The stars aligned and heavens fixed a course
It's madness and its poetry, our happy days of youth
Of flowers, peace and love united us
In that short dawning of Aquarius
That dawning had its little day
And those of us who lived it grew our hair
And braided beads and daisies round our heads
And danced in colored coats in muddy parks
And loved the ones we danced with in the dark
A far cry from the monotone today
It was a time of freedom for the young
Youths whose youth is gone
But not so far as youth of now
All corporate gagged and bound
Their youth is stolen
Never to be found
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Author:
Lorna (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Reality is I know that everyone has to get caught up in some kind of chains - hopefully ones that they enjoy. I am just sad for the young these days who are being churned up in the corporate greed and fed the story that you have to come out of college with thousands of dollars of debt so that you can never escape, have kids but hardly can fit in a moment to see them because of work, have to have the biggest house on the block, walk around with phones in their ears hoping to connect ..... no wonder so many of them feel like they are going crazy. We need another Age of Aquarius......... (I should add that it is one of the only generations to stop a war)
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Wow, Lorna!
Spot on, my friend!
An awesome commentary delivered by your poem and by your “poet’s comments”!
A Brilliant Write! That pic is precious!
~Laura~
Thanks Laura - but like Kurt's message today, it just make you feel so sad and helpless.........
Have to agree with Laura in that you've hit the nail squarely on the head with this perfectly description of the late 60s when "Flower Power" was everything. I was ten years old in the Summer of Love. And I remember life back then. And it is sad that the children of today have a tough road ahead of them. We do need another Age of Aquarius.
There are always cultural revolutions - maybe today's kids will just get fed up and find other paths............
Yes Lorna, you're right and hopefully the youth of today will seek out more positive paths and do what our generation has not been able to do. Again Lorna, excellent poem.
A fine write Lorna. I don't go along with 'The Age of.......' thingys though!
Meanwhile - you don't want no Age of Aquarius. It will be torment, cos I shall sing the song of that title! 'Sing' being the dreaded word! heehee.
As long as you keep your clothes on we can stand it!
I particularly like these lines....
"Youths whose youth is gone
But not so far as youth of now
All corporate gagged and bound"
Is that 'Newtown' Bucks County?
Newtown CT Kurt - little town of the infamous school shootings (I mean one of them.......)
Tragic!
"O YES ~ I remember it well ~ I think !" Today it's "The Age of Mysterious" and alas no ending Sight ! Yours BRIAN !
Spot on and well expressed Lorna
Very good write Lorna, I remember the sixties and that time of freedom and interaction with each other was beautiful. The hippies had it right - Make love, not war.
I love the throwback feeling the second stanza gives me 🙂
Thanks Noah........
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