Nostalgia High School Poems

My first car is starting to smell old
Like my grandparents house that they no longer live in
Reminds me of an antique store
With trinkets and wooden...

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I stand before it,
Something that was my present in past,
And is yesterday today,
Something that has become a memory at last.

A shade of yellow settled in...

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We didn’t know
‘Til time happened to decompose.
Missed my friends, classes, teachers
From two days to two years.

I want to go back.
Get your bags and go pack
Because...

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Oh, the 1990's,
songs by Seattle grunge,
and boy band's romanticism.
Daughter was a cheerleader beauty,
blonde effervescence.
Petite strength,
with her smile of enthusiasm,
tossed up in adolescent flight..
Friday night varsity...

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the ivy crunches ‘neath my boot
        cold sounds that crisp the winds
      ...

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Anxiously awaiting conclusions of trials
Dishonesty fading with passage of time
Veracity revealed in knowing smiles 
Poetry occluding the truth in a rhyme

Blissfully following my feet in...

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Off-season training
    running, lifting weights 
  Grueling workouts
    we loved to hate

  Pre-season practices
   ...

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Smoke ‘em if you got them.
Save the bottles for return.
That hippie needs a haircut.
What the hell’s a Lady Bird?
My Christmas tree had bubble lights, 
My...

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You are such a beautiful headache;
 so hard to get rid of.
My body wishes you would leave,
 but there's no cure to ward you off

Yet,your...

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MY FIRST OF WHEELS



Remember that sense of freedom?
Your keys, you free, in your very own teen-aged kingdom.

If older, like me, seats then, were made of...

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there's something in the breath of fall, so dear
    that churns the deepest province of my soul
     ...

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A football star with super speed,
Our prom king, Kyle, has gone to seed.
No longer likely to succeed,
He's out of work and hooked on weed.

Behind you's...

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Hugs
     Kisses
     Embraces
     Joyful Greetings
     Pleasant Memories
  ...

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Just Remembering

In a corner in her garden, sun hat leaning,
Traffic white noise backgrounded,
Sara dozes and dreams of life long ago
When she was young, so young.

She...

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The Reunion

I’ve been invited to a classroom reunion,
I can see my old chums over there.
Geordie Cockle has got a green suit on,
While Denver Crisp, is...

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