Remember Kent State

long hair                 a sign of rebellion
	a leveler  for rich and poor

"no money for a hair cut?"
"no problem - you're styling!"

the flannel credo 
cheap and colorful
soft, softer, old and  see  through the 
	softest
the perfect place to ride
a rebel heart

a two-fingered salute
to the military industrial machine
	haywire on testosterone
stick a daisy in that barrel buddy

sex, now that was a     rebellion
guiltless sex lauded	
"If you can't be with the one you love"
                                   "love the one you're with -- "

take your third eye
                                   use your second sight
put horns on Nixon's head
and fight war
	                   for peace



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs6aaaJBAv0
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Date: 3/29/2014 4:42:00 PM
Debbie, CONGRATS ON YOUR WIN..... Awesome poem!! Luv ~SKAT~
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Date: 3/26/2014 10:45:00 AM
Debbie, excellent walk down memory lane, congratulations on your win. Thanks much for entering my contest, so sorry to be late saying so.
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Date: 3/23/2014 3:45:00 PM
really good one, debbie.. i won't mind if you spoke of your usual themes.. i like the moon and dancing : these are my trademarks and all classic poets have them, dear... sweet congrats and huggs!
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Date: 3/22/2014 10:09:00 PM
Very clever creation, Congrats on the fine win, debbie
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Date: 3/22/2014 8:12:00 PM
Well done and you are still living - alive and free... Congratulations on your win Debbie... Verlena
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Date: 3/3/2014 7:51:00 PM
I remember the days of the Moratorium and other protests. You spelled it out for me again. Peace & Love Matthew Anish
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Date: 3/1/2014 9:53:00 AM
Love the old CSN and Young also. So neat to hear it from your perspective Debbie. Very sad the 4 young lives who were lost that day in Ohio. Was going to listen to the song and here you had the link. Great choice. Take care Debbie.
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Date: 2/28/2014 10:50:00 AM
Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for making my day. I have found it pleasurable to always begin the weekend with Poetrysoup because poets like you and poems like this do not disappoint. Have a lovely weekend
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Date: 2/27/2014 2:32:00 PM
Ohhhhh, I loved this Deb! You took me back to yesteryear, though I was shy and tame at that time, I enjoyed watching the free spirit of others.
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Date: 2/27/2014 2:27:00 PM
interesting write here, Debs
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Date: 2/27/2014 8:47:00 AM
Good to "see" a memory. How things morph from one to the other. love, Kathy
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Date: 2/26/2014 9:28:00 PM
Nice way to describe one of the most infamous moments in US history.
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Date: 2/26/2014 8:04:00 PM
GREAT way to do the contest, Debs. LOVE it.
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Date: 2/26/2014 2:36:00 PM
Who can forget that indelible photograph, caught in the moment at Kent State. ?? Trying to fight a war with peace....a daunting job, but some are brave enough to risk their lives. :) Thanks for the remembrance!
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Debbie Guzzi
Date: 2/26/2014 2:48:00 PM
Yes this was for the Peace sign contest and didn't even get HM
Date: 2/26/2014 8:29:00 AM
Such a crazy event ... and a crazy time, really. Of course, I've only been able to read about it. I've never visited the site of Kent State, but I have visited Tianamen Square....I really like this poem, Debbie.
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Date: 2/25/2014 3:31:00 PM
Nicely penned..Makes me think of the Buffalo Springfield song, "For what it's worth"
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Date: 2/24/2014 6:16:00 PM
One of the great things about being a writer is that we can time travel. We can revisit and relive another place or time, whenever we feel like it. And also, take everyone else along for the ride. This poem did just that. Great writing, Debbie!...Thank you very much for the kind congrats on my poem. :)
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