Nostalgia Ottava Rima Poems

Come, Fall. Greet me as a lover from my past,
your breeze embracing me (I’m in no hurry)
as you always coolly do. You come on fast,
blowing...

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kiss of light, embracing, promising quiet
breathless joy, comforting with kind, gentle sighs
whispering leaves, softly waltzing, can’t deny it
wonders, inspired, brilliant desires who chastise
forests bring whimsical...

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We knew we couldn't take the summer home
in globes of flakes just like a winter snow.
As falling sunlight faded into gloam

we stood upon the beach...

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I LOVE TO BOOGIE


A time of platform shoes and wild psychedelic art,
fondue, mood rings, glitter balls,bell bottoms with a flair,
John Travolta danced his way to...

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With books in one hand, feeling very dilly,
and in the other an umbrella when it rained...
I waited for the train going to the city;
not enough...

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Dreams wed forever partied in the park.
Hope's voice permeated life's freshest air.
Beloved friends, there rejoiced at love's spark.
The wedding guests adorned in formal wear.
Enjoying snacks...

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Even before the arrival of the first snows, so brilliantly candid, 
we climbed mounts less dangerous than the Alps's;
and we proudly chalked it up to...

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I often visited the prittiest and kindest lady,
who lived by an abandoned, weedy cemetery...
and she told me tales that made me dream;
up that pine-scented and...

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Entering the fields of my childhood around two,
overjoyed by the vibrant flowers that gently lulled 
and dispersed their gentle aroma into the noon;
I passed under...

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From a wide square with an ancient marble fountain,
which borrowed its fresh water
from a nearby, pristine river;
I looked far away...to fix my glance on
the Norman...

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