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Nostalgia Poems | Examples of Nostalgia Poetry

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 short, long, best, and famous poem examples for nostalgia.
Premium Member An Auld Kirk Yard
Seven beautiful lines contest, Sponsor Constance La France Posted 21/3/25 Through the auld Kirk gate in the churchyard wall The rough green field where my ancestors lie Woodbine and ivy around the graves sprawl With Rosemary and...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Missing the You
Shivering, sobbing here me falling apart, I wake up everyday calling it a nightmare With wetty eyes yet swollen face, This would remind me of a wide race, I have to run alone without you my side, Your shadow...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, anxiety, dark, dedication, depression,
Form: Free verse



It’s Spring
Spring is here again run and tell your friends the pigs are grunting donkeys are braying cows are mooing sheep are bleating dogs are barking hens are clucking and the farm animals have come alive. It is spring and we have to survive Spring is...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, america, animal, beautiful, encouraging,
Form: Free verse

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Premium Member The Andy Griffith Show
Barney Fife, the bumbler, is a joy to watch Aunt Bea’s whining could be turned down a notch Opie is grown, but not in these old shows, of course Some days he sneaks carrots out to his found...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member kodack blues
KODACK BLUES Up above me is an empty sky Tonight, I miss you, but I cannot cry I’m travelling like an explorer’s ship I forge a smile but don’t give a flip Nighttime calls me and I wonder why Do you...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, absence, betrayal, missing you,
Form: Rhyme



Sense of the End
"You're as beautiful as the day I lost you." The sky is as blue as the day we said goodbye My heart is as heavy as it was when we said our last I love you My taste...Read the rest...
Categories: lost, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member COVID Conjugation
wash wash wash them ahem ahem ahem a -- wash wash wash them ...Read the rest...
Categories: mental health, nostalgia, satire,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Cerulean Mood
Written: March 16, 2025, for a contest Sponsored By Cobstance la France Quote: Like the sun, show mercy, and like the night, hide others' flaws. Give like water and be humble like the earth....Read the rest...
Categories: autumn, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Volverte a ver
Volverte a ver Algunas veces pienso que tú ya te vas, y quizás será para no volverte a ver jamás. Es uno de esos días donde te vuelvo a recordar, y me pongo a pensar cuánto te quise de...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, loss, love, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nostalgia
colicky shadows sad mimes time wanders lover's treasured ballad a circuitous serenade. Melody familiar rolls echoing irretrievable lyrics that never go unconscious. And your absence this present offers stony pillows, nights upon days, an uncompelled heart following a paper...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, missing you, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Treeline
Finally a place, Nothing's higher than treeline. I can see the sky All the time for once again. But I'll miss all of those times....Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, imagery, memory, moving on,
Form: Tanka
Us Again
Oh, I want to go back To when forever was possible When I was still falling asleep on your couch When our only fears were of monsters in the dark When we would get so mad at our...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, childhood, first love, growing
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Nostalgic Melancholic
Through all the years of these elemental seasons changing, I've thought about all of the reasons why life can be depressing, As well as why all these memories trespass my every feeling....Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, emotions, memory, mental health,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member On Walking
I recently went walking On grounds around a lake, Pristine as the morning dew, Pure beauty mine to take. The silence there was deafening The purity profound, And the meaning of life itself Was all around. Not...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
When the Full Moon Rises
The night falls, a darkened sky, Stars glitter at me… every second, every time. From the eastern side of my island, we see an eye— A bright, round, dark-yellow eye, Peeking from beneath the calm, dark ocean blue, Yawning, as...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, autumn, childhood, culture, joy,
Form: Narrative

Specific Types of Nostalgia Poems

Definition | What is Nostalgia in Poetry?


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