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Nineteen Seventies Alive and Well

bell bottom blue jeans warm belly button showing nineteen seventies woodstock mad music vietnam war in full swing youth rebelling now free love is rampant people living in communes churches pray like mad usa magic separation of our youth from solid parents after kennedy dr martin luther king turned country wild youth were change ready probably the soldiers too holding breath in swamps nineteen seventies color tv was alive sonny and cher show assertive women wait patiently in the wings for the eighties turn

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Mahtab Bangalee

Date: 12/2/2019 4:04:00 AM

by the one word- GREAT; great writings

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/2/2019 8:46:00 AM

Thank you my friend!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 12/1/2019 9:16:00 PM

'Churches pray like mad' grabbed me. It was a somber time for the Church --- and barbers. Frankly, neither really ever recovered. ~ Old-Fashioned Oliver

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/2/2019 8:46:00 AM

And I doubt they ever will.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 12/1/2019 9:04:00 PM

I saw Sonny and Cher in Saratoga Springs, NY! It was so exciting! I was thinking, “Are they really back there!”

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/2/2019 8:46:00 AM

It is amazing to think of the 70's and how fast things changed.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/1/2019 3:05:00 PM

I was a kid during the 60's when I think viet nam was really kicking in for people. I think fortunately many of my school mates escaped the draft since we graduated in '73 right before the war would have ended. It sure was a time, those 70's. I still remember the big wide bells on my bell bottoms and those short shorts I wore!!

Maurice Rigoler

Date: 12/1/2019 1:23:00 PM

I went through the 70s like an Alberta Clipper (a fast moving storm). Couldn't stand thr hippie, their clothing, lifestyles, and music. Was in my late 20s then, conservative, out-of-work, studious, skeptical about almost everything, searching for the purpose of life. Glad they're over. Yes, my poem The Blue Guitar is a real experience. You're a perceptive reader. Thanks for the stop by. / M

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/2/2019 8:46:00 AM

Thank you so much my friend.

Ann Foster

Date: 12/1/2019 12:50:00 PM

This was great. I enjoyed the read. You are like my morning coffee. I love to swing by. :) Always wonderful... Merry Christmas friend. God Bless... Ann

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/2/2019 8:47:00 AM

Thank you for swinging by Ann.

Eve Roper

Date: 12/1/2019 12:42:00 PM

Nicely done, Caren, and writing them in a Senryu form fantastic. Enjoyed reading

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/2/2019 8:47:00 AM

I am trying new types again.

Jeff Connelly

Date: 12/1/2019 10:39:00 AM

A nostalgic read Caren. I have many childhood memories of these times, what caught my eye, not the most because this poem holds its own; but in the fourth stanza your brilliant use of a double space separating our youth. This is a beautiful poem Caren. Thank you.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/2/2019 8:47:00 AM

Thank you Jeff.

Panagiota Romios

Date: 12/1/2019 9:46:00 AM

A masterpiece, Caren and a FAV. I was living in SF then and then through the loss of our leaders. I prefer the clothes back then compared to today. Always wore a leather peace symbol and still love Jefferson Starship and "White Rabbit"..my boyfriend was arrested for selling a nickel bag. Today he owns his own flooring company in CA......Panagiota xx

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/2/2019 8:48:00 AM

Wow! You are still in touch then! Nice....

M. L. Kiser

Date: 12/1/2019 9:20:00 AM

I recall our first color TV, it was so awesome to see Micky's real colors and I lived for Disney night. I loved my bell-bottoms and fringed belt. What a great era. An enjoyable trip down memory lane.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/2/2019 8:48:00 AM

We lived for "Underdog" the first cartoon we could see in color on Saturday morning in 1964 when we had a color TV.