Nostalgic for Nothing
Emilia Hulson 2005 (St. Paul)
It's a lights off in the house, cloudy skies as a light source day.
It's bittersweet and slightly sleepy.
For small crafts in soft silence with quiet music, the type you could easily tune out if you tried, if you wanted too.
It's a day you have for this and nothing else.
For when it feels like how warm fog feels on your skin.
For contemplative silence and nostalgia for a feeling you can't quite place, for memories you haven't had.
Like the hour or so before dusk, when you start to realize it's not really day anymore.
For when petty rivalries fall away because there's no need for them.
When you can't speak up, because you don't have the strength, and you wouldn't want to even if you could.
When the calmness is as contagious as sleep after deprivation.
It's for staring off into nothing, not needing a reason or explanation to exist.
For sweaters and blankets even though it's warm enough already.
For when life fills up and if you move too much you might spill some, so you have no choice but to sit, and accept everything as it is.
Font size:
Written on March 12, 2022
Submitted by Pyrofold on June 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 1:08 min read
- 0 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | X A X XX X X X X X X A X |
---|---|
Characters | 1,065 |
Words | 216 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Nostalgic for Nothing" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/131570/nostalgic-for-nothing>.
Discuss the poem Nostalgic for Nothing with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In