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Life In the 50's

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This is a 'ziket' poem: First line, maximum of eight syllables; 2nd line, five. Many thanks to Line Gauthier for showing me the way!

Wow! ~ Dad gave me a whole dollar Sheesh! Whoop and holler!

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M. L. Kiser

Date: 8/13/2020 4:57:00 PM

When I was a kid, that would have been classed as a "miracle"!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/13/2020 6:10:00 PM

Yeah! I hear you! My father not only didn't give out dollars, but as a Depression-era teen, it actually hurt him to part with a penny. Then again, he sure took care of my Mom! ~ Gershon

Kenneth Cheney

Date: 8/12/2020 1:27:00 PM

I got every penny of enjoyment out of reading this.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/12/2020 7:34:00 PM

Yes! Remember when 5 pennies could buy 5 pieces of candy --- or a pack of 5 baseball cards and that awful rubber-tasting gum?! lol. Thanks, Kenneth

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/12/2020 7:45:00 AM

So cute! Your poems either cause me to smile, ponder or scratch my head! ;)

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/13/2020 3:37:00 AM

Tri-dexterous— you’re a hoot!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/12/2020 7:33:00 PM

That's good, Kim! ... I mean the 'or' you wrote. Because if you had written 'and/or,' then you would have been 'tri-dextrous:' Smile, ponder, and scratch head simultaneously. In awe! ~ Gerald Ford

Quoth Theraven

Date: 8/12/2020 7:23:00 AM

Gershon, I've walked many a block with a shiny new quarter to go to the store for my favorite candy bar. Wonder what my parents were doing when they sent me out? -Richard

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/12/2020 7:28:00 PM

Not sure if I understand your question. You think that your parents were 'canoodling' a bit while you were choosing your favorite candy bar... My parents only had to give me a nickel back in 1955 or so for a Three Musketeers bar about twice as big as today's version... And we call this progress?!! lol. Thanks, Richard.

Jenish Somadas

Date: 8/12/2020 2:50:00 AM

lol.. You are a rich man.. Ziket!! First time I heard about this form.. Is it always written in 2 lines?

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/12/2020 7:26:00 PM

I AM a rich man. I invested that dollar in Cuban Oil Stock, and now -- my beard is longer than Castro's was! lol. Thanks, Jenish

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/12/2020 12:07:00 AM

What a Ziket of a poem! Thank goodness Line showed you!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/12/2020 7:02:00 PM

Yikes, Zikes! (I guess a Ziket is a little Zike... Time for me to hit the hay perhaps). Thanks, Caren. Kudos to Line, as you note! :) gw