Nostalgia 1948—1968
Dim childhood
heroes
Eddie Joost, Hank
Majeski
Philadelphia
A’s.
Sunday after
church
Family in living
room
Tchaikovsky
playing.
Pink button-down
shirt
Oxford cloth,
those scuffed white bucks
Nineteen
fifty-four.
Fraternity
boys
Weekend trips to
Myrtle Beach
Empty beer
bottles
Wedding trip
hotel
We can no longer
afford
On the Outer
Banks.
Solemn
procession
Marching to
Morehouse College
April,
sixty-eight.
Robert Demaree is the author of three book-length
collections, including After Labor
Day (2014) published by Beech River Books. He presents poetry readings,
seminars and workshops in North
Carolina (October through June) and New England (June through October). His work
has recently appeared in the Chaffin Review.
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