Nostalgia List Poems | Examples
These Nostalgia List poems are examples of List poems about Nostalgia. These are the best examples of List Nostalgia poems written by international poets.
Pennies dropped on the sidewalk
Teens who hate to text, love to talk
A watch that tells time
A beggar who asks for a dime
Stray kittens that jump in your arms
Surgeons who think, ‘First do no harm’
Stay-at-home moms who make their kids’ lunch
Guilt-free calorie-laden desserts to munch
Policemen who smile at old ladies and kids
Glass jars filled with ladybugs and twigs
Do you remember like I do,
the way we’d jump with giddy—
Or how we’d grit our teeth,
waiting for something to happen?
Your feeling,
A pulse that nipped the green off my leaves,
like I was holding something in my mouth,
something I couldn’t swallow.
A space between urge & action.
A pause before the pull,
where everything hangs,
and nothing falls.
A candle-age dream,
showing me how to walk.
A guardian spirit,
with the grace to talk.
Fishing for a whale,
to break the tide.
Pockets full of change from the wrong time—
I should trade them like marbles,
so that in hopscotch,
I only worry about tripping.
red rover
dodgeball
the ghost is out tonight
badminton
tetherball
marbles
skates
bikes
trikes
picnics
memories of my childhood
obscure now
children are inside
staring at screens
Take me back to that girl in the keyhole,
take me to my childhood vacation;
Take me back to the sand dunes,
take me to that old mini golf course;
I’d surely hit another hole in one;
Take me back to a Top Forty sound,
take me to the bliss before algorithms;
Take me back to the mid Atlantic coast,
take me back to a familiar shoreline;
For sure I’d find my feet again;
Take me back to that innocence,
take me to the ease of those days;
Take me back with a sunburn
then take me out for ice cream;
Take me back to the year in that keyhole,
take me back to a simpler time.
Gluttonous screen helpings of
‘A long time ago in a galaxy far far away..’
Lime boombox with Madonna singing,
‘Only when I’m dancin’ can I feel this free.’
Bread and butter of a pig tail soul;
My base bricks, these memories built me;
Grew up drawn to creativity,
carved my yearbook space unequivocally;
Walked with sweet n’ sour hooligans
who chose to live life differently;
Relentless teen of the DMV,
I learned the ropes on the trains of the city;
A poet with a head full of dreams,
and some of them I have made come true;
Ever changing but my roots are strong,
adaptable but loyal I forever stay;
Illuminating that smile I wore as a kid
are all the core memories that built me.
Tag
Hide-and-seek
Duck-duck-goose
Jump Rope
Hula hoop
Hopscotch
Pitcher-catcher
Running bases
Steal the bacon
500
Whiffle-ball
Kill-a-ma-roo
Games we played
~ Me and you
Premiered at The Empatheater, Kenosha, WI – 11/4/1991
ACT 1
A Will of Its Own
Autumn’s Blessing
Lejna Tasha Belle
All the Way Home
Nativity Window
Marley Plays the Bottom Line
Sideman’s Serenade
Someday Train
Existential Nostalgia
ACT 2
Traveling People
Cross the River
Cantina Dream
Keepsake
Once Upon a Future
Gospel Plough
ACT 3
The Harbor at Lorient
Portrait of Sonia
Le Chemin de Fer
Bather Arranging Her Hair
Octavia
Hey Baby
Live your truth
Dance your wild
Shave your head
Blue hair will be in eventually
So keep it
Mistakes are the best way to learn
Be easy on yourself
Enjoy your teeth
Brush them more often
Even if your gums bleed
I am in your court
You will live a lot longer than you think
Do the fun stuff now
Your knees will break later
And your ankles will get arthritis
And you will stop dancing
So prance and hop and skip and sing
Live your truth
Shout your ideas
Follow your heart
Never be afraid to be yourself.
I am proud of you
We will meet in fifty years
Phew,what a sudden calamity
I have mere sixteen minutes to save my dearest possessions
So ,now I will wear spring beneath my feet
And here I go
I would save all important documents and certificates of my family
Then I would gather all our family albums that have all the memories
Slipped forever eons away from our lives
I would run to fetch my parents wedding attires
So close to their hearts
Then I would jump upon my siblings favourite glares and watch sets
Pictures of idols my mother worships at dawns and dusks
I would grab my poem diaries and erasers full of my lost adolescence laughters
Finally holding my cell phone I would come out of my home to call the fire brigade station
20/02/2019
Photographs
Moving pictures
Talking pictures
TV
Motion pictures
Records 45’s, 33’s,
Cameras and film
Colored photographs
Cassette tapes
Colored TVs
8 Track Tapes
Video cameras
VHS Tapes
Floppy Discs
Cameras with digital discs
CDs
I-pods
I-phones
With
a built in camera
That works better
Than my four hundred dollar Nikon,
Face-time, which reminds us of George Jetson,
Text messages - the only way some of our offspring "talk" to us.
What is next?
I-cars?
Steering wheel Bluetooth, and movies in cars is already here.
My truck is so old…
When I buy gas, I get a free Flintstone glass.
So old that mold has my truck growing on it.
So old that when I bought it used I found Betty White`s prom dress under
the seat.
So old pot holes cover up when they see me coming.
So old, all it`s parts have "if found," return address labels.
So old my seatbelt is my Mother`s right arm.
So old Moon river`s the only song on the radio.
So old it has a Nixon/Agnew bumper sticker.
My truck is so old that when I go in for an inspection, I have to come back
the next day... After they`ve stopped laughing.
Slide-out Coke machines
Bubble gum baseball cards
Superman/Batman comics
Full service gas stations
25 cents a gallon
Dial phones
AM radio
Fats Domino
Black & white TV
Rabbit-ear antennae
Three channels
I Love Lucy
Drive-in movies
Double dating
Drive-in diners
10 cent hot dogs
Saddle Oxfords
Penny Loafers
Vacation bible school
Homemade playgrounds
Barefoot summers
A dollar was a fortune...
No cable
No Internet
No cell phones
No problem...
ENCYCLOPAEDIA
A - BOA, is where I found stuff on Asian midges
BOA – CON showed me the way they build bridges
COO – FLO was a cooking lesson in foods sweet and spicy
FLO - ISIS flu meant influenza – a major discovery
ISIS – NAV all the details of Naval history
NAV – SCA the first encounter with radiant energy
SCA – ZWI simply meant understanding syzygy
Slide-out Coke machines
Superman/Batman comics
10 cent hot dogs
AM radio
Black & white TV
Rabbit-ear antennae
Bubblegum baseball cards
Tinny speakers at drive-in
Drive-in diners
Vacation bible school
Barefoot summers
Homemade playgrounds
A quarter made you rich...
I dream up answers as I choose a mind
I spend decay and then I pay for time
Puzzling to think I could resist
To pick an end and add it to the list
One more day and then one more excuse
Two more times in case I am confused
Frightening to think I need some life
Some more denial and an enterprise
I want a reason to believe in truth
But being alone still tends to disapprove
Puzzling instincts hiding in their hate
All around me as they procreate
Now I see that it was always lies
All dishonesty that was being justified
Frightening to think that I’m alone
Adapting on and turning into stone
So much nothing and then so much pain
Buzzing like insects as I go insane
Logical to say I should resist
An honest ending to an endless list