1960S Poems - Poems about 1960S

In the light of the South where the sun burns bright, We march for freedom, we march for right. With each step forward, we push through pain, Dreaming of a world where love will reign. The streets are filled with glimmer of hope, As we gather strength to help us cope. In the face of hatred, we stand tall, United we rise,...

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From the Summer of Love this snake slithers Exposes its fangs from a sleeve of gold Shakes the Venice beaches to the apocalypse of Viet Nam A song A poem Black leather pants wrapped around Apollo The End A worldwide revolution lasting 11 minutes 42 seconds How many tens of millions of people have had their lives changed For so many decades By a trance...

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I saw one flag raised and another fall I saw the great lie of justice and equity for all I saw a crisis that stopped the world I saw a wall to keep out the cold I saw a man in the outer limits of space I saw the beginning of the space race I saw a legend in white out...

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Cher, Tina, Liza, the Beach Boys too Elvis singing of two shoes, both blue Finger motions with Bunny Foo Foo A whiff of Old Spice and Elmer’s Glue Lennon’s Fancy My Chances With You Pop beads, Skipper dolls, TM’s guru, 1960’s items make me smile and coo And feel seventeen for an hour or two...

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That peacock is straight out of the sixties I told the throng. One of them was way too young to know. He said that I was wrong. He is the colors of the sixties – oranges, yellows and pink. How do you know? He asked me. Was he afraid to think?...

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Tom the Cat has some new amazing ideas up his sleeve. He is constantly outsmarted by Jerry, a mouse who is his peeve. He has built a mousetrap guaranteed to get this varmint once and for all. It is camouflaged like leaves, and about sixteen feet tall. Tom is confident that he will be eating roasted mouse tonight. He loves...

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Back in my day we had the radio on at my house in early mornings. We gardened in the summer and ate the food all year round. It was so much more fresh and tasty than canned or frozen. We shared the extra with the neighbors, and we knew their names. Back in my day everyone could “mom” or...

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some other world passed by that night through wet circles on the glass. against the blur of dark and light crowds swarmed and walked en-masse. the storm picked up along South Shore spitting patterns on the screen. the wipers rubbed and squeaked once more leaving fan shapes where they’d been. the lights that danced above the clubs were synced to move like real. they chased...

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Arcola circa late 1960's early 1970's... easy to conjure this idyllic June 8th, 2020 Envision bucolic Currier and Ives rendered landscape, or canvas painted courtesy gifted late Thomas Kinkade (or substitute favorite creative soul) how aforementioned illustrious artists drape mesmerized amateur and/or art appreciation connoisseur admiring realistic enchanting imaginary vista heavenly made entices observer set foot into picture frame to escape night gallery twilight zone outer limits of insanity madding crowd,...

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beware atomic attack! 1950s civil defense duck and cover drills Bert the turtle showed us the way flash of light - duck and cover!...

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Hollywood’s Lucille Ball, loved by many, had an enormously profound effect on me. She was funny and kind and goofy, and so wonderful, she lit up my 1960’s TV. My favorite show of hundreds of thousands is of her and Ethel making candy. Until Carol Burnett came along, I thought a funnier woman could never be. This gorgeous entertainer will probably never...

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Mickey Mouse purses Wizard of Oz bags Disney’s Cinderella t-shirts They have been around for nigh onto seventy years Yet somehow we feel like we have just discovered them, Thinking they are new. Mickey Mouse thongs They are not new We used to wear them in the sixties On our feet....

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MARVEL 1960s As I journey into mystery I come across the tower of shadows Into the chamber of darkness I'm found tales to astonish Hulking and giant men Sub marina Involved in tales of supense Iron men and american Captains Oh! but strange tales Doctors and one eye patch wearing -- government men Women named Millie and Chili and both of them are modeling Alien...

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upon contemplating how to access a lapsed half century woolworth didst weigh more'n five and dime afore i hove up existential ante bell and clapper journeys truncated, predicated, conjugated on abundant buoyant chant eyelids gently shuttered while seated ...

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golden raiment trickling threnody ream hinged present with distant past, that temporarily static surreal moment in time stream the best part of existence, thence I became alive from dormant state, an anachronistic meme now, asper the following afore alluded ditty hie now aim harmoniously exultant exuding...

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