Poems about Nostalgia

• Shore Roads Of April

  What do I see and hear of an April morning?
  Many a ridge and furrow, headland and bay,

  by Bill Adams 24 lines
• Hay-Carren

  'Tis merry ov a zummer's day,
  When vo'k be out a-haulèn hay,

  by William Barnes 50 lines
• The Mystery

  I'm back on my old job again; the boss has raised my pay;
  I've donned "civilians," and I've put my uniform away;

  by Burt Franklin Jenness 20 lines
• Stowaway

  I crossed the gangway in the winter's raining,
  Late in the night, when it was dreary dark;

  by Bill Adams 39 lines
• The Home Of Happier Days

  Yes, bright the velvet lawn appears,
  And fair the blooming bowers;

  by Maria Smith Abdy 16 lines
• On the sea at Omi

  On the sea at Ômi,
  Plovers fly the waves at dusk

  by Kakinomoto no Asomi Hitomaro 4 lines, 3 comments
• Einst Und Jetzt (Now and Then)

  "Möchte wieder in die Gegend,
  Wo ich einst so selig war,

  by Nikolaus Lenau 43 lines
• The Cupboard

  It's a board carved wooden cupboard;
  the ancient dark-coloured oak

  by Arthur Rimbaud 18 lines
• Billy Peg-leg's Fiddle

  I've a pal called Billy Peg-leg, with one leg a wood leg,
  And Billy' he's a ship's cook and lives upon the sea;

  by Bill Adams 40 lines
• The Seaman's Hour

  When the day's trick is over and the running lights are lit,
  And the rigging fore and aft is trim and tight;

  by Burt Franklin Jenness 34 lines
• The Old Ditty Box

  Old and battered now, it rests
  With the spinning wheel and chests,

  by Burt Franklin Jenness 32 lines
• Maid And Boy

  Come, little maid, from youthful days,
    And let me paint you as you stood;

  by John Albee 45 lines
• Mess Gear

  Along about six in th' mornin',
  When th' drippin' sun turns out o' bed,

  by Burt Franklin Jenness 25 lines
• Anchor Watches

  Ever stood th' twelve t' four
  Anchor watch, alone at night,

  by Burt Franklin Jenness 44 lines
• A Lift By The Way

  When the road it is rough and the sun it is strong,
  And the miles of the country seem long and more long,

  by Cicely Fox Smith 24 lines
• The Bedford Nell

  When the night winds blow in from the open sea,
  And darkness sifts down in the busy street,

  by Burt Franklin Jenness 54 lines
• Genius Loci

  Yes, this is the place where my boyhood
      Saw its butterfly season depart:

  by John James Piatt 35 lines, 2 comments
• Mobile Bay

  There's a song has gone through my mind all day,
  As a song will sometimes do;

  by Cicely Fox Smith 36 lines
• Old Haunts (For Music)

  I love to linger on my track
    Wherever I have dwelt and parted;

  by Martin Farquhar Tupper 17 lines
• "Where The Sage Brush Grows"

  I'm living in an eastern state
  And though I do my best

  by D J O'Malley 61 lines
• The Clock With One Finger

  The clock with one finger
  Was made in the days

  by Cicely Fox Smith 48 lines, 1 comment
• The Seafarer

  May I for my own self song's truth reckon,
  Journey's jargon, how I in harsh days

  by Anonymous Olde English 100 lines
• All Hands On Deck

  "Rouse out, you sleepers! Come, now, rise and shine!"
  How would you like to hear that cry again?

  by Bill Adams 27 lines
• Mrs Moffat

  Mrs Moffat sold tomatoes,
  Postal orders, ginger pop,

  by Christopher Hassall 37 lines, 5 comments
• Red Lead

  You may visit studios
  In New York or gay Paree;

  by Burt Franklin Jenness 43 lines
• Captain

  Give me a tub, a dirty tub,
  Most any old tub will do,

  by Bill Adams 44 lines
• The Rendezvous

  A pub there is of far renown,
  A pub that seamen know

  by Cicely Fox Smith 40 lines
• The Ship's Cook

  The gilded thrones of kings may pass;
  The magistrate's judicial hall,

  by Burt Franklin Jenness 44 lines
• Ai-Lee-Oh

  I see a ship glide through a dock
  With lovely white wings,

  by Bill Adams 35 lines
• The Holystoner

  Swashin' down the quarter-deck, scuppers runnin' free,
  All th' gang in workin' white, happy as c'n be;

  by Burt Franklin Jenness 27 lines

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