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Cassette Poems - Poems about Cassette


Premium Member Grateful Dead Cassette
To be sung to the tune of Little Red Corvette by Prince Roger Nelson I guess I should’ve known by the way you said, “you’ll get it back real soon” That I’d never see it again See, you’re the kinda person who listens to a tape and quickly loses it Like you might do with men I guess I...

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Categories: cassette, fun, humor, music,
Form: Lyric
The Cassette Player
A plastic shell, a humble, clunky friend, The cassette player till the very end. With buttons worn and maybe some dust ingrained, A portal to the music it contained. The gentle hiss before the notes took flight, A tangible start in dim or vibrant light. The whirring spools, a mesmerizing spin, Unraveling melodies from deep within. A...

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Categories: cassette, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme



an excerpt from the cassette
Since when does the film material collected not delete fully itself? I didn't saw himself, his crush wearing an white bracelet even though she didn't like him in romantic feelings though he delve, she was framed, I didn't see him, their communication was a full experience of sin, but I don't really remember any words, even a...

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Categories: cassette, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member That was Then, This is Now
Turn up the radio and ... It's the same ol' situation, The same songs, same band That raised my generation That was then, this is now Nothing's changed but my age, And four numbers, somehow On a calendar's page ... It happened again today In the store where I shopped, In the restaurant, I heard it play Proving the 80's never stopped That...

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Categories: cassette, age, appreciation, fun, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Both Sides of the Cassette
Both sides of the cassette the one that’s labeled ‘B’ I want to hear it all; I will be your shoulder let love be your downfall; Both sides of the cassette can I feel your silence? Your refrain I will learn so I can understand, speaking when it’s my turn; Both sides of the cassette the atomic anger...

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Categories: cassette, emotions, feelings, love, music,
Form: Monchielle Stanza



Cassette Tape
My brother found an old cassette Recorded several weeks Before our father died and yes, My dad both laughs and speaks. There was no voicemail then and so My mother did record A little message; thereby Both their voices have been stored. My mom talks first, with updates On my father’s health; I’d bet They had no clue how dire The situation soon would get. A visit...

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Categories: cassette, nostalgia, parents,
Form: Rhyme

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