Nostalgia Narrative Poems

   Too stoned to care
     wild eyes and hair
   My friend and I dare
   ...

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It felt as but a moment …
I blinked my eyes … and it was gone,
But, an entire lifetime had run its course.
For an infinitesimal speck...

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Beneath the mantel's alabaster gleam
Where verdigris flames pirouette, in cerulean ballet's beam...
We gather close—a familial love—
In hallowed halls where chimes of crystal laughter, stream.
Amid the...

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*"Moonlit Longing"*

"Endless nostalgia fills my mind,
As I dine,
The night grants solace,
With the beauty all around,
My thoughts take flight,
Pondering if he's had his bite.

The night is...

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my first cookbook was Betty Crocker
I hope they still sell it
the recipes were fun and easy
this was before I was forced to cook

I used to...

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oh, wow! The housewife handbook
given to me by six people in my husband’s family
they all got thrown out the window the same day
from an apartment...

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Remember the story of Pam Am Flight 914?
It took off from New York City in 1955 with 51 passengers.
Disappeared for thirty-seven years then landed n...

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A romantic,
wistful view of the past 
in the music of colour,
veiled by meaningful shadows

 Enigmatic roads 
to nowhere
 old footprints in the sand
a longing for...

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When I was six-years-young
The attack of the fifty-foot woman was born.
I saw the signs, of course, but could not imagine
Why anyone would be afraid of...

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We were just children of different ages,
From varied places brought on different days  
By the police to that one children’s home.
At first, we did...

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Lately, I failed to notice
My wife had worn
A new piece of jewelry I'd bought her.
She informed me, when I asked about it,
Quite matter-of-factly, that I...

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Here is your squidger
The object is to pop a wink
Try to get it inside a cup
Or smash your opponent, go for their pink.

My grandsons looked...

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Dr Marcus said to Captain Kronos. You have to come quick!
Deaths all over the village, we are getting ancient, old and sick!
Kronos brought his hunchback,...

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November 11th, 1938. winter, Sweden
neighbor's pond water is not frozen yet
bucket spilled drops are chilly
grandma Sven's crocheted mittens are not warm enough
younger brother Finn tells...

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back in my day we kids were terrified of the green aliens
giant yellow eyes, long-reaching tentacles and pinching ways.
they sneaked up into our beds and...

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