And What A Time It Was

Accidental Poet

 

Yes, I’m a “Baby Boomer,” vintage nineteen fifty six

No “Love Potion No. 9”, so I stayed a flop with chicks

But memories buried so deep in my mind

Like pages in a book of lost time

And what a time it was, now over 40 years ago

For JFK’s funeral everyone cried, this I know

I remember the pounding of the drums

Another change in the world had begun

Because of his vision eight years prior to one afternoon

I saw on TV, the man on the moon

I think back to many a younger day

Life as it was back then, and I just a child at play

Just five more minutes in this pile of leaves

And my Superman cape flyin’ in the breeze

How tall am I today?

Would it really matter if I ate another hot fudge sundae?

Riding our bikes in circles, don’t ask why

No where to go, just so happy to ride

And what a time it was, I remember when

A little boy on TV with a bear named Ben

The music on my radio ties it all together

Memories of my youth all connected by lyrical tether

A time tunnel to the future or past

Looking back, how the years ran by so fast

I reminisce of names like Orr, Yaz, and Nance

Chasing that impossible dream of a Boston victory dance

And still I remember the pretty girl in fifth grade

How my heart fell in first love and the memory never fades

How eager I was on Saturday nights to drive

Crusin’ in a muscle car till sunrise at five

Roll on and on such memories, live on

Refresh my mind of good times by gone

 

Copyright © Accidental Poet 2003

 

  • Author: Sharon\'s Poet (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 27th, 2017 06:23
  • Comment from author about the poem: This is one of my earlier poems from 2003. I had wanted to make a list old favorite memories so as not to forget them, and it turned into this.
  • Category: Reflection
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  • orchidee

    A fine write AP. I could have tuned in to TV in 1917, let alone 2017, and still 'Neighbours' would have been on!
    For USA - think of your most ghastly soap serial, if you've not got 'Neighbours'! If you've not got that soap, I wouldn't inflict on me worst enemy. And, I rant on - I refuse to watch any programme with someone in it named Toadfish! Sounds like some horrific alien being! Well, it could be true. heehee.

    • Accidental Poet

      No orchidee, I've never seen your "Neighbours". Guess it was not worth seeing? Thanks for reading and your comment. ; )

      • orchidee

        Well, it got people in it called (nicknamed) Toadfish! So that's the level of it. It's ghastly. lol.

      • ShannonXx

        A fine write

        • Accidental Poet

          Thanks Shannon. I do appreciate your reading and compliments. ; )

        • Louis Gibbs

          Nostalgia expressed captivatingly, AP! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

          • Accidental Poet

            Thanks Louis. Glad you like it. ; )

          • WL Schuett

            I shared a lot of these with you , nice writing

            • Accidental Poet

              Really? I bet a few of them had you thinking pretty hard to remember, eh?

              • WL Schuett

                Actually I don't have to think too hard my sports heros were from Chicago not Boston but I was in 5 th grade when JFK died and I recall it vividly that time and space molded me

                • Accidental Poet

                  Ok, so you must be a year or two older than me. Thanks again for reading. ; )

                • myself and me

                  Reading your poem, like watching a movie in black and white. The wonderful old time memories.
                  Thank you.

                  • Accidental Poet

                    Get ya popcorn here, soda and other snacks too. Step right up. ; )

                    • myself and me

                      Thank you for the full service. I smell the popcorn. so cheesy.

                    • ron parrish aka wordman

                      you took me back in time

                      • Accidental Poet

                        Hope you enjoyed the trip. Thanks for reading Ron. ; )

                      • Goldfinch60

                        Good nostalgic write, I was born eight years earlier than you the other side of the Atlantic, but I too remember cycling in circles and I son't know why either. Great times.

                        • Accidental Poet

                          Ok, so they do that on the other side of the pond too eh? I thought only we yanks drove around in circles. Thanks for reading and your compliment Goldfinch. ; )



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