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Short Fifties Poems

Short Fifties Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Fifties by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Fifties by length and keyword.


Footling the Fifties
Juke box



Bobby socks!...

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Categories: fifties, nostalgia
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Tv Rabbit Ears
fifties rabbit ears
aluminum antennas
adjust them just right...

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Categories: fifties, nostalgia,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Footle-Trad Jazz
hop,skip

jive trip

Note:Skip jive ,very popular on late fifties England,dance to 'trad' jazz bands...

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Categories: fifties, music, nostalgia
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Fancy Free a Fifties Remenisence
flirty dancing,fancy free
quick-step and ladies excuse-me;
fox trot and last waltz slow,
holding close,as passions grow....

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Categories: fifties, death,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member She Is Sexy and Sultry
a fifties T-bird
she is sexy and sultry
turquoise her color.

a fifties T-bird
she’s wrapped in fat luscious chrome
showing her chassis...

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Categories: fifties, car,
Form: Personification



Turning Fifty--
Boldly stepping out of the forties
Got my tude on and wearing my hat
Head held high, nose in the air
Look up!, look out, fifties everywhere...

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Categories: fifties, adventure, fantasy, funny,
Form: Free verse
Que Sera Sera
Que Sera Sera was a hit from Doris Day back in the fifties. In "The Man Who Knew Too Much", she sang this wonderful song.
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Categories: fifties, music, tribute,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Fifties Footles
FIFTIES FOOTLES
flirty
dancing

ladies
excuse-me

quick-step
fox trot

hop skip
jive trip

 last waltz
so slow

hold close
love flowed...

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Categories: fifties, dance, nostalgia,
Form: Footle
Premium Member A Fifties Fabulous Footle
JOHNNY RAY
I cry
girls sigh
AROUND THE CLOCK
juke box
room rocks
TAKE FIVE
still green
this theme
BLUE SUEDE
blue blue
my shoe
BLUE MOON
Dean croons
girls swoon...

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Categories: fifties, music, teen,
Form: Footle
Mystic Knights of the Sea
does anyone remember
the significance of
these words?

I'll give you just a hint...
look to the early fifties
when the king of all the fish
had conniving his favorite dish...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: fifties, art, friendship, funny, imagination, nostalgia, people, social,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Frankendogs
German scientists back in the fifties Created a specimen, half-human, half doggie But kept it a secret Moral issues deepened No more experiments, no further blarny
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Categories: fifties, health,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Tv Ads of the 50s and 60s
cuckoo for Coco Puffs
Plop plop fizz fizz
bibbity bobbity boo
See the USA in a Chevrolet
Winston tastes good
Like a
Knock Knock
cigarette should
I miss the fifties and sixties...

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Categories: fifties, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fats
“Fats” passed away, an icon from the fifties Remembered fondly, for his rock'n roll ditties Gave us a thrill On Blueberry Hill Many followed but “Fats” was Mr. Nifty
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Categories: fifties, dedication,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Elegance of the Fifties
Long striped gloves gave her an elegance
Understated glamour, familiar in the fifties
The sixties claimed a bit of this romantic chicness,
However, the fifties owned it without bragging...

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Categories: fifties, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hound Dog
Elvis, a phenomenon back in the fifties Shakin' his hips after Sinatra and Der Bingle First of his kind Girlies went blind A trance-like fever grabbed 'em, made 'em tingle
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Categories: fifties, devotion,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Vignette- a Big Man
Sword-and-sandals he often wore
Fifties movies,the fans adore,
Bibilical epics we see no more-
Unusual in a Hollywood life
Faithful,marriage to just one wife.

Tribute to Charlton Heston...

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Categories: fifties, people,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Bad Boy Bad Boy
slicked hair
black leather jacket
ultimate bad boy of the fifties
James Dean
cultural icon
Rebel without a cause
dead at twenty-four
starred in only three movies
recognizable yet today...

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Categories: fifties, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Look Up To People
I look up to people who are taller that me Ha! Just made a funny, bet you're slapping your knee Got a million of 'em An amazing femme Wait a minute, I'm a macho male, a fifties escapee
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Categories: fifties, silly,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Longneck Cassidy
Longneck Cassidy, my hero from the fifties A giraffe so charming his talent quite nifty Picking apples was a breeze Lower branches on his knees Remembering him makes my eyes go all misty
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Categories: fifties, crazy,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Washy Wishy
Longneck Cassidy, my hero from the fifties A giraffe so charming his talent quite nifty Picking apples was a breeze Lower branches on his knees Remembering him makes my eyes go washy wishy
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Categories: fifties, nostalgia,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Prices In the Fifties
Here's some unbelievable prices from the fifties Our first house cost us $11,800 and it was really nifty Our first car cost $2,800 oh my gosh Thems was the days, also “nursed” a few hickies
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Categories: fifties, memory,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Bats In Your Belfry
Back in the fifties when people had scruples The MOST insulting insult ever uttered by humans Meant your head was empty Only bats lived in your belfry Which really meant your mind is poo pooing
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Categories: fifties, silly,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Bouncy Young Titties
Went to the mall to ogle all the young fillies Their shorts are way shorter than back in the fifties Not complaining my friends But some parts do ascend A natural reaction to their bouncy young titties
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Categories: fifties, youth,
Form: Limerick
For the Love Of
Coffee maker, 
Toaster, blender,
Dish rack: black. 
Peplum suit, black 
Suede shoes at
Fifties' wedding, 

Black lace nightie
For nuptial bedding,
Closet full of midnight 
Dresses. Why does 
She love black? is  

Anybody's guesses....

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© Nola Perez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: fifties, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tv In the 50s
“Don't get your panties in a bunch” heard on TV tonight Sure changed since the fifties and the old black and whites They couldn't say poop Homo was out of the loop They thought a sexual revolution might be in sight
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Categories: fifties, remember,
Form: Limerick

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