Nostalgia Running Poems

Magic silver key,
fits into my silver shoes.
I was now set free,
I now owned many sidewalks.
My new skates were a big thrill.

 

Date Written: 8/4/2022

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Childhood...

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Soothing the river,
it speaks in a nostalgic
harmonious tongue...

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We ran the streets
not as thugs but as children
not old enough to be out there
but on our own as our parents were busy

He was taller...

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When we try to chase them all together 
Nostalgia goes back in place 
Old songs seem to play again 
And we try to forget all...

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Toyous melody of childhood memories 	                   ...

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Amidst the night air,
I hear the old train running,
ghost like in the fog.

She whistles her cry,
like sounds of spirits weeping
through the lonely wind.

The soft whir...

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Running Bear and White Dove
swim forevermore,
Never to be parted
or together nevermore.

*Poem based on the song Running Bear, as the title suggests...

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another mind trip
a dreamy trek in fancy
adrift on downhill memory lane
leaning on the old high gate of
Strawberry Hill nursing home
Waiting for the Penny Lane tram
To...

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Running free through the pasture
The wind ballooning out my shirt
The smell of sweet, wet, inviting dirt
Where geraniums grow by an old tree stump
Enticing baby lambs...

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All my life I have been itching to be free
Be let loose
Let go
But now, I'm not so sure
I don't know what to do
Just thinking about...

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