Dog Nostalgia Poems

That was then,
When,
I played with a doll,
And used a pretend phone to make a call.
I had a favorite stuffed dog,
And had fun chasing a slimy,...

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"Old photographs have something that is beautiful
and timeless, like works of art."

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‘So many moons ago..’
In Each tale we visit a new style of castle.
The villages or rivers, they lead us through a quest; 
All so very...

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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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Why can't the world be like it was when I was young
    No one cleaning up dog-due dung

  Kids dying right...

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Woodstock wild is what the musicians knew
Plain dairy farm in New York, reservation due.
I was too young, alas, or I would have been there.
Loving the...

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valentines shopper, there is a blue light special in Aisle Three
Gloria had no idea what this announcement could be.
but she raced to three to see...

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As it is feature of choleric personality,
I was often hot, dry, and fiery in totality;
Speck like small imperfection is enough to flare me up,
My temper...

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Elvis has left the building.
West Berlin, a significant place
Where life was lived at a frantic pace.
Me and Old Elvis together through the night
In those days...

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Up here in Canada we have our own words
Everywhere does, some think ours are absurd
Between toques, hosers and rhyming currency
Like loonies and toonies, we do...

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Outside a quaint town in fair Vermont,
by my family’s vacation home,
is a small field with fences and sign,
in the warm month’s it’s a place to...

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Oh, to be maying this cool sun-snapped day,
Temperately faultless and fair.
Oh, to be roaming, this rare day in May ~
Oh, how I wish you were...

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I HAVE LIVED
I HAVE NEVER sky dived, parasailed or zip-lined
I HAVE NEVER had a pedicure, manicure or facial
I HAVE NEVER smoked a cigarette or pot...

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Baseball cards and hula hoops
  Baloney sandwich, Campbell’s soup

Howdy Doody and Mickey Mouse
  Mamie and Ike in the White House

American Bandstand, Rock 'n...

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The aroma permeates throughout the house.
It's that time when we used to sit at the table.
The time we would talk to each other. 
The time...

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