Nostalgia Candy Poems

Sixty years have passed.
No one knew how to spell its name.
No one knew when it first opened.
It was forever, like the infernal summer heat.
It stands...

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Chink! One quarter in the machine ...
Crank! Crank! Crank!
Gumballs tumble ...
Plunk! ... I got one! ... Open the door.
Why was it always ...
Never the color...

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You have been on my mind
Since I saw you last night.
Lying there on the shelf,
So innocently.
Your orange wrappings
Caught my eye
And never let go.

I walked right...

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Lyricvixen's Dark Cherry Blueberry Chocolate Ice Cream (Low-Calcium)(not-vegan) )

11.1 oz - (OR - 330ml or four 1/3 cups) Embe Coconut Milk -
   ...

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Where are my old white corsets
  Right next to your candy cigarettes

Hey! We didn't get today's edition of 'Grit'
  It's canceled. They use...

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See the bright lights of the Carnaval.
I wander with the marvels 
In of my sights of beautiful balloons,
stuffed animals capers
popcorn reeks
cotton candy melts
I see the...

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vintage coin bank
dispensing
cash for tootsie rolls



posted on February 28, 2021...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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(Contest entry: Poet’s October Pantoum...)

Trick or Treat
(Ghosts)

These ghosts have walked the streets before,
their hollow eyes embarking for the light;
the streets are glad they’re here once...

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Candy corn! Candy corn!
I want nothing else in my Halloween bag
but mounds of candy corn!
I could Trick or Treat all night
and then stay out until...

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one two three
my all time favorite
fancy and bright
pretty to look at

delish on my tongue
sprinklings of sugar
squishy between my teeth
yummy on my lips

spearmint delights
refreshing jujubes
perfect molded...

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red green purple
and black candy shoelaces
hanging down his chin



posted on June 29, 1018...

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halloween costumes
back home comparing our loot
ready for sweet dreams



AP: 3rd place 2022

Posted on June 27, 2018...

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elvis
love me tender
with caramel kisses



posted on June 24, 2018...

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so smooth
and
      even:
a flippant
of
  yesterday
contentment
coupled
with
   continuity
and
sepia
  remembrances..
uncovered
from
     memory

Inspired by youtube theme from...

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