Nostalgia Poems - Examples of all types of nostalgia poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Generation Gap
The generation gap is wider
than it's ever been
Not enamored of LGBTQ
you never will fit in
And then there's good old BLM
...
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Categories:
age, nostalgia, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Lil Ole Lady From PasadenaIn but a few notes in the seventies, I recognized The Beach Boys
Little Ole Lady from Pasadena inspired me to push petal to the metal.
I had never wanted to be in California, and now I...
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Categories:
music, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Did You Enjoy It
Off-season training
running, lifting weights
Grueling workouts
we loved to hate
Pre-season practices
10 pushups per lay-up missed
Wind sprints...
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Categories:
basketball, high school, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
When Last the Lilacs Blossomed ThereWhen last the lilacs blossomed there
Outside my childhood home
The losses I would come to bear
Were hitherto unknown
When last the lilacs blossomed there
Beneath the shady elm
To sweet star jasmine’s scent compared
They did so underwhelm
When last...
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Categories:
nostalgia, childhood, flower, garden, memory,
Form: Rhyme
nostalgiaerased by each night
we have been counting the days ---
where are those stars gone?
02 February 2023
...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form: Haiku
Violet Checkered BoxJewellery, stylish pens, paper hearts, nostalgic figurines,
Memories of holidays spent in my grandmother's place,
Cherishing purple checker box with snowflakes, praying for same things....
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Categories:
nostalgia, art, christmas, grandmother, holiday,
Form: Sijo
I Remember Those DaysAt the annual scarecrow contest I saw a guitar loving boho scarecrow
She was whimsical, fun, and she reminded me of happier times
She was wearing a seventies shirt. I almost expected folk music.
Who made this one?...
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Categories:
age, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
She Rocks Eigthties HairOne more thing, he told me
She rocks eighties hair
Eighties hair! I had to wrack my brain trying to remember eighties hair.
The second I saw her it all came flooding back.
Teased up, pulled out, fluffy, puffy,...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
BYLINY the formADOLESCENT SCENES
during the Forties
I was just a lad
growing up
was not so bad
Summer evenings
lengthened long
clambered trees...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form: Verse
SUNDAYSunday sounds like-
A child's laughter, that can bring a smile
Memories of someone
You haven't seen in a while
A day that is flying by so fast
So gleeful and pure
One that you're gonna miss, for sure
Sunday is...
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Categories:
appreciation, creation, freedom, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Collecting Pictures A photo your mind's eye took
Captured by a long, hard stare
Like "a painting in a book"
To re-visit memories there
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Dedicated to the real Malka Mai. Inspired by Malka, by Mirjam Pressler.
Ch. 12, pg. 96. SPEAK,...
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Categories:
nostalgia, books, childhood, holocaust, imagery,
Form: Quatrain
I Shoulda Seen It Comin'One day when I was in grammar school
while sitting in my class
I noticed that my young attractive teacher
She had a very cute heart-shaped style a..
Every time she walked on by
strutting...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form: Haibun
The Old Port
I like the old buildings,
the weathered brick,
the worn down doorsteps sanded
by a century of shuffling feet,
the musty smells from
old bond stores and hotel
cellars wafting up through
grates along the street.
I like the defiance
of the old...
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Categories:
home, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Service with a Smile
Service, service with a smile
nary a howl or a scowl
At gas stations, supermarkets
at restaurants across the land
America's Service was its...
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Categories:
america, business, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Lynette Loves the SeventiesLynette was attached to the ambiance of the seventies.
She had a shag rug with large loops and flecks of silver.
Bulb like globs floated in her six lava lamps.
She replaced her accelerator pedal with a weird...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Nostalgia Poems
Definition | What is Nostalgia in Poetry?
Poems Related to Nostalgia
longing, sentimentality, remorse, yearning, homesickness, reminiscence, schmaltz, wistfulness, pining, fond memories, hearts and flowers, tear jerker,