surface

portable
memories of love
the first kiss of love's bliss-
...

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a bouncing ball against a wall
        conkers bashed as Autumn falls
the swish of a skipping rope:

  ...

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FIVE MILES TO CHEDDINGTON

Clutching sandwiches, pencil and pop
we awaited the eight  forty-five,tickets
in hand;we scrambled aboard the

LMS, carriage, with  engine and van;
from the High...

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head to head
to
toe to toe
a love initiated
pure,long lasting 
as many years now show...

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I have many names for myself
And not just the ones you see
If you saw all of my personalities
You'd wanna turn tail and flee
Not all of...

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Took an old memory out and cried a little
Seems time has taken its toll
Remembered drag racing on the stretch
Beer party down at Devil’s Hole
Pack of...

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