Dan Kearley Poet Rhyme

Roller Skating

The rockin days of roller skating
Just traveling round and round
Hoping you don't bump into someone
Causing you to both fall down

The music would be blaring
And the lights would set the mood
Girls go around smiling at the guys
Hoping some guy would smile back too

There was always some guy styling
Trying to impress everyone with his moves
He had the best pair of roller skates
Which made him the coolist of the cool

He was the one that sparked you
Made you want to try a couple new moves
So one day you could skate like him
And be the coolist of the cool

Those wild days of roller skating
When problems were all left at the door
Everyone rolling around in a big circle
Hoping their bodies never hit the floor


Dan Kearley:1-27-12

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Tomiwa Ajiboye November 22, 2012 at 8:01 AM wow, your poem is wonderful check out my poem too

Tomiwa Ajiboye November 22, 2012 at 7:57 AM wow, your poem is wonderful

Gail Debole February 15, 2012 at 6:04 PM I liked to roller skate and ice skate when I was younger. I don't think that there are any roller skating rinks where I live anymore. Especially like the phrasing..."He was the one that sparked you."

Avis Bailey February 12, 2012 at 1:26 AM Dan, This really takes me wa------y back. I come from a small Texas town, where once a year a traveling roller skating rink[tent] would come to our neck of the woods for a month. You would be surprised what you could learn in that short if time. My first date with my husband was at one of these rinks. Hey, it was a good thing, we've been married 51 years the 17th of this month. Thanks for the memories! Avis

Elizabeth Wesley February 7, 2012 at 8:02 PM Never see kids roller skate today. Am I blind or is it true? Brings back sweet memories Dan, loved the speed and feel of freedom on those things.

Andrea Dietrich February 3, 2012 at 10:56 AM Dan, this is really really nice. I LOVED those roller skating days. I tried it again in my 50's but my dang hip couldn't take more than an hour of it. CRAP!!! Dan Kearley February 3, 2012 at 11:55 AM Hahaha,I know what your saying...I tried again in my 30's,and since I'm all grown up now at 6 ft 4 1/2 inches.That floor was almost 7ft away when I looked down! Hahaha,but I went alot slower,and didn't fall thank God! :o) Man,my legs were sore the next day. Hahaha :o)

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Gwendolen Song January 31, 2012 at 5:45 PM You really took me back to memory lane..I used to LOVE roller skating, Dan..and YES, like Mr. Lambert below, I loved the moonlight skates..(had to pay for them to skate with me with scooter crunch bars)...don't tell anyone that BIG SECRET!!...My sister was the coolest skater of them all and I just tried to catch her. I even had lights on the bottom of my speed skates...over the top, I know. I love this memory lane trip...AAHHHHhhhhhhh. This is a great write from you. GWendolen Dan Kearley February 1, 2012 at 5:36 PM Oh wow! Lights hey? Fancy! :o) At least you could learn from your sis. :o)

Jslambert Mister Roboto January 29, 2012 at 11:43 PM MAN! does this one EVER conjure up some memories of "MOONLIGHT SKATEs For COUPLES ONLY"...When I first would go skating waaaay back in the digggity day, there was no DJ...just a giant organ and some spooky white dude with a grey afro JAMMIN' OUT. I caught many a bloody lip when my drunk grandma would take me out, center rink. She ALWAYS promised to protect me...and BAM!, EveryTIME, I'd get jack up by some speed skatin' kid with a mullet! THANKS a whole lot man...now Imma have nightmares!~:)lol Dan Kearley February 1, 2012 at 5:28 PM Oh,those were the days..lol..Hahaha

M.I.A . January 29, 2012 at 8:15 PM douch! i never had this-sound-so-wonderful day or roller skate! not so good with the wheels i guess. truly enjoyed this piece Dan. Dan Kearley February 1, 2012 at 5:27 PM Ha,ha..Thank you :o)

Anne-Lise Andresen January 29, 2012 at 1:49 PM I will bump into someone Dan,but I will be the coolist of the cool ofcourse.:) :) :)bump-pump-pump.....oxox love F.E.F. Anne-Lise Anne-Lise Andresen January 31, 2012 at 1:23 PM SOUP MAIL YOU,DAN.

Kim Merryman January 27, 2012 at 4:40 PM Going roller skating was such a treat. I haven't thought about that in a very long time. Great poem, Dan. Brought back fun memories. Love, Kim

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders January 27, 2012 at 2:56 PM I loved this!! I miss roller skating. My childhood was filled with birthday parties at roller rinks. I always admired that one cool guy with all the moves. Those were the days! Blessings, Rhonda Dan Kearley January 27, 2012 at 4:13 PM I was hoping this would bring back some memories.. :o)

Charlotte Puddifoot January 27, 2012 at 2:36 PM sounds like fun...I don't know about roller skating but I was very much into ice skating and had the bruises to prove it :-) Dan Kearley January 27, 2012 at 4:12 PM Oh,I know that ice felt harder then the roller skating floor...Ha,ha :o)