Best Thirties Poems
A Child of the ThirtiesSomewhere out there are happy peeps like me
We're few and far between, upbringing's the key
Childhood in the thirties
Was down and dirty
But managed to come out with my hide full of glee!...
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Categories:
thirties, nostalgia,
Form:
Limerick
A Child of the ThirtiesSomewhere out there's someone happy as me
We're few and far between, upbringing's the key
Childhood in the thirties
Was down and dirty
But managed to come out with my hide filled with glee!...
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Categories:
thirties, depression,
Form:
Limerick
8 IN MY THIRTIESwhen I was in my thirties, after two or three lean years
my husband got a job which would help our cash flow fears
we paid off all our bills and we even bought a car
we'd go exploring every weekend, and drive to places near and far.
we...
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Categories:
thirties, change,
Form:
Rhyme
poverty in the thirtiesThe young mother could not afford all of her children.
She decided to farm some out to her cousins and neighbors.
They had agreed to stay around the area.
But factories closed, and the town commerce died.
These families could not keep their promise to the young widow.
They moved...
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Categories:
thirties, poverty,
Form:
Free verse