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Nostalgia Poems | Examples of Nostalgia Poetry

Nostalgia Poems - Examples of all types of nostalgia poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for nostalgia.
Premium Member TV Shows back in the Sixties
In most of the movies back in the day.,. women of the sixties wore glasses, so they could be smart Women without glasses were thought to have empty non-thinking heads In the sixties TV shows, all librarians wore...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, women,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member old gold cigarette girl
She comes across the screen dancing her boots off. Kicking and carousing, showing us her sexy legs. She is the Old Gold Cigarette Girl of course! Men were men back in the sixties, But women were “girls” – it...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member leading doctors smoke Camels
All of the leading doctors recommend Camels. Well, dang it, if Camels are good enough for the leading doctors I had better smoke myself some Camels! Were we this gullible back in the day? Yes....Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Winston Tastes Good
Winston tastes good like a knock knock cigarette should. See the USA in a Chevrolet, visit Dinah Shore along the way. But be sure and be toting some Chesterfield Lights. So we can be sexy and sultry on...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member ding dong Avon calling
Ding dong! Avon calling it is 1953. Women rush to host a fragrance party. The Avon lady is lying in wait, ready to sell. Ding dong! You cannot come to toe door in your house dress. Your lips will be blood red...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Pepe's Coffee Lounge
I was one of the cool set, navy blue duffle coat, scarf around my neck, seated at a table in Pepe's Coffee Lounge discussing Baudelaire and T.S. Eliot and the demise of the political elites. The conscription ballot hung over...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, social, sunset, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Seasons in the Sun
I remember those days of yore When I was innocent and free All the good times had before In our cabin by the sea Being cautioned by my mother With a starfish in my hands Building castles with my...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, seasons, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Where Have all the Comics Gone
~ To the tune of: 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?' ~ Where have all the comics gone ...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, farewell, humor, nostalgia,
Form: Lyric
Queen of Madness Act2
Even now, she could recall the intoxicating ecstasy that consumed her as the blade bit and tore. A perverse mix of terror and dominance, an unholy sacrament enacted to satisfy depravities that should have died...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, dark, gothic, holocaust, memory,
Form: Prose
Belonging
do you think i belong here? so close to you, so near oh Penelope did you hear? she wants me right there.. but I am lost in deep mess in a pit, a fissure, an Abyss oh canopy of tall...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, 12th grade, best friend,
Form: Couplet
'Neath The Palms
For so long, I wondered my life ‘neath the palms ...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, change, home, how i
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member He Has Only Just Begun
On swift wings, blessed by the light, who pours out the melody, scriptures come to life – in the song, joyful noises, crafted by hope, soothing away the dark, coloring the life in gentle truth, praises poured out, all through...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, appreciation, bird, blessing, fate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rainbow Bridge, A Haiku Trilogy
Raibow Bridge, A Haiku Trilogy We found you,dear cat. ‘Lovey’.dead you, beauty you. Our soul tears ,splash, splash. ...Read the rest...
Categories: angel, loss, nostalgia,
Form: Haiku
Under the Apple Tree
Under the tree, I sit once again A long decade it has been Before, a girl, lost and alone A woman into which she has grown Memories flood me as I look back Knowledge abundant, previously lack So many changes,...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia, appreciation, change, farm, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member we never throw anything away
A piece of brown crap metal What could I do with it? I did not know, but I knew I would have to try Since it was free, I lugged it home Seashells with holes Discarded by a button factory Thousands...Read the rest...
Categories: nostalgia,
Form: Free verse

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