Nostalgia Cinquain Poems

rhythmic
melody flows
downbeats my emotions
murmuring purrs within my soul
heart felt...

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FORTIES PLAYTIME

Hopscotch
with whip and top
or marbles and five stones-
pastimes lost now in memory's
chasm.

Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2007...

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let us

drink the chartreuse

yellow green fields with our

eyes till we escape our ramparts

with wings 




-maria corado
5/16/18...

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concede,
give in, give up,
bend a little, comply
its far too late to turn around
backtrack
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Nostalgia  
Endearing, wistful 
Recalling, longing, reflecting, 
Remembering a cherished time
Beloved

Grief
Sorrowful, tragic
Mourning, desiring, paining 
Torpid from heart’s despair
Loss


for Dr. Ram's Cinquain Poetry Contest, 12/13/14...

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five lines
to make a sketch
in words of tree and book,
of sunset hour and rest, of fire
and star...

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Smash, Crash 
My brother has 
An eye for things.  Toy heads,
Balloons, Beauty doesn't last.
Until age sets in....

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There No Rest


I can't hear you
I can't see you
I must be losing my mind


Our sanity is losing it pace
Shall this trio fall into madness
Let us...

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pink gloam
a reflection
of sunsets long ago
mirroring my longing of days
gone by...

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Sunset
radio days
we knew all summer's tunes
but made our own rhythm after
twilight


For the 5 line max New or Old Poetry Contest of Rick Parise
March 31, 2023...

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Sagebrush
Windy redoubt
Green sentinels shielding
Enfilading rays pound ramparts
Stagecoach...

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postcards
tattered relics
soft paragraphs wailing
faint memoirs languishingly dampened...
boneless


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snow

coconut cushions

blanket the land

time stands still momentarily

silence...

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Curtains
Openings and closings
Drawing eyes in when raised
Brings fancy color to the stage
Drapes...

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Fireworks
Colorful Explosions
Erupting For All To View
Sparklers...

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