Nostalgia Writing Poems

Written on coarse coarsely written
Mumble-jumble
Words can’t sway, nor delay
Huh!!! Doctor's note


2/28/29
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
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There was a time
when we waited eagerly
for the mailman -
when mail deliveries 
            had...

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We all find ways
to cherish a moment,
the ones we wish
would last forever.

Some of us
snap photos.
A camera in our faces
every chance we can.
'For the memories' 
some...

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Sunday eventide on the slope of the
fire-hued mountain,
owls take flight from the pine boughs,
I'm sitting by an open window,
peace of writing in the night.

Hunter's moon,...

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Here, I scribble a letter 
to the rhapsodical rose, 
dipping my quill in 
stardust that slips 
like a violet waterfall 
from the tips of 
white...

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I remember when we used to vote
     at that time people also wrote
       books, letters,...

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Tough to fight,
Difficult to write,
Hard to unscrew, it’s too tight,
Not coke its sprite,
Not tomorrow its tonight,
I am not obese am a couple of pounds light,
It’s...

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Verses composed, daytime dreams,
Lounging in a languid breeze,
Letter by lazy letter they drop
Into the ether, never to be retrieved.

I sometimes long to feel, no,
I let...

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I
A few hours after April 9th began
My puppies yelping woke me, helping
Me be thankful for this holiday -
Easter day! Better yet: Resurrection Day
For Easter was...

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Notebook, my dearest old friend from the past,
I know you feel abandoned and disgraced;
Times drastically changed and progressed fast,
I traded crafted notes for databased. 

Convenient...

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Who I truly am 
Always safe and sound in pages
Of books that contain 
Deepest secrets so profound
And sweet moments I loved most....

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Sunday sounds like-
A child's laughter, that can bring a smile 
Memories of someone
You haven't seen in a while
A day that is flying by so fast
So...

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We stayed out late at night: back then;
In the warmer months of the season
We would go down to the lake for fun.

If it hadn't been...

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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

2 Place

Childhood...

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Velvet paper tinctured pink,
A red rose at its crest;
The whittled feather, bathed in ink,
Set to bare its best.
A lambent candle close at hand
With dancing, flitting...

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