The Sixties
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The Sixties
By: Tom Wright
3/11/98
In protest
"Hippies" burned our flag.
fashioning clothes
that some wore in drag.
Protesting a "Conflict"
they were not for.
Espousing a sloga...
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Categories:
protesting(a), america, conflict, courage, fear,
Form: Lyric
The Good Old Days
...The Good Old Days
Thinking back to the beginnings of my life
Two wars America could never have won
Thousands dead more wounded as America fought for nothing
A president murdered as he waved at the p...
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Categories:
protesting(a), history, nostalgia, sad, old,
Form: Free verse
Good Day.
...2:45 in the morning as I turn off the alarm before it sounds,
it's something that fills I've been doing all my life,
a scratch of the head as I look in the mirror, with a smile not a frown,
thank ...
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Categories:
protesting(a), happiness, life, love, day,
Form: Ballad