Nostalgia Kimo Poems

Yes, but me some peanuts and cracker jacks
Take me out to the ballgame
A song that makes me smile...

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all time foolishly taken for granted
in hindsight ever fleeting
once spent forever gone 



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~CLOUDS MEANDER~ 2020

AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on January...

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with sterling pen in hand and splintered heart
the poems flow day after day
beneath the old white birch



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted for CONTEST NO.380 sponsored by...

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that part of my heart will always be yours
no more than fond memories
yet a worthy keepsake



AP: 3rd place 2021

Posted on November 14, 2017...

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braving snowstorms in heavy winter coat
dreams of summer starry night
watermelon slushie



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on October 14, 2017 for contest ALCOHOL sponsored by THVIA SHETLEY...

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Visiting Dad's grave in bite of winter--

                 charmed locket...

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Into the mouth of a mountain's darkness,
the past is fading away,
still clinging to the sun





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3/15/15...

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As the falling rain trickles on window
The sound had come back again
In this quiet down room

A canvass created through my window
Tracing heart with my finger
Slowly...

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Down the old road a lantern turns ash-gray
bulb angled  like pendulum
clinging on darkened sill.

With rainfall drowning the fragrance of trees,
my eyes grow weeds as...

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Path was covered over with freezing snow
The beauty is astounding
White and cold to the touch

The trees hold a touch of this miracle
Powdered on the soft...

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electric abdominal sensation
pendulum’s cresting action…
gravity’s attraction...

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A purple plateau awaits a young dream

perched upon the watch tower

a time of freedom , love...

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Energetic laughter, happy to live
Float like vapor, swinging limbs
Entertain viewers, o'er...

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Lost Pasts

Nostalgia follows the heart back through time.
Fantasy pasts seem better.
I ask, “Are lost dreams real?”

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 20, 2010

Poetic form: Kimo...

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An antique beauty poses, long gone now
Her form is stranded in time
The canvas is fading....

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