Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

An Innocent Time I Recall

There's an innocent time that I recall
  when every girl is Cinderella at a bobby-sox ball
each guy, a penny-loafer prince in a white letter sweater
  and the jukebox music keeps getting better

A place where the teens are not overly hip
  where the burn-outs and greasers don't dare give them lip
where 350-engines purr under car hoods
  where heroes are handsome, virtuous and good

The Beach Boys are gone now
  Bobby Vee, Neil Sedaka, Chuck Berry too
Hearing their music brings a tear to my eye
  If I make it to Heaven, I hope they'll drop by

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Caren Krutsinger November 30, 2021 at 9:05 PM We used to have a 1970 Maverick with "where 350-engines purr under car hoods" - It was fine! I always want a V-10 or a V-8 or a 350, so this made me smile! Gershon Wolf November 30, 2021 at 9:07 PM The good old days those were... gas for 19 cents a gallon. My first car cost me $50. A Pontiac Catalina with a 350cc engine under the hood. Leaked oil. Used it in my hair. (Yeah, sure) ~ The Fonz

Malabika Ray Choudhury November 26, 2021 at 5:27 AM Dear Gershon, truly enjoyed your poem about the "innocent time". I am not very much familiar with the music you have mentioned, but I can very much relate to the sentiment. Warm wishes~ Mala Gershon Wolf November 27, 2021 at 7:19 PM Thanks for relating to this one, even without the music, Mala. Happiness and Joy, Gershon

Connie Marcum Wong November 26, 2021 at 2:20 AM The kind of music you mention brings comfort to me still Gershon. Loved this little trip down memory lane. Thank you. Blessings xxoo Gershon Wolf November 26, 2021 at 12:46 PM Music is a comfort, indeed. Hope you are feeling well, Connie. Season's best, gw

L Milton Hankins November 25, 2021 at 6:55 PM Ah, I'm counting on you to make it, gw. Maybe there we can share a few good laughs...and wonder how we made it! Gershon Wolf November 26, 2021 at 12:45 PM Yes... and definitely wonder how we made it (at least, if you're past is anything like mine...) Season's best, gw

Silpika Kalita November 25, 2021 at 3:33 PM You have the style of T. S Eliot, especially for this outstanding composition, how much it reminds me of Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock by Eliot but with the delightful revival note, that's I loved the most...Silpika. Gershon Wolf November 25, 2021 at 3:52 PM Whoa... Thank you for your incredible compliment, Silpika. It's amazing to me, as I have not read any T.S. Eliot for 50 years! Appreciate your encouragement greatly! Many, thanks, Gershon

Jennifer Proxenos November 25, 2021 at 2:27 PM You are really having a music revival my friend the beach boys also a heavenly group. Hugs and blessings Gershon Wolf November 25, 2021 at 3:23 PM Your powers of observation are indeed acute, Jennifer. I am having a music revival -- proof that ordinary people can come back from the dead! lol. Thanks, gw

Quoth Theraven November 25, 2021 at 12:59 PM Gershon, Such a fine poem from the golden era of vinyl. It was a fine time to listen to the soundtrack of our lives. -Richard Gershon Wolf November 25, 2021 at 3:26 PM Gosh, I'd forgotten that those old discs were vinyl. And now I remember that my parents bought a large monaural (!) sound system in the mid-50's. We finally bought a stereo system in the mid-60's ~ The Neanderthals

Darlene De Beaulieu November 25, 2021 at 11:43 AM Hello Gershon, I enjoyed the Beach Boys, Beetles, Peter, Paul,& Mary. Collie Simon, and many more. Enjoy your day my friend. Darlene De Beaulieu November 26, 2021 at 2:39 PM Hello Gershon, yes Gershon, Cheers for those days of good music and lyrics, melody, and harmony The Golden Oldie. Enjoy your evening my friend. Gershon Wolf November 25, 2021 at 3:31 PM Darlene, I too enjoyed all the musical entertainers whom you mentioned. Here's to the days when music was still about melody, harmony, and lyrics! ~ Golden Oldie