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Hold on Y2K--We've Got Something to Say
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Hold on Y2K--We've Got Something to Say |
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deleeme Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 1766NEW ENGLAND, USA 
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With ambivalence, we bid Thee adieu, As we see You nearing your end, You're the only Century we knew-- It's like losing a Dear, Close Friend! May we pause and Remember your Life, A Life that with us, You shared, To mind comes your Glories and Strife-- But among your Kind, Well you've fared. We've marveled at your Technology, (That put the first man on the moon), Which continues with such Rapidity Of Change, that it makes our heads swoon! You gave us many Celebrities, Too numerous to mention, by far, But which brightened the world we see-- And hung upon each a Star! And now, as You near your Final days, Yielding forth to a Century New, We'll long remember and oft' Praise The GRAND CENTURY, all our life through. {As we look ahead to a New Time-Travel Friend, Let us not forget our True Friend of Years Past} |
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roxane Senior Member
since 1999-09-02
Posts 505us |
this is an interesting subject for a poem, however, it doesn't satisfy my curiosity. what has the speaker seen during this century? what happened on a more personal level? can you give examples of some of the things that you mention here (celebrities, glory, strife, etc) but that is my only suggestion to this poem. i think that the structure of this poem works well, it to me, gave a feeling of transcending modern and past times, to merely focus on the century as a whole. interesting |
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