Nostalgia Out Of Time Poems

Jetson’s TV show was out of sight
We could barely wait to see it on Saturday night
No wait, it was in the morning, well anyway
This high-tech...

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Turn up the radio and ...
It's the same ol' situation, 
The same songs, same band
That raised my generation 

That was then, this is now
Nothing's changed...

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Sponsor-Silent One
Written 4/15/24



A Time To Reflect

As my last sunset nears

I look back at the sunrise

And dwell on the past

I order another beer

And...

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In dust-laden silence, past the reach of day,
The mansion's library whispered of forgotten tales,
Its heartbeat echoed in the books arrayed.

Time's soft touch graced each spine...

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from your first born, when you grab a dusting of talc, crushed with late night feeds, stirring in bouncing and stories on a knee,

adding a...

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To be drawn into this enchanted journey
By birth and values, we place upon the earth. 
Resonating with all our youth and beauty 
The charm of...

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It felt as but a moment …
I blinked my eyes … and it was gone,
But, an entire lifetime had run its course.
For an infinitesimal speck...

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- in those moments, it shines.
The nostalgia of an upside down
world glinting up through hourglasses of years,
a mark impressed upon flesh; a scar harbouring
simple childhood...

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The kettle's on... 

I'm thinking about the good old days as I begin to write 
Thinking about my younger years, when the ground was colored...

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Oh, for Summer days of youth
                   ...

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Do not gamble your time away
with the indecisiveness you play.
The heavier resolve you pray,
the longer will it take to pay.

Don't just waste your time today.
You...

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   Snapshots of a gentler time
     rainbows filled my mind
   Freshwater streams, nature unsullied
   ...

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Thoughts and possessions
Boxes in my mind
Empty recollections
Going back in time

Memories forever
as long as I exist
Who should I will them to?
Should I make a list?...

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In Autumn's whisper, secrets softly told,
A season dressed in hues of amber, gold,
Let leaves laugh in the gentle, hushéd breeze,
As stardust dawn awakens hearts at...

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Swallowing
lightning
Teasing 
the bear
Dharmic
illusions
Circling
a square

Trapping
a rainbow
Embracing
the clowns
Rewriting
language
Up
getting down

Stripping
the moment
Wishes
that fly
Summer
of love
Timeless
 goodbyes 

Alice 
returning
Virtuous
sin
Lost
in the rhythms 
Buried 
—within


(The New Room: September, 2023)...

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