Nostalgia People Poems

"Wistful/Wishful: sometimes if a word can ever be realized, just an 'alphabet' change will suffice," ... by the Poet

The coconuts have gone awry,
and its fronds...

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I’m a people watcher 
A thing I instinctively do
Please don’t take offence 
If you see me watching you
Walking, such a common thing
We do every single...

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

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You can always hear the jangling sound,
Of the organ grinder as he makes his way around.

He's out there in the rain or sun,
And everyone looks...

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People of the Night 
Atlantic House Tavern

Street lights glow on aged stone walls, 
Follow life’s beat, the old tavern calls. 
Silhouettes framed in soft window...

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When I was young I wasn't much into hugs
or prolonged touch..
I tolerated a peck on the cheek or a kiss
on the forehead before falling asleep..
Probably...

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I was a whimsical, interior designer, bringing colors and joy into living spaces,
Subtly changing neighborhoods and lives, like vibrant arcs the rainbow traces.

People were as...

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I had a happy childhood at first
Yeah I played with dolls to a tragic
Extent. It was a dream of some
Type of female existence.  I...

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Steal James Dean's car
Paint it
Marlboro Red
Marina Blue
Cocaine White
Slip down and cruise the coast
Skip town on the drop of a dime
1955 Porsche 550 Spyder in the...

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Dr Zafar Asthana,
Nazla zukam purana
Dr Zafar Asthana,
DiL choot ka dewana
Dr Zafar Asthana,
Na Ghar na Ashyana
Dr Zafar Asthana.
(Baad me dekhn GaY)...

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There is a point in the past
where a curtain comes down
beyond which all is black and white.
Photographs of dead relatives,
for example, transition from colour
to monochrome...

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Pakistan is a cemetery..
When a Pakistani becomes rich
his bank accounts are in switzerland..
He invests in Dubai..
He consumes chinese..
He prays in Rome..
He travels to london for...

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Remember when times were so hard
Families could barely make ends meat
But if a stranger came too your door
He’d be offered something to eat

Getting into a...

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Upon the Banks of the Canal

I sit here sipping cider on the banks of the canal,
I watch you as you walk and talk at great...

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Of all the professions ever been in the world
      Some are rightly regarded today as absurd

    The...

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