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Originally published: 26th September 2019
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This poem was inspired by songs I heard in the '60s on "Junior Choice" (A UK radio show that played children's requests and ran between 1954 - 1982).
The swinging sixties never swung
As much as people said
But for me, the bands
And the songs they sung
Linger on inside my head.
I rocked and rolled to Morningtown
On a wagon with one wheel
And followed tracks
That took me down
To fields that were surreal.
A jungle snake both sang and hissed
When a man climbed on his cloud.
Then a windmill turned
In the Autumn mist
And a policeman laughed out loud.
In a warm and gentle wonderland
On a train whose whistle blew,
A swinging star
Introduced his band
And sang a rainbow too.
God only knows, when I look back
Why The Miller told his tale.
And I can’t explain
Why Grocer Jack
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
But I'm thankful for those days back then
Before the years rolled by.
Those were the days
In dreams and when
There was spirit in the sky.
Copyright © Gary Radice | Year Posted 2019
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