Graduation Nostalgia Poems

After college graduation,
Oh, so many years ago,
I traveled throughout Europe,
All my youthful seeds to sow.

With my friends, I took a ferry
To a popular Greek isle
Which...

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THE DREAMS

Surely, one day

We will have to get to our way

Forgetting the bad past

Hoping for the good future really fast.



Working day and night

Whether under a...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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We all had homemade dresses for prom; well, nearly all of us.
This was back in 1970 while black and white Viet Nam War photos were...

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I'm the one
Still wearing
The graduation cap
After we thrown them 
Off
Like I just wanted to
Keep it on my head
For the whole day
Years have passed, my friends
How...

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Purple People Eater

My car. 
It is great. 
It takes me everywhere, 
Like a roller skate. 
I can not wait to go…
Again and again. 

We travel...

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O, joy! A gray day! Now there's so much to do!
   I hope you get to it all, or at least 10% through

You'll...

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The birthday party, a surprise,
Had lots of things to tantalize – 
A lovely house, delicious food,
A friendly host to set the mood…

Some dialogue with friends...

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You remember her running to find the beach
And when an adventure was eating a peach
And nothing she wanted was out of reach

You remember her terrified...

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I half expect to hear my dog
Come clomping down the stairs
As I sit on fresh, new carpet
Not the same of former years

The basement’s cool; it...

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Boxes of photographs in the closet
As life goes on, it piles up in our mindset
Hoping to catch every bit of the good times
You’ve been there,...

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It was September of 1960 and we were growing
Elvis sang "It's Now or Never" anticipation showing
New kids in town for our Freshman year
Our last at...

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Picture a Day


There are pictures of days
I have no memory of,

baby pictures….
could be anybody…

around eighth grade…
ahh, could be me…

High School graduation…
OH YEAH!!!   ME.

19...

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I thought that it will be just a dream,
That YOU and I will become ONE for real;
Before, the least thing that I could do,
Is to...

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I’m many years and miles away
From when I went to school.
Those days are tucked inside my brain
And stay there, as a rule.

But walking on the...

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