Poems about nostalgia

• Bitter Sweet

  I can not keep what doesn't belong to me

  by basket-case-loser 12 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 29 4:02 PM 2008. In Love, Nostalgia, Hurt, Personal
• Home

  Through shadows
  and bent stalks

  by WindUpEnigma 45 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 10 6:38 AM 2008. In Nostalgia, Home, Contest
• Malted

  Her ruby red lips
  Tempt his ruby red heart

  by sabre 17 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 31 4:54 AM 2008. In nostalgia
• Her Favorite Toy, Part Two (Twenty Years Later)

  Gold and red paint, chipped away A layer of dust covers my old friend

  by SilverSea 4 lines, on Jan 28 5:07 PM 2008. In nostalgia
• One Day in New Jersey

  It plays back with dogs' eyes, The exhalations of a long past time

  by GossamerAlice 22 lines, on Jan 27 11:57 PM 2008. In nostalgia, memories, new jersey, father, daughter
• Days of Steam

  When was that final day, when dreams were wrapped in sulphured smoke
  and Jack stoked up the boiler with his final spade of coke?

  by passim 17 lines, 22 comments, on Jan 24 3:55 PM 2008. In Nostalgia, Creative, Imagery, Feelings
• Youthful Summers

  Youthful summers, endless nights.
  Outdoor kegs, bright moonlight.

  by MustangTommy 23 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 22 6:14 PM 2008. In Life, Contemporary, Humor, Personal, Thoughts, Nostalgia
• My Fading Kid

  I want to hover back upon the train tracks
  Of our robbery run, where our crazed stacks

  by nunchaks 19 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 18 1:18 PM 2008. In Nostalgia
• CS...The Old Blacksmith Shop

  When I think of my childhood
  the Old Blacksmith Shop comes to mind

  by amysticwriter 16 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 12 2:15 PM 2008. In Contest, Nostalgia, Memories, Personal, Love, Sadness, My life, Happiness
• An Honest Recognition

  An honest recognition of the definition

  by kineticatastrophe 17 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 12 6:07 AM 2008. In Nostalgia
• Anamnesis II

  Each time I stalk the valley’s graveled road, Pause near the creek that cuts the yard

  by micol 18 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 10 5:28 PM 2008. In Sonnet, Nostalgia, Memory, Childhood
• Anamnesis

  They’ve covered rough-cut logs with yellow brick, the new people have; cut

  by micol 36 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 10 4:35 PM 2008. In Childhood, Memory, Nostalgia, Home
• Soda Pop and Lemonade

  by Pamela A Lamppa 17 lines, 27 comments, on Jan 9 9:35 PM 2008. In Life, Nostalgia
• Jim's lover

  Standing on the platform is a child of eight or nine
  And he's gazing at the monster in the mist.

  by cricketjeff 50 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 4 8:11 PM 2008. In nostalgia, life
• At the Crick

  We fished for crawdads from the old plank bridge Worn satin-smooth by balding retreads

  by micol 23 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 21 5:58 PM 2007. In Nature, Summer, Youth, Nostalgia
• Foreign Hands On Land - Gold

  He was forged out of pioneering stock,
  walked Belly River rough-sticked paths

  by CarolDesjarlais 49 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 8 5:34 PM 2007. In Society, Nostalgia
• Shadows and Light

  In the gathering gloom of the receding twilight
  You know what I am talking about the period I am talking about

  by cyBie 20 lines, on Nov 12 1:54 PM 2007. In Nostalgia
• That Old Time Music

  Took my time walkin' you home last night
  We danced an' danced an' sang th' blues

  by myriad-dark 47 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 7 3:47 PM 2007. In Lyrics, Old Time Music, Love, Nostalgia
• The School Play.

  He was "Rattie" and I played "Mole".
  On opening night, my heart he stole.

  by annamoy 27 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 4 7:34 AM 2007. In Humor, Personal, nostalgia
• Kingdom [The Tree House]

  Captains we were,
  And pirates, I’m sure...

  by Siobhann 100 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 2 5:20 AM 2007. In Nostalgia, Childhood, Life, Lost in thought, Longing
• rhythm n blues

  once upon an age old dream with stars in my eyes and other themes

  by myriad-dark 19 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 11 11:01 PM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Nostalgia
• Barry Island.

  Barry has seen better days,
  A thriving town in sunshine haze.

  by Fritz O skennick 18 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 8 2:12 PM 2007. In Nostalgia, places., Wales.
• Memories

  Way off in the distance, in the golden morning light.

  by DepthsofShadows 44 lines, on Oct 8 12:31 PM 2007. In Nostalgia
• why I didn't write this summer

  2
  we were late for the show, so we dashed down broadway in the rain.

  by anduntilthen 36 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 30 2:27 AM 2007. In Life, Friendship, nostalgia
• random thoughts/stream of consciousness

  all the things
  i wish i would have written down

  by landmark 33 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 24 7:15 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Personal, Nostalgia
• Nostalgic Britain!

  by annamoy 31 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 19 5:44 AM 2007. In Adult, Life, Humor, nostalgia, Thoughts
• Nostalgia, Opus 22, No.1

  Old loves are like old records,
  We ignore the scratches and crackles,

  by BlueNote27 49 lines, on Sep 10 9:08 PM 2007. In Love, life, music, nostalgia
• Nostalgia

  The love I held I now deride
  With the apathy I hold inside

  by Lost Fate 18 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 4 2:27 PM 2007. In life, love, personal, thoughts, nostalgia
• Never Let Go

  While you learned
  Just to feel

  by Ivy Claw 32 lines, on Aug 24 6:30 PM 2007. In Love, Life, Personal, Nostalgia
• Fuchsias and Bleeding-Hearts

  FUSCHIAS AND BLEEDING-HEARTS
  remind me inexplicably of

  by micol 34 lines, 11 comments, on Aug 17 9:01 PM 2007. In Nature, Family, Memory, Nostalgia, Longing
• Near Philadelphia

  I already imagine the Philadelphia stars
  On a cold evening,sitting out on that screened porch

  by SmudgedInk 39 lines, on Aug 15 4:14 AM 2007. In Nostalgia, Personal, Thoughts
• WordWeaver

  I sit on my patio
  brown-back-bare

  by micol 35 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 2 2:49 PM 2007. In Poetry, Memory, Nostalgia
• Fates Cruelty

  As intelligence comes of the mind, love holds its great reign in my heart.

  by Austere 11 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 30 5:40 PM 2007. In Love, Nostalgia
• Bullfrog an' Me

  Me an' Jeremiah bullfrog / Use to have one hell of a time / We'd party on until he nearly croaked / Just drinkin' down all of his fine wine / And man could he drink it down time after time / Singin' / Bring me joy

  by myriad-dark 64 lines, on Jul 26 9:23 PM 2007. In Lyrics, Life, Fu, Nostalgia
• Music & Movement

  Tiny children sway / dance to the happy sounds of / Music and Movement

  by quantumsurveyor 2 lines, 18 comments, on Jul 26 4:53 AM 2007. In Personal, Nostalgia
• Feelings of Nostalgia

  Summer sets the scene / For fun and misery / Fun from all the times we've had / All the bruises I had gotten then / Wait till winter / And pray for snow / I've held you here before / I'll hold you there aga

  by AquaandRed 13 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 20 5:05 PM 2007. In Feelings, Nostalgia, Winter, Thoughts, Relationships
• The Essence of Her

  The essense of her / was like, / oh, / I don’t know. / Cigarette smoke / (not the kind / that makes your / eyes sting and / your throat burn / it was good, / in a way) / combined with / those downy

  by TheStupidLamb 33 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 16 2:00 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Nostalgia
• That Beautiful Place

  There was a beautiful place I know of / Once when I was small and carefree / There, sunshine fell all the time / There was breeze that tend

  by Rita Krocha 20 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 2 7:36 AM 2007. In memories, nostalgia
• Remarx

  Gimme some Groucho cheek, / Gimme some Harpo meek, / Gimme some Chico on piano (fantastique!). / Remember Zeppo? D'oh... / Remember Gummo? No.... / They are the brothers that nobody seems to know. / Whet

  by Epistomolus 26 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 27 2:44 PM 2007. In Humor, Nostalgia
• Packing Up The Boxes

  As I fold the tops over and tape up the sides, / I don't think about what this means. / As I take the sharpie and scroll out words in my ch

  by Chelsea Void 31 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 24 4:59 PM 2007. In Contemporary, Childrens, Hope, Life, Personal, Society, Nostalgia, Thoughts
• Strange Change!

  The most awesome toy that the world's ever seen / Was Mattel's space age wonder, The Strange Change Machine. / A plastic square morphed to

  by Epistomolus 8 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 22 1:43 AM 2007. In Humor, Childrens, toys, nostalgia
• Carefree Days

  Happy childhood memories that never fade, / Playing in the summer sun without a care, / Within our youthful hearts, memories are made. / Careless children, self-absorbed and unaware, / Riding our bikes up and dow

  by queens1 23 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 19 10:55 PM 2007. In Thoughts, Personal, nostalgia
• Youthful

  Reset the oven; / I have overheated. / Change the time / for your clock is too fast. / My dirty dishes / and laundry piled / with soap-less, / hopeless / chances of recovering. / So it passes; /

  by vittles 29 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 17 3:55 AM 2007. In Nostalgia, Thoughts
• Hidden Message.

  You Told me you had to escape, and / Left Me here to wonder why. / Me And you always had the best times. Now I am / Alone And wondering if I should have left too. / Now I don't have any body to ta

  by LucidConfusion 38 lines, on Jun 16 1:47 AM 2007. In Loss, confusion, nostalgia
• 30 Years

  Strange thing –Thirty Years, / The things it can do / It can take a young man / And make him look old / Not so long ago ’was the same age as you / So it seems….. / Take twenty or so / Just out of your

  by Ray1959 114 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 10 6:52 PM 2007. In Age, life, getting old, growing up, nostalgia, hope, eternity, coming of age
• Dacron Days, Nylon Nights

  In high school I was just another nerd. / (There were no personal computers then -- / Today a "geek" would be the proper word.) / Thank God I'll never go through that again. / The fuzzy velvet butterfly

  by Epistomolus 16 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 7 1:05 AM 2007. In Humor, nostalgia, teen angst, Seventies, polyester
• Loss of faith (NOSTALGIC EROTICA).

  by Mrs Mulholland 26 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 2 6:08 AM 2007. In Adult, Nostalgia
• Nostalgic Hands Write Only of You

  We spent late nights dreaming,
  drowning in our possibilities.

  by tragicallyGifted 54 lines, 2 comments, on May 31 5:46 PM 2007. In Personal, Nostalgia, Angst
• Days long gone by.

  ~Remembering my golden days~

  by Mrs Mulholland 11 lines, 16 comments, on May 29 11:54 AM 2007. In Nostalgia
• Where Have All Good Tv Shows Gone

  For a growing child / Tv was full of treasure / Saturdays were full of chases / Rescues and places with exotic and mysterious names / Shows I still remember with pleasure / The A team modern day robin hood

  by green20goblin 21 lines, on May 29 3:01 AM 2007. In nostalgia

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