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POEM STARTER
Submitted by Susan Santizo
Write a poem about a place which makes you feel nostalgic.
You can write in any style or genre, but keep this as the central theme.
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A narrow lane with cobblestone,
Where twilight whispers linger,
The echoes of a childhood roam,
Through time, they brush my fingers.
The old oak tree with branches wide,
A castle in our dreams,
Its ancient roots, a place to hide,
Where laughter flows in streams.
The scent of rain on dusty streets,
A fragrance sweet, profound,
Where every step my memory greets,
With whispers all around.
The cott...
Leaving your door open
Stealing your snacks
“Borrowing” your clothes
Slapping your back
Racing to the front
Calling you names
Saying I hate you
Every stupid game
This is how I love you
I would kill for you sis’
But you can’t borrow my shirt
My friend and nemesis
After all you’re my sister
You warm my heart
And boil my blood
I hate you Cora
But you’re also my love...
The lights turn off
The door is closed
Silence fills the air
A slow slide against the wall
The comforting hold of my knees to my chest
At last
I am alone
with….
my thoughts
my feelings
myself
My head is tilt back against the wall
Silence through and through
Safe from the world
Safe from myself
Eyes open
An exhaled breath
A look in the mirror
...
She felt like home.
But not in the baking cookies, hugs from your family type home.
She was home in the way that she felt like late night breakdowns, crying silently in your bedroom after your parents fought.
She was home in the way she felt like the disappointing looks from your mother after you come home with bad grades.
She was home in the way I wanted nothing to do with her.
Like home in ...
Watching home videos makes me feel
Hopeless
Lost
Terrified
I’m watching the faces on the old video camera
Seeing some faces that are no longer with us
Seeing my own face before I grew up
Before we _all _grew_ _up_ _
The bowling alley birthdays
The petting zoos
The pool parties
It all feels so far away
As my eyes are following along with the different tapes I’m noticing how much we’ve...
I remember my childhood home and wonder
if I ever felt like a child while I lived there
Or if the house itself held more innocence than I did
I wonder if I was pretending so thoroughly to enjoy playing with dolls
That I never noticed my playtime’s didn’t have any dialogue
And were instead filled with the silence of someone
Who never learned how to play with toys at all...
I tried so hard to solve you
To become your missing piece
And so my bids for attention
Continued to increase
Each time I found a piece
You took one of mine away
Instead of trying to solve me
You ignored me more each day
I wanted more than you wanted to give
I wanted all of you
To have, to hold, to cherish,
To inspire and imbue
We were 2 puzzle pieces
That appeared to fit together
But what ...
Sweet scent of heavy cedar
Bathe the darkness of my mind
Memories like rising bubbles
Churning in the flow of time
I can be myself again
In a world so wild and free
A place before I’d been so burdened
The River wound so peacefully
So saudade
So saudade
So saudade
Healing wounds I’ve so sustained
Within your cool and damp embrace
Your clacking rocks, skipping the stones
To relearn ways I’ve sinc...
In the realm of distant memories, where time stands still,
A mother and daughter frolic on the beach, with sheer thrill.
Their laughter fills the air, like seagulls in flight,
While sister and dad splash through waves, pure delight.
Giggles cascade like gentle waves, rolling to the shore,
As the ocean's melody echoes, forevermore.
The girls scamper away, as the waves draw near,
Seeking hidden tre...
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