Nostalgia Dodoitsu Poems

the tangerine sun shone bright
passions were so much deeper
the pace of life much faster
kaleidoscopic

wonder and newness of joy
in the garden of dreaming
where sunset skies rained...

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Xmas post card kind of town
Quaint pedestal upon mount
Self sufficient opulence
Copters as school bus.

*...

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Poverty grot and grime
Have existed throughout time
A place where intellect and truth cannot shine
All of this is embodied on Isle 49

Segregated due to types and...

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A season ago we stood
in this spot where the pine grove
was greener than the thick grass,
we looked above and saw stars.


Then was a starlit August,
a...

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Wafting on the morning breeze,
During manufacturing
Our whole town enjoyed the scent.
Maxwell House Coffee.

Freshness permeating air.
Aroma percolating.
Infusing memories of…
Grandma’s coffee pot.

June 3, 2012
Dane Ann Smith-Johnen...

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My grandma in her garden
picking peas, beans and carrots
and digging up potatoes -
roast chicken for lunch.

For Sara’s Pleasant Childhood Memory contest...

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They came to take you away
Napoleon the fourteenth
We remember that ditty 
from decades ago.
...

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! How I remember you

filled with youth, mischief and lust

We shared wicked, sinful days;

And, (Oh God!) those nights!...

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He could not find the great sock
His own was small and lonely
On the dream filled night he saw
Father’s stocking hung

By Grace Williams, for the contest...

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Spelling a thing of the past,
Thank-you cards will disappear,
Cursive writing will be lost, 
No more postal mail.

Phone conversations are gone,
All temples of worship close,
Libraries lock...

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My heart writhes within my chest,
Calloused hands trace red velvet,
I daydream of tomorrow,
My world is a stage....

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