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...From the mid-1950's thenceforth
to the mid-seventies in the Great White North,
over the course of many moons,
there came from this country some really great tunes.

For those of us young at hear...

Categories: mid seventies, history, music,
Form: Rhyme

The past

...Recreating the mid seventies
With the Delfonics
Alive and Kicking
Snafu and String Driven Thing
Bedsitter land imagined
on the suburbia lengthwise
red duvets changed frequently

It seems so d...

Categories: mid seventies, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Delayed Consequences, Part I

...His name was Alex Bergeron,
grew up west of New Orleans,
from a line of backwoods Cajuns,
went to school to follow his dreams.

He grew to become a doctor,
quickly built a name for himself,
Al...

Categories: mid seventies, abortion, confusion, dark, death,
Form: Narrative

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

A Nun I Once Knew

...I am not a catholic but have been fortunate to know a few,                                                                                     three to whom I became very close whose memory I cherish...

Categories: mid seventies, christian, love,
Form: Free verse

Hair

...I’ve always envied men with curly hair,
men like Jim who receive compliments from strangers.
When we were young, women adored him,
failing to notice me.

I guess my hair has been a life-long cur...

Categories: mid seventies, age, hair,
Form: Free verse

Tom Hanks

...T his the mid-seventies, California,
O akland Airport Hilton Inn, town aura,
M idst Oakland Stadium Complex, airport.

H ospitality Senior Special sort.
A t ni...

Categories: mid seventies, allegory, career, dedication, destiny,
Form: Acrostic

Getting Older

...In December of this year I turn eighty two
And I feel every darn year through and through
Seems like yesterday I was only twenty one
Full of sass knowing life had just begun
At forty two I was st...

Categories: mid seventies, age,
Form: Rhyme

This Is Unfinished Feminist Us

...So I was feeling badly,
sad,
because I share our mutually complicit status
for my compatriot's difficult terrorizing
chronic stress disordering
time.
I too have been there,
lost there,
to a m...

Categories: mid seventies, anger, culture, education, fear,
Form: Political Verse

What Is My Ethnic Name and Who Are the Namers

...I arose a proud African lineage from far Mid Northern, Southern, Western;
                      Stolen, Trick, Bought given to the Slave traders;
                                                   ...

Categories: mid seventies, africa, america, black african
Form: Ballad

Evil Exists--Utopia Does Not

...EVIL Exists; Utopia Does Not

		You may remember them--
		a wildly-diverse band of individuals--
		a strange ensemble comprised of 
		various races, age brackets,  
		backgrounds, and philosoph...

Categories: mid seventies, evil, murder, suicide,
Form: Free verse

Freak Me Out

...Flower Power was an ongoing craze
That was way back in the 70s days.

War was raging; folks were talking jive.
Young military men fought to stay alive.

No spiffy crib for those Viet Nam dudes....

Categories: mid seventies, history, nostalgia, war,
Form: Couplet

Moon Shot

...The mid seventies was a great time for a guy to be in high school,
The girls wore dresses so short that they would make me start to drool,

My girl wore skirts that were so micro mini that my concent...

Categories: mid seventies, funny, car, girl, me,
Form: Light Verse

Cereulean Odyssey - the Book

...Gerrit Verstraete released his first book of selected poems titled “Mid-Seventies Crisis,” in 
1980 ( Admiral Press, Canada ). “But,” he says, “it’s never too late. It’s not that I stopped 
writing...

Categories: mid seventies, allegorywriting, art, art, journey,
Form: Epic