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Nostalgia World War Ii Poems

These Nostalgia World War Ii poems are examples of World War Ii poems about Nostalgia. These are the best examples of World War Ii Nostalgia poems written by international poets.

When Neighbor's Came Around

Remember those days, long ago,
When friends would come to call?
October was a good time, hazy
(Indian summer) anyway, in the fall
After the harvest was in.
The kids...

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Categories: world war ii, nostalgia, remember, world war

Blue Smoke Dreams

[More paraphrase than translation of a Post WWII Korean jazz ballad by the Kim Sisters, sung mournfully as if for an Asian gangster film noir.]

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Exhaling...

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Categories: world war ii, depression, desire, introspection, memory,

The Back Door

In our neighborhood during the second world war
At the side of each house were a porch and a door.
And, believe it or not, it was...

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Categories: world war ii, childhood, history, house, mother,

The Greatest Generation

Twenty one guns fired in unison on the days
We laid them in the ground
And to have them each call me their grandson
I was lucky and...

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Categories: world war ii, appreciation, family, grandparents, life,

Thumbellina Ballerina

It was early nineteen thirty four
The world was set to change
Europe was on fire
It was time to rearrange

Poland was the first stop
The German Army on...

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Categories: world war ii, america, dance, growing up,

An Old World War Ii Song

It's a wrong way to tip a fairy, it's a wrong way I know
Rather receive moolah than a tip on “how to shovel snow”
Now that's...

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Categories: world war ii, nostalgia,

Son, Say Goodnight To Grandpa - Part 1

Ages ago bygone childhood delighted 
   especially Florida (sunkist) grandpa
Harris (Aaron) indulged jais nais sais quois 
   kibitizing lovingly, mirthfully
naturally offering...

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Categories: world war ii, fun, grandson, introspection, nostalgia,