Short 1970 Poems

Such
doodles
pass away
lesson time in
class

Ekphrasis after Untitled 1970 by Cy Twombly...

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May 4, 1970
shots rang out
tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming
four dead in Ohio
...

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The only time we escape
the jungle
—is in self delusion 

(State College Pennsylvania: November, 1970)...

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Poetry is easy, life is hard,
And so the bravest bard
Begins to buckle with the weight of brutal years—
His singing disappears....

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The
glass day-
a landscape
in  future
way


The Glass Day by Erich Heckel (1885-1970)
http://artyzm.com/e_artysta.php?id=1264...

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In the year 1970
  dawn of a new day ~
"To be gay is OK"

In 2020, is it too late
  to proudly state
"It's great to be straight"...

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There are only two cures
for insomnia,
says the shrink,
sex  and death.

Note: Inspired by "The Hyland Confession," The Bold Ones, 1970...

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There are only two cures
for insomnia,
says the shrink,
sex and death.

Note: Inspired by "The Hyland Confession," The Bold Ones, 1970...

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embroidered daisies
hip hugger bell bottoms
1970

Nehru jacket
yellow happy faces
1971

maternity tops
and a quickie wedding
those dhrammed bell bottoms...

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Whatever else he was, recall
He was a Bookman after all,
And at his quietest, a poet too.
Redonda…wine…the sordid rest
Ignore for now—extol his best!
For there was good in Gawsworth, as in you....

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Left School
So Cool

  Employed
  Enjoyed
 
    Week One
    So Long

      Pay Day
      Hooray

        Weekend
        Spend Spend






I first started work in 1970, seems ages ago. Leon...

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Never again will the rain of your pain
flood the streets of my joy
because never again
will you know where I live!


Written: By my sister Rosa Johnson in 1970 after a painful separation from her 
husband....

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Thinking Aloud
By: Tom Wright
1970

As a young man,
before Christ came into my life,
I had traveled to many states,
But the state that I spent the most time in,
was the state of confusion.
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In
the wind,
sweet music
of ripening
wheat-
an
echo
of harvest-
repeated each
fall


Dedicated to Norman Borlag (Iowa born farm boy) 1914-2009 Nobel prize 1970 -developed 
the new high yielding wheat strains...

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Drifting, my excellence
Blonde air-line.
Comme ce comme sais.
Bungalow Bang
Leave my space. Richard Gere in my car.
Space-Fraud
Sickening Mercedes Benz
Woah- woah. That is.
Plastic Coke
Metal Cork. Colour the Heinz.
Lovely 1980 arrives...

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All time records set
   On the track you were the best
      Secretariat.


*Dedicated to one of the fastest racehorses of all time,
and one of the most prolific sires of all time- 
Secretariat March 30, 1970 - October 4, 1989.

A. Green...

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!Promenade 
Dancing fairies drinking lemonade
Festive Promena
Party
Hardy 
People dancing 
Groups of genders embracing
Passing machine 
Dancing Queen
Boogie on
Dance on
Right on! Right on!...

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Hey Wiil- boy, how r u?  I did write a piece with the above title, way back in 1970...
(Imagine what an old codger I am)  I will play the Fugue "Little" in D 
minor....because my talent is "little" and my music teacher always gave me a D 
minor...ha ha ..what'cha doin' up so late, dude??...

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Thanks Vince, I can't hold a tune either...I was even banned from singing in the 
shower!
Sean- Been there already (Listen to Floyd's "Set the Controls For the Heart of the 
Sun"- a song my band was doing in 1970)  PS- if you plan to go to the Sun 
anyway, I strongly suggest you go at night!...

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Eighteen
Beautiful day
May 1970
My high school graduation day
I could be a nurse mother or teacher
Our caps and gowns were red and gold
Small town Iowa kids
So excited
Eighteen


Written: 11-28-2019
Contest: Red-Letter Day Rictameter
Sponsor: William Kekaula
Syllables checked with: Howmanysyllables.com  2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2...

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ooh we we 
We are wee wee, baby
Tell me,  tell me 
You want me 
You need me 
I'll be more than,
just a friend 
I'll be more than just a boyfriend
Ooh la-la
My, my, my ooh lala wee wee baby
 ooh wee wee la dee la-di-da 

7/18/71






Written words by The Corinthian © & James Edward Lee Sr © 1970/ 2020...

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I only remember she was all white
                        with a black circle around one eye,
                        like a mole on the face of a beauty queen.
                        She was the Marilyn Monroe of dogs
                        and we named her Beauty.
                        
                                 Beauty 1959-1970....

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Why are you here?
said Jimi
In the Room Full of Mirrors.
You don't know what I saw!
said Izabella
In the Room Full of Mirrors.
Have you heard about the wall?
said Pink
In the Room Full of Mirrors.
Why did you kill them all?
said Jimi
In the Room Full of Mirrors.







Dedicated To Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd

Jimi Hendrix
1942-1970
R.I.P....

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It was the year of `Spirit in the Sky.’
I kept your picture, Irene.
Norman Greenbaum
has his own webpage now,
imagine that?

Your grainy wedding photograph
(cut at the time from a local newspaper),
has emerged again
as a yellow submarine.
Your rainbow stockings still fly
from that long-abandoned vessel,

now all we need is to peer together
from the same periscope.

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I adore you girl...
I adore you girl
I love you more
Yes, I do
Yes, I do
Yes, I do, I love you;

I really love you girl;
Really do,  I'm truly my darling you...
I adore you
I love you


I adore you girl...
I adore you girl
I love you more
Yes, I do
Yes, I do
Yes, I do, I love you;


7/14/70
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 1970, 2019©...

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