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Memories of High School Dances

We girls, dressed our vert best! Curled our hair, a tad of makeup. Clothes, must most modest be. Skirts, well below the knee! Boys had to wear suits. To respect us with utmost chivalry. And indeed, they did! Rules and morals, planted firmly in our heads. I wonder what it is like now? Knowing, it is not the same. Where sexuality is the game! And if there is any sense of shame? These memories of by-gone days. Honey-sweet with magical anticipation. An adolescent empire just bursting With respectful, innocent play and a Delight in cordial admiration! 12/6/2022

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Robert Lindley

Date: 1/10/2022 8:18:00 AM

You my friend, have just brought back memories of my vanished youth! Most are pleasant ones that today are sorely needed. You so oft gift far more than you relize, imho. A fav.. An inspiration, God bless...

Panagiota Romios
Date: 1/10/2022 11:02:00 AM

I m pleaded you faved this. Those were great days! Respect for the human body still existed. P.S.Eve Roper did gift me with a tribute. Hope you see it. I barely know her. What a fab tribute.what a great poem.))) Have not been well. Still not at home. Missing my independence .Pangie

Bill Baker

Date: 1/7/2022 10:31:00 PM

Kids I knew in the 50's and early 60's while I was in Jr. High and High School, were very nieve. Kids today in the 5th or 6th grade know more about sex and drugs than an average high school student in my time. Most things beyond holding hands were accomplished in the mind only. lol Enjoyed your poem, Pangie. A poet friend in Texas, Bill

Panagiota Romios
Date: 1/10/2022 10:51:00 AM

Hi Bill, Dorryforthe relay in response my friend,not being 16 anymore , darn it, PAIN KEEEPSME offline. My hreartis here,but the body cannot operate. I tell you. This is depressing. Sohugs to you for the share. Kids these days are in abortion mills,snorting and doing shrooms. Music is gross. Ave’s good day inTexas.right now people leavingCA so fast.there are no trucks available. Justroom for tent people? Pamgie

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/7/2022 2:46:00 PM

I always wonder if the kids in the 50s all kept their morals the way we picture them doing. For sure, they were definitely more chaste than todays kids who make party games out of things that were unspeakable even in MY day (I was 70s girl). yes, things have really changed, and it's very sad in many ways.

Panagiota Romios
Date: 1/8/2022 4:00:00 AM

I don’t know what 900 girls did in my Hs. And, it’s none of my business. My job was being chaste? Is a big yes...things get weirder all the time. You do know what I mean. You are quite hip! Pangie

Eve Roper

Date: 1/7/2022 8:16:00 AM

Rules and morals, planted firmly in our heads. That was my dad.

Panagiota Romios
Date: 1/7/2022 8:40:00 AM

Eve, same here. Top that with Sixteen years of Catholic nuns, priests and friars plus Bishop Sheen at age twelve...Morality was prime! No such thing as a pregnant girl, when I grew up. Today, they are proud of it. Really? Who funds these babies? US Americans! Their own parents should take full responsibility. Pangie

Joanna Daniel

Date: 1/6/2022 9:42:00 PM

Very true, Pangie:)

Panagiota Romios
Date: 1/7/2022 5:16:00 AM

Jo...glad you could relate and like others, left a gift of your heart, called a comment. Not allcan relate to this. Merci Pangie 1/7 6:14@m

Robert L. Hinshaw

Date: 1/6/2022 5:02:00 PM

You brought back some fond memories of those days, Pangie! Then we danced cheek to cheek with romantic music not the deplorable crap called music today. Bob H

Panagiota Romios
Date: 1/7/2022 5:12:00 AM

Hi Always a treat to hear from you. Cheek to cheek is correct to a T! I love that expression. It was so romantic.....l being older, today’s music is akin to some strange music from another land...perhaps each generation thinks the same? I was catching a moment in time that exists no more. Perhaps I am wrong, love to you and your cat! Pangie and her cat 1/7/. 6am

Gershon Wolf

Date: 1/6/2022 11:47:00 AM

Your poem brings back a flood of memories for me, Pangie. Some might argue that the dances you attended seem 'quaint' now. I would argue that they were 1,000% better than any 'dances' going on in high schools today. Thanks for the trip back in time. Anticipation and Hope, Gershon

Panagiota Romios
Date: 1/7/2022 5:34:00 AM

This was not meant to say which period of time was better!quaibt is fine with me. I only see how kids younger than 12 dance on Tv, more like young strippers....The Golden Globes Awards? Everyone flashed their bodily globes.I am far from square, but it is a like a strip show of old. And kids watch it? Nothing like good dancing...I do mean good. Oy, excuse the title...incorrectly spelled. Oh, those great HS dances in Elmwood Park. Pangie. Thank you. 1/7. 6:30@an