Brother Nostalgia Poems

grandpa was excited about his new toy
he brought us to his den, he was bursting with joy
what is it? We asked him, for none of...

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Born December 5, 1961,
blonde cherubic, lips of rose buds,
eyes of the bluest baby innocence.
Remember the 1960's brother,
Massapequa proud, Long Island.
Our Cedar Street,
lined once with what...

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I am turning back weathered pages of time,
to our backyard sandbox.
Dad made it for me,
and my brother.
I see us,
playing,
so peacefully.
Oh, why did you go,
to...

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grandpa was excited about his new toy
he brought us to his den, he was bursting with joy
what is it? We asked him, for none of...

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My glasses, like some current styles,
Large, circular and black,
Are reminiscent of some frames 
From quite a few years back.

I rarely wear them in the house;
My...

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My brother and I sang the Buster Brown song
When we FaceTimed today; we both knew
Every word about Buster and Tige,* who belong,
As the jingle explains,...

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If only I could go back in time. 
Back to 2018,  
when you were still there,  
still by my side. 

I would help...

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Overnight, the landscape has
More color and yet less
How’d I fall asleep on the East Coast
And wake up in the West?

Everybody is tattooed
Everybody is tattooed 
Uh-oh!...

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My flag is not black n white with a blue streak 
My flag is not a field of white stars n scars of machine guns
My...

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Of all the senses, 
they say that smell 
is most closely tied 
to memory;
like Proust with 
his madeleines;
like blackberries 
in July,
in the park where 
my...

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Don't Let Go

Life gets hard, 
and seems...
overwhelming at times. 
Don't let go. 

Life gets rough, 
not just at the edges, 
but all over. 
Don't let...

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Notes of B-Flat during the days of C sharp:

Amma permitted me to listen and sing with a music teacher, the year was 1985-1986. In 1985...

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Dad

I can't believe
Your here old man
You made it through the rough..

I love your
Laugh and chuckle..
For me that is enough.

But boy you've had a lifetime
And crammed...

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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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Everyone helped clean up after dinner.
Dad, Mom, brother and me.
Mom created the casserole.
Daddy baked the pumpkin pie.

I set the table.
Brother washed the floor.
We all worked...

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