Short Flashback Poems

yesterday's 
       trauma
in flashback...

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flashback
our
adolescence
fantasy
retro
adult...

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playing board games
christmas sugar cookie fun
lemon square custom...

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waffle cone delight
pecan praline delicious
triple scoop indulgence...

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Much places, I miss
Just by seeing the photos
Flashback, I cherish....

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smile for an old song
been a while since i heard it
flashback to good times...

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Sharp pain in shoulders
I've been told that this will come
broken neck outcome...

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A
childhood
flashback to
a yesteryear
dream

Ekphrasis -Lusisti Statis by Parish...

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Flashback,
Memories stirred,
Relive another time,
A vision of past happiness,
Tearful....

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unsuspecting oblivion
shattered 
by brazen banished memories






May 21, 2019...

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Chilling flashback
Sprout goosebumps
Running scared
Digging deep within
Seeking solace
From soul's core...

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CHILDHOOD

memory flashback-
liberates
childhood dreams


flotsam ebbs away -
on yesterday's
 sunlit seas-...

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A bowl of cereal
                  The crunch of memory
                                             Sweetened with blueberries
...

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Rock my memories,
Pieces of 'flashback' fall out from inside, 
It was sepia fantasy and fake blessings,
That came in brief but eclipsed my soul....

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flashback 
once again 
reliving 
moments past 
each time 
all to familiar old 
mental pictures 
come rushing 
back into view
drugging up 
buried emotional 
remains...

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I'm having a flashback
to the moment the sky cracked,
and you fell through,
settling on me like morning dew.
You tangled in my hair,
and there you remain—
a sweet memory of soothing rain....

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Oasis on sixty-six
beckons weary travelers.
One step off the chosen path.
Nostalgic flashback.


This poem was inspired by my stay at the Blue Swallow Motel on Historic Route 66 in Tucumcari, NM....

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What is the use of a tear
When my heart is already broken
Opportunities flashback
Chances come and forgotten
It’s always too late
And never too early
I’ve lost you my love
Your angel’s love...

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Listening to oldies 
Is a flashback through your mind.
Letting the disco, rock and roll, and pop
Take you back to that time
Where life was left on the dance floor
And you had to be “Stayin’ Alive, Stayin’ Alive”....

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Like if I'm living in a flashback.
I don't learn.
I get burned.
I will take you back.
Nothing changes but the place and time.
I fall for the lies each time.
I must be dense.
I keep going back for a repeat....

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He looks for her in every face he sees
In hope of just one more glance
Lost in the thought captures his breath
Lids closing over in memory a flashback
Beats thumping hard exploding in his chest
His experience of love - that he once had...

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Late 60's Experience

Woodstock
we rock

Make Love Not War

smoke weed
then breed

My Ride My Home

bug van
keen man

Police Bust

cops nag
big drag

Protest March

abhor
this war...

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These memories are just phantoms 
the dust of demons long since destroyed 
why does the mind always betray 
maybe this what it means to be human 
they are the ashes of ancient ruins 
from a long forgotten war 
whose only spectator was me...

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Traveling the world in my mind,
 ghosts linger behind

Traveling the world in my mind,
each flashback a sign

Traveling the world in my mind,
space harder to find

Traveling the world in my mind
—memories define

(Presbyterian Hospital: January, 2020)...

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my artwork is in the raindrops of your memory
my yearning for flashback fantasy motivates me to confront you
as the miniature blocks of ice begin to form on the desert of my lips,
i suddenly remember why i always douse acid in the eyes of the awnings of my mind.......

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