Nostalgia Tetractys Poems

2.

Once,
we picked
blackberries
under the shade
of bay trees fragrant with the kiss of sun,
not yet knowing the things that would break us;
just sweet fruit on
pregnant vines,
childish
joy.


3.

Once,
we picked
blackberries
under...

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A 
Yorkshire
scene of old
on river's bank…
This detailed painting tempts my yearning soul.

It takes me on a sweet nostalgic trip
when time lingered
near water’s
lazy 
flow.

- - -...

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Old
    fashioned
    courtesies,
    from days gone by.
    On their first date, trying hard...

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I’m moved by vintage scenes of families
having picnics
children on
tire swings
FUN!
Now
I see
families
in restaurants
and parks, aloof, each clutching a cell phone.

picture 2


August 21, 2021
entered in the Double...

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you
left me
all alone
without a chance
to pick up the scattered shards of my heart...

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Up
Over
The first hill
Oh, what a thrill
My first roller coaster ride at the fair
Bravely holding hands up high in the air
Shooting down fast
Wind goes past
Screaming
Loud
Then
Again
Up we...

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Children Play

Shape
magic
fantasies
collectively
imaginary friends live, too…pretend.

Children, laugh their play on a summer day
steamboats travel 
making waves
dolls grant
love!


© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    January 16, 2010

Poetic...

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I 
Can no 
Longer bear
All ‘my stored feel-
‘Ings my heart’s at full capacity, Grand-
Ma’s phrase stands slim but true: what goes on in
The dark comes...

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