Fifties Poems - Poems about Fifties

...Welcome to the fifty’s diner Where there are chrome stools Black, red and white leather seats A checkered floor Everything matches A soda machine is standing ready The chef is heating up the ......Read the rest...

...CLEAN AIR Only a few now recall the London smogs The early Fifties, I think it may have been When a man used to walk ahead of a bus As schoolkids, it was a strange time for us Almost every day......Read the rest...

......Even those who see ‘the future,’ will see it in past terms, since the past is the reference from which all mankind must learn. That grand, utopian future of which so many dream, is defined b......Read the rest...

... No healthy oils but beef dripping kept solid in a white enamel can with a lid in a cupboard under the oven. Reused until too dark and heavy with sediments, the dregs flavored the bes......Read the rest...

...Gumball machine you make me smile an old woman said With your happy round balls in bright blue, yellow, pink, green and red. Reminding me of the fifties when I thought everyone was kind. Poodle sk......Read the rest...

...In the quiet twilight, we gather here today, To honor my dad, remember him, and pray. From the promised land, he flew with no regret, To the fifties U.S., a different mindset. In the old ......Read the rest...

...I stare at the nostalgic art It is straight out of the fifties When women were dying thei hair Turquois to match their turquoise car and luggage Or pink to match their pink car and luggage I sta......Read the rest...

...Janice is as fresh and pretty as a fifties diner That opened a week ago, said Cuz. We saw her sitting at the counter And we saw how fresh and crisp she was Her freshly-washed pin-curls give her......Read the rest...

...This frog is straight out of the fifties How can you tell? He is a beatnik. How so? He plays bongo drums. He has a lava lamp. I think they were from the sixties. And fringed vest jacket. Th......Read the rest...

...Where did my paint brushes go? Asked the mole. I will help you look said the crescent moon, once so whole. I see them but I am keeping it a secret said McPink. He liked seeing the boot way up high......Read the rest...

... When I was a little girl, I spent so much time hoping for… The day I turned 12, 13, 16 and 18. I wanted to know what it would be like To wake up and see that girl in the mirror, The one who......Read the rest...

...IT’S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL “I know it’s only rock ‘n’ roll” The music genre that emerged In the early to mid-fifties Called rock music in mid-sixties With a back beat and a dance rhythm I know......Read the rest...

...Unter den Linden I have a soft spot for the German language when a toddler, I had free access to a military camp where they had enormous horses and let me sit on top of one of them (looking u......Read the rest...

...The Alex Joneses among us As we are coming up to Christmas, which is a feast for the advertisers, and it is impossible turning or switching on the radio or TV without getting an earful of sent......Read the rest...

...The kids sneaked downstairs to take a peek Spying a glimpse of Santa is what each did seek Much more than what they wanted to see, they saw. It was their mommy kissing Santa Claus! What on eart......Read the rest...