Nostalgia Monorhyme Poems

Cher, Tina, Liza, the Beach Boys too
Elvis singing of two shoes, both blue
Finger motions with Bunny Foo Foo
A whiff of Old Spice and Elmer’s Glue

Lennon’s...

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Laugh at Moe, Curly and Larry
  Sing along with Peter, Paul and Mary

Sprinkle in tiny Tinkerbell Faerie
  Curl up with some vintage Dave...

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Youth’s innocent allure
Dreams of love so pure
Twilight striving to cure
Longings that endure
First unforgettable amour
Touch of sweet velours



AP: 3rd place 2020

Posted on March 28, 2019...

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Be it evidence consequence or coincidence
Every night as I succumb to somnolence

Heavenly smoke rings of frankincense
Rise upwards with sweet opulence

Dulcet dreams inevitably commence
Without fanfare hype...

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In my prime, I stood tall. 
A beacon to every call
be it from big or small
I showed the light to all.

Out of date I stand
amidst...

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Jimmy Cracked Corn, and I simply don’t care,
Jimminy Cricket, Pinnochio’s pair,
Jee Wilikers, said to world of blank air.
Jee Josephats, yelled on a sister’s dare,
Jeeze, jumping...

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Rome wasn't built in a day
   Mexicans like saying "Ole!"
If your horse eats nothing but hay
   Teach him how to order...

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She sits by the window for her morning crossword
Coffee cup in hand struggling to find a buzzword
The fresh air carries melodies so pleasantly heard
Yet still...

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Short weekends and long weekdays
School’s out then it’s onto résumés and workdays
Mondays dragging on through to Fridays
Long commutes on highways, subways and tramways
Toiling for okays,...

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As a girl, I spent time in my Grandma's attic,
it smelled like old wood and was quite aromatic.
I loved this space to the point of...

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Pleasant remembrance,
a true resemblance-
Nothing compares to your
dark luminescence.

I can reminisce in delight and still see the night-
I can recall your smiles, but so filled with...

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The applause is unending, your victory is sweet!
You were the very best, you now feel complete.
Glory shines all around you, the world falls at your...

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We stroll the wharf by morning dew
and watch the tall ships passing through
as sunrise paints the ocean blue 
in golden hue, in golden hue.
 
We...

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her stolen tears fall in peace
veiled from a world that will not cease
her knitted brows now show their crease
as she weeps into her comforting fleece
nothing...

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Strolling down the memory lane,
Mirages do not seem so strange.
Trails of nostalgia stay engraved,
In the happiness I once embraced....

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