Nostalgia Family Poems

Trailing clouds of glory do we come
The magical moments of childhood
When we felt at one with the universe
Spinning dizzily with delight

Or with more of horrible...

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from your first born, when you grab a dusting of talc, crushed with late night feeds, stirring in bouncing and stories on a knee,

adding a...

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Time passes, conversation and music ends,
light refracts, shimmers in water, bends.
Nails grow, hair lengthens, heads turn and bones break,
stems wilt, gardens overgrow, clouds regurgitate water...

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- in those moments, it shines.
The nostalgia of an upside down
world glinting up through hourglasses of years,
a mark impressed upon flesh; a scar harbouring
simple childhood...

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Christmas was really rocking                     ...

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Verse 1:
In the heart of Thanksgiving's traditions, beneath God's vast, crystal blue,
Families gather 'round His table, a quilt of memories old and new.
The harvest moon,...

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My childhood of the 1960's,
all those years ago,
feels like a Saturday in my
journey nostalgic.
The Cowsill's song "Flower Girl,"
their purity of song, of smiles.
A daydream streams,
of...

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October’s here with her crisper air
As nights draw closer, warmth to share. 
Colours turn to red and gold
That brighten days of frosty cold. 
The smells...

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I visited my grandparents today.
Their home has never changed
in all the years I’ve visited
since my life began.

The white ceiling is stained
in shades of orange and...

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Father’s toes are steel-capped,
Rough, worn-out leather, a layer
Of thick polish that cracks 
With each bend, each step.

His feet carry a child’s weight,
A bundle of laughter...

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Words I’ve heard my whole life
Poor old David, poor old Michael, poor old daddy

If you’re from the heart of Appalachia, these are…
Words that mean the...

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It’s quite a thing to lay a life to rest,
to place rocks over roots rotten with age,
cover leaves once green with soil, sodden from rain.

Conceived...

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For Aunt Sharon, my friend


I called her my aunt, but she was more
She was a friend who my heart did adore,
She was a helper in...

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Remember (smiling) when:
You, me, the children then
Being out on the farm.

We were out tumbling in the yard, 
We had all tumbled so much
The fun we...

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Wireless switched off
memories flooding the airways 
hand on a worried shoulder
"we prepared for this".
Sentimental possessions 
letters for the beyond
"leave the keys"
crowded streets, 
face the madness
holding...

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