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Writers Island prompt#17....Time Travel
TIME
travelled back last night in an old magazine
to a distant place where it was mine
beyond Fleetwood Mac and modern art
where my mind took me back with Time
Truman preached his New Deal
Sinatra was finding his voice
no gated communities or ponzi schemes
when democracy gave us a choice
walking back to the age of ten
my lost boxes and treasures
memories of the house that Ruth built
playing stick ball and other pleasures
rewinding to Joltin Joe 1948
when moving fast was still slow
and all the news came a week late
where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?
11 comments:
It seems Time Magazine is making for special edition magazines today. If I had a little extra cash at the time, I would've grabbed the 60's themed one a few months back. Wonderfully written piece, Wayne!
-Weasel =)
Excellent poem - the style suits the content to a T. Please, what is a ponzi scheme?
A great look back.
Oh I love what you did with the prompt: the magazine and the journey. Excellent work!
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1948? The year I was born, LOL. A fascinating poem and a good take on the prompt!
Wayne I love your journey back in time.
And with a magazine no less.
`ponzi scheme` an excellent additive!
Cheers
Pam
Ah! Now that's the question! Delightful trip back. I was 2 in 1948!
Cute and kind of amusing, I like the flow of the poem ^^
I really like the line "moving fast was still slow," good image of the era and state of being at the time. Yelling progress by somehow impeding it. Like what you tackled and how you went about doing it,
Elizabeth
...a nation turns its lonely eyes to you...
Like this a lot Wayne, made me long, just a bit, for that pace of life...
...rob
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