Nostalgia Poems
#nostalgia
Nostalgia poems, uplifting poetry fortified with an air of nostalgia. Poetry exploring sentimental affections for the past and poems to remember times gone by. Poems about the popular culture of another era, memories of childhood experiences, or recollections of what home used to feel like.
Dreamboy
Poem Published
29th Jul 2021 00:30am
29th Jul 2021 00:30am
Castle
My hands will not
shake
when they’re sore
and my throat will not
bleed
when it’s strained.
Prisoners forever.
Prisoners
together,
Prisoners of fortune,
and we’ve built
our own
cage.
Same old
aches
and
pains.
Same old
aches
and
pains.
A castle is a ruin,
just a pile
of
things,
laid
to waste.
We’re born
into
a
mass grave.
Oh, what shame,
stone
chips away,
and stone
chips
away. ...
shake
when they’re sore
and my throat will not
bleed
when it’s strained.
Prisoners forever.
Prisoners
together,
Prisoners of fortune,
and we’ve built
our own
cage.
Same old
aches
and
pains.
Same old
aches
and
pains.
A castle is a ruin,
just a pile
of
things,
laid
to waste.
We’re born
into
a
mass grave.
Oh, what shame,
stone
chips away,
and stone
chips
away. ...
#nostalgia
#hypocrisy
#metaphor
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goldenmyst
Poem Published
22nd Jul 2021 7:21am
22nd Jul 2021 7:21am
Victoria’s Settlement
Victoria’s Settlement
When I check my mail in the lobby there is a note from a woman with whom I spent nights at the skating rink in my fairy tale past. We tied the knot until she felt I was more like a boyfriend than a husband due to my leisurely manner in breadwinner matters and my maxing the plastic to mail order from a lingerie catalog which both affected our credit and made her feel like a burlesque dancer when I asked her to parade around in them. I knew she was here in Denver but had tried to hide from her to protect my newfound monasticism. But the slip of...
When I check my mail in the lobby there is a note from a woman with whom I spent nights at the skating rink in my fairy tale past. We tied the knot until she felt I was more like a boyfriend than a husband due to my leisurely manner in breadwinner matters and my maxing the plastic to mail order from a lingerie catalog which both affected our credit and made her feel like a burlesque dancer when I asked her to parade around in them. I knew she was here in Denver but had tried to hide from her to protect my newfound monasticism. But the slip of...
#love
#romantic
#breakup
#memories
#nostalgia
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troublesome_98
Poem Published
21st Jul 2021 7:58am
21st Jul 2021 7:58am
Letter to the Lost Lover
Lost love, forbidden lover.
Read this and know this is my final adieu.
For years I have conspicuously placed poems for you. Teased and led you on while thinking everything I knew was true.
But I was lying to myself thinking you were obsessed with me, and in reality the obsession resided in me and my three beings.
Three beings have become of me. Failed relationships and broken hearts have created this monstrosity.
Promiscuity and erotic behavior have unleashed unforgivable behaviors and sadly you were caught in my web of...
Read this and know this is my final adieu.
For years I have conspicuously placed poems for you. Teased and led you on while thinking everything I knew was true.
But I was lying to myself thinking you were obsessed with me, and in reality the obsession resided in me and my three beings.
Three beings have become of me. Failed relationships and broken hearts have created this monstrosity.
Promiscuity and erotic behavior have unleashed unforgivable behaviors and sadly you were caught in my web of...
#secrets
#misunderstood
#LifeCycle #nostalgia
#LifeCycle #nostalgia
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RagingFlames
Poem Published
20th Jul 2021 7:02am
20th Jul 2021 7:02am
Remember? I do… which is why I’m confused
We’ve spent so much time together… 15 years… how can I forget it. How can I forget you? We listened to music together for years. We’ve been there through every relationship. We’ve helped each other understand our s/o. Through sicknesses, headaches, hospital trips. We've been there. I remember your shin splints, I remember my broken nose. Your countless headaches, my surgery. The trip to Ticonderoga, the necklace I bought you. It had your birth stone. The candy store after that. Walking around Ticonderoga. The trip to Boston. The trip to New York. To Maine. Talking about colleges. The...
#BestFriend
#childhood
#friendship #nostalgia
#friendship #nostalgia
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Dreamboy
Poem Published
18th Jul 2021 6:19pm
18th Jul 2021 6:19pm
Somewhere I'm Not
I wanna be somewhere
that I’m not right now.
I wanna brush the dirt
from my pants, brush it off.
I wanna run so fast
I can’t feel my thoughts
I wanna run until my legs fall off.
Keep going,
fuck what everyone thought.
I’m happier now,
and I’m not drugged out.
I got to climb this mountain,
and get myself out.
I wanna be somewhere
that I’m not right now.
Wanna be serenity personified.
Wanna feel like it’s really summertime
I want to breathe again,
and I want to laugh until I cry.
Just...
that I’m not right now.
I wanna brush the dirt
from my pants, brush it off.
I wanna run so fast
I can’t feel my thoughts
I wanna run until my legs fall off.
Keep going,
fuck what everyone thought.
I’m happier now,
and I’m not drugged out.
I got to climb this mountain,
and get myself out.
I wanna be somewhere
that I’m not right now.
Wanna be serenity personified.
Wanna feel like it’s really summertime
I want to breathe again,
and I want to laugh until I cry.
Just...
#summer
#memories
#aging #nostalgia
#aging #nostalgia
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FATBOY300PLUS
Poem Published
18th Jul 2021 3:05pm
18th Jul 2021 3:05pm
Best Description of a Kiss
Lips by my lips
In those passionate moments alone
when she breathes her sweet essence into my soul
And pulls the truth of our love from my mouth to her own with the simple magnificence of her kiss
Ever reread a poem and feel like one part is powerful enuff to be its own piece?
Yes, this is a verbatim excerpt from both versions of "Lips By..."
But I had to give it private space.
In those passionate moments alone
when she breathes her sweet essence into my soul
And pulls the truth of our love from my mouth to her own with the simple magnificence of her kiss
Ever reread a poem and feel like one part is powerful enuff to be its own piece?
Yes, this is a verbatim excerpt from both versions of "Lips By..."
But I had to give it private space.
#romantic
#spiritual
#nostalgia
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Dreamboy
Poem Published
17th Jul 2021 1:46am
17th Jul 2021 1:46am
feelings. Pt. 2
I'm glad
I'm glad you
I'm glad you felt something.
I'm sorry I spent so much time worrying about the in between,
that isn't me,
that was just a really bad dream.
Coloring inside the lines
because I want to
not because I have to
No, it just so happens that
I agree on some things
Sometimes
I like to believe that we can feel
the same feeling
Even if we never discuss it
A secret between
Old friends becomes old history
We're writing the stories now.
I'm glad you felt something.
I'm glad you
I'm glad you felt something.
I'm sorry I spent so much time worrying about the in between,
that isn't me,
that was just a really bad dream.
Coloring inside the lines
because I want to
not because I have to
No, it just so happens that
I agree on some things
Sometimes
I like to believe that we can feel
the same feeling
Even if we never discuss it
A secret between
Old friends becomes old history
We're writing the stories now.
I'm glad you felt something.
#dreams
#memories
#acceptance #nostalgia
#acceptance #nostalgia
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Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 15th Jul 2021 8:54pm
21st Nov 2020 9:41pm
21st Nov 2020 9:41pm
Take me back
Take me back
To those vapor nights
That evaporated
With such ease
Back when summer
Reigned with might
And winter
Melted into the seas
Formless figures
Floated free
And whispered
Fathoms sound
The sky did
Freedoms colors bleed
And love
Spread all around
Before vengeful violence
Spread so fast
Like fire
Lit gasoline
When hatreds empire
Grew too vast
And in our hearts
Did cling
Take me back
To a time that's pure
Raw
With...
To those vapor nights
That evaporated
With such ease
Back when summer
Reigned with might
And winter
Melted into the seas
Formless figures
Floated free
And whispered
Fathoms sound
The sky did
Freedoms colors bleed
And love
Spread all around
Before vengeful violence
Spread so fast
Like fire
Lit gasoline
When hatreds empire
Grew too vast
And in our hearts
Did cling
Take me back
To a time that's pure
Raw
With...
#regret
#conflict
#escape
#nostalgia
#bittersweet
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9 Comments
Dreamboy
Poem Published
14th Jul 2021 2:58pm
14th Jul 2021 2:58pm
the river//the rain
The river is rising,
the river is rising,
the water is coming to wash it away.
To let it all go, to let it all fade.
Time to shake hands with your past,
and make steps towards who you want to be.
I don’t even know what that means.
I wasn’t even hardly listening.
Oh, how the palm trees sighed.
Oh, how we felt those nights.
Lost in a fog, and the river is rising.
Coming to wash it away,
to rinse the dirt off,
the tears are free to fall short
and we’re free to try to make things work,
and you’re free to stay...
the river is rising,
the water is coming to wash it away.
To let it all go, to let it all fade.
Time to shake hands with your past,
and make steps towards who you want to be.
I don’t even know what that means.
I wasn’t even hardly listening.
Oh, how the palm trees sighed.
Oh, how we felt those nights.
Lost in a fog, and the river is rising.
Coming to wash it away,
to rinse the dirt off,
the tears are free to fall short
and we’re free to try to make things work,
and you’re free to stay...
#depression
#childhood
#fall
#memories
#nostalgia
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Dreamboy
Poem Published
14th Jul 2021 1:48pm
14th Jul 2021 1:48pm
Yellow//Piano
We sneak outside in the summertime.
We were piano keys, we were
Piano keys
We were somewhere else at different times in different places
We were cautious of those around us.
We were private parties, we were living bodies.
We were piano keys dancing nicely, right in line.
We were piano keys and we were alive.
We love to sneak outside.
We were piano keys, we were
Piano keys
We were somewhere else at different times in different places
We were cautious of those around us.
We were private parties, we were living bodies.
We were piano keys dancing nicely, right in line.
We were piano keys and we were alive.
We love to sneak outside.
#sadness
#nostalgia
#IMissYou
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SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
12th Jul 2021 7:09pm
12th Jul 2021 7:09pm
Mm.. Claiming Me Softly In The Heat Of The Moment
#lover
#memories
#nostalgia
188 reads
21 Comments
Strangeways_Rob
Poem Published
11th Jul 2021 7:29pm
11th Jul 2021 7:29pm
Spilling’s of Childhood Summers
We teased bees to sting peaches
Collecting stingers in a jam jar.
By winter, string of needle suicide
Festered a glassed bloodsmell,
Entombed beside tins of peaches.
We are never far from the hiraeth hive.
***
In the Land of Her Many Fathers
Siobhan begged her Nain to
Teach her how to smile.
‘We smile from here,’ she replied -
Pointing at her nicotine stained heart.
Their Bible, always open, smelt of
Tobacco and bacon grease.
***
Shade stung, old man in Panama hat
Brimmed his non-returning...
Collecting stingers in a jam jar.
By winter, string of needle suicide
Festered a glassed bloodsmell,
Entombed beside tins of peaches.
We are never far from the hiraeth hive.
***
In the Land of Her Many Fathers
Siobhan begged her Nain to
Teach her how to smile.
‘We smile from here,’ she replied -
Pointing at her nicotine stained heart.
Their Bible, always open, smelt of
Tobacco and bacon grease.
***
Shade stung, old man in Panama hat
Brimmed his non-returning...
#love
#universe
#LifeCycle #nostalgia
#LifeCycle #nostalgia
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