Nostalgia Choka Poems

foggy somber day
looking out over the pier
for maybe something someone
semblance of echo
deep inside to convince me
somehow i am not alone



AP: Honorable Mentoin 2022

Submitted on July...

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from the death of days
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Memories flood mind
Open wide breezeway airy
Neat well kept horses' gear hung
Horses turned to pasture
Ladderback chair waiting
The golden era's return

Contest:"Chair In Shadowed Room-Choka Form"
Sponsor:^Rick Parise...

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Darkness surrounds me
Memories of days past haunt
Existence as known
Gathering dust seems
Little penance for my life
Service I performed
Should I just whither
Crumble my stance to the floor
Will...

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Pain was half the fun
on a dirt-pile pyramid
topped with a slab of lumber
Bleeding, splintered hands
Black and blue behinds, scraped knees
Wounds gladly traded for joy

A discarded...

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After all these years
We meet again in this place
Where, with you I dreamed my dreams

There - safe in your arms
As you held me through the...

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Where has the sun gone?
With its bright rays spreading warmth
Opening blossoms.

Where has the breeze gone?
That spreads the moisture they need
Their thirst to appease.

Where has the...

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cherished clover green
coronet topped purple plume
search out the four-leafed sprite

eye to lawn outspread
taste of bee sweet blossom red
leprechauns key find

pressed between pages
still lucks’ keepsake enclosed
more...

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