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Bell Bottom Poems - Poems about Bell Bottom

Premium Member memories of the seventies
...red hot lava lamp shaggedy raggedy rug peace sign plump flower bell bottom hip huggers fake fur vests and free love open hearts, open ideas nineteen seventy volkswagon buses and Viet Nam ......

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Categories: bell bottom, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Feeling Groovy
... Bell-bottom blue jeans were the rage when I was that age 'tween twelve and fourteen. With no money to spend on such foolish things, our lives wouldn't end without that latest trend. Bu......

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Categories: bell bottom, growing up,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member BELLS
... From the smallest of handbells to bells that are heavy, bells of all types make a large bevy. Small bells are often the tinkling kind like decorative ones in some stores we find. There are ......

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Categories: bell bottom, analogy,
Form: Couplet
Whose Got Next Part 1
...Man have you seen all the stuff that they’re spreading these days? Beaming it through the air from some satellites somewhere a thousand miles out in space… Not even stopping at the fact check......

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Categories: bell bottom, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thought We Were Modern In 70s
...In the seventies we thought we were modern Utmost chic, sassy, on the cutting edge. With our bell bottom slacks And our bell sleeved shirts and dresses Perhaps we were. Everyone had the same pat......

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Categories: bell bottom, fashion, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse



Out of the Closet
...Night wrinkles on dim hangers; bell-bottom pants two-toned platform shoes a wide `kipper' tie. In a pocket a crumpled Kodachrome - hot pants and velvet neck-choker. ‘Who is she?’ This clo......

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Categories: bell bottom, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Warning Bells
...You liked my bell bottom jeans, said they made me look like John Denver. I grinned, but then the little car took a bend too fast, I had to fight the wheel to stay on the road. Later when De......

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Categories: bell bottom, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Remember Then
...I remember when soda pop was a nickel Same for a double strawberry popsicle, Back then the best cars had long tailfins We did silly things for “sh*ts and grins,” Turned-up collars and......

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Categories: bell bottom, childhood, growing up, memory,
Form: Couplet
My Contingency Measure In Case of Gotterdammerung
...My contingency measure in case of…götterdämmerung A scenario unfolds more abominable among any previous warring factions, his wicked weltanschauung charred effigies futilely hung against regi......

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Categories: bell bottom, angst, anxiety, bereavement, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
The Seaman's Pleasure
...Sailor men, bell-bottom dressed, They know what ladies like the best: Strong men, with hair upon their chest And with duration well possessed. So come ye maidens howe’er you look, If you can b......

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Categories: bell bottom, fun, happiness, joy, lust,
Form: Rhyme
Closeted
...Night wrinkles on dim hangers. Bell-bottom pants, two-toned platform shoes, a `kipper' tie, unhinge from time and mind. The closet door clicks shut. Empty hangers swing-on in the dark, rocke......

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Categories: bell bottom, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fashion In My Family
...My grandparents lived on farms – both sides of my family. My mother’s parents and my father’s parents. Overalls and button down shirts with pockets Work boots for grandpas Except my single gran......

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Categories: bell bottom, family, fashion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Life Told By My Clothes
...Age One to five, diaper, t-shirt, panties, petticoat, dress, hair ribbon, Six to ten car coat, patent leather shoes, apron, white pedal pushers, ruffled top, Eleven to fifteen Liz blouse, go-go ......

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Categories: bell bottom, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lucky Seventh Son
...What made you so special my freckle faced friend.. the day I heard you singing to a record, from your window next door. Bell bottom clad teenaged knock out, with a ballerina's step.. In huge ......

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Categories: bell bottom, crush, house, proposal, sad
Form: Rhyme
The Day After
...The day after my death I had the will to get out of bed I take a short shower to wake myself up And make myself breakfast Chocolate chip pancakes with a small glass of orange juice I walk by a......

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Categories: bell bottom, 12th grade, death, grave,
Form: Dramatic Verse

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