Nostalgia Garden Poems

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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When last the lilacs blossomed there
Outside my childhood home
The losses I would come to bear
Were hitherto unknown 

When last the lilacs blossomed there
Beneath the shady...

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amazing grace ~ apricot sunblaze
blushing bride ~ breath of life
crimson shower ~ coral dawn
darling flame ~ dreaming spires
English red ~ elegance 
fond memories ~ faithful...

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It was a rite 
for a boy back then,
a stirring that welled up
when the weather 
turned cool and the ground
had been loosened 
with a little...

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I've searched nearby hillocks and sand.
They've gone missing sooner than late:
no wildflowers to perk barren land,
gypsy flowers by garden gate.

Where are those tiny violets
that snuggled...

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The old rusty gate opens to 
                  ...

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Squeezing hands
  Winking eyes
Making faces
  Going places!

Delighting in found-gardens
  Wedged into settings urban
The world about us, wholly ours
  Strangers' smiles, no...

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I made you a vow of paradise
Though I knew I could not find the time
To show you how much I cared and treasured
The sincerity of...

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Willow tree in light 
and shade bows to the new day.
Ash of creation....

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my mother forced me into a garden when I was twelve
I did it grudgingly, prepared the soil, spread seeds
She forced me to water this ugly...

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Fragrant lilacs with flowers
                     ...

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The Old Garden Swing


The old garden swing creaking to and fro,
holding treasured memories of long ago.
Familiar faces, young and old
emerge from the past and start...

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Fragrant lovely pink roses in the month of May
Pretty marigolds also in my sight
I’m in grandma’s garden so fine.
Spy little butterfly
Day is beautiful and the...

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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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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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