Short 1940S Poems
Short 1940S Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about 1940S by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about 1940S by length and keyword.
Now that my love is the sixty-four dollar question.
Named for a TV show back in the 40’s, before most of you were born.
Maybe even before your parents were born.
And guess what the grand prize was in the 40’s?
You guessed it!
Categories:
1940s, nostalgia,
Form:
Light Verse
Early 1940s
13 years before my birth
On the seas
during World War II
My father served as a Navy chef
That's when the waves
Did wave
And the banners windley gauge
Sailor at sea served his country and his seamen
Alas!
13 years later
As a husband and father he served
Sailor chef my father he fed me
6/23/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Categories:
1940s, analogy, appreciation, character, engagement, hero,
Form:
Light Verse
CHILDHOOD SEX
(for D.P.)
Oh, where is she now, love of my life, the woman I adore?
(I was five that summer, and she eighteen–—
in my childish heart of hearts, I had promised to marry,
knowing nothing of heartbreak and the grownup world of desire!)
— she walked up the steps ahead of me—
wearing a pair of those 1940s-style-cut white short-shorts
like Lana Turner wore in “Postman”:
and my heart did a tailspin–a turnover–—
from which I have never fully recovered!
Categories:
1940s, childhood, feelings, first love, growing up, innocence,
Form:
Free verse