Nostalgia Diminished Hexaverse Poems

yosemite Sam
casper Friendly Ghost
huey Dewy Lou
grouchy Elmer Fudd
fastest road runner

bright bugs bunny
sweet daisy duck
chip and dale
Harvey comics

mickey mouse
underdog
wendy witch

sixties
cartoons

me...

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sixties memories
home town, Iowa
I was just a kid
riding upside down
on a loop-da-plane

4th of July
carnival ride
my pigtails fly
upside down sky

loving it
fuzzy blurs
screaming now

joyful
thrilling

fun...

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we were having fun
one of my best times
wiggle and giggle
preteens on the loose
he smiled at me

I felt tickled
wonderful day
frolicking now
hilarity

a gorgeous
wonderful
memory

happy
joyful
laugh...

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The Bridge Club Ladies
tasty jello cake
the house is spotless
Daddy disappears
We kids take the coats

games and prizes
great to get out
away from kids
a joyful time

silly fun
foolishness
cackling

giggles
kid-free

girls...

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yellow daisy chain
Birkenstocks sandals
ukuleles play
peace sign happy face
a hippie child

1960’s
Woodstock music
pass around bong
free love flowing

bell bottoms
hip-huggers
lava lamp

flower
child

love...

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Such uplifting news, 
Excitement galore,
University
Acceptance letter
Passed for all to see

The hopes and dreams
Child’s parents
Friends and neighbors
Realized now

Adventure
Excitement
Wings spreading

Joyful
Loving

news...

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Evil under the bed,
Bogeyman alive
Child barely three
Hair stands up on arms
Cannot sleep tonight

Calls for mommy
Calls for daddy
Calls more loudly
Someone comes now

Touch, cuddle
Hug, snuggle
Reassured

Sleep comes
Mom’s arms

Safe...

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Wilbur and Orville
inventors of flight
Poe and Steven King
inventors of fright
Disney and Hershey
brought us delight
flight fright delight
six men with dreams
made their dreams true
planes in air
the Raven
Mickey...

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watching the boob tube
not a waste of time
PBS is good
got me through grade school
use to watch Hunter
Virginia
on Friday nights
the step daughters
loved their Baywatch
eighty-six
world series
eyes were...

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at Holy Child School
I learn about God
met my best friend there
learn about baseball
and the other sports

three years was there
paddled third year
fighting classmate
then public school

religion 
wasn't...

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When the world disappoints
When your friends let you down
When the package’s too small
When the aches won’t subside
When the suds seem too dull
When your choice show...

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The snow becomes slush
its whiteness is gone,
it turns into rain
as people in grief.

Passing sails glide
like gondolas
in old Venice,
no lover sings.

Can sunset
bring surprise,
happiness...
with real hope?

Gladness
isn't found
here....

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Recollections waft
across my mind like
wisps of soft white spores - 
the vague remnants of
my memory’s threads.

Spring’s sun-gold heads
I now can‘t hold!
But glimpsing them,
I can recall....

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