»
Archives
»
Open Poetry #21
»
Take Me Back to Yesterday
| Open Poetry #21 |
|
Take Me Back to Yesterday |
|
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan 
|
~Take Me Back to Yesterday~Lyra copyright2002 Lyra Nesius "poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks [This message has been edited by Madame Chipmunk (08-14-2002 01:55 AM).] |
||
| © Copyright 2002 Lyra Nesius - All Rights Reserved | |||
|
Eloise Senior Member
since 1999-11-27
Posts 1096Wyoming |
What wonderful memories! Take me back too  |
||
|
Suetang Member Ascendant
since 2001-03-07
Posts 5187Melbourne, Australia |
Hello Lyra How I'd love to take your hand and go back to a time that was innocent and full of wonder. I worry about what life holds in store for my ten year old daughter and sometimes I can't bear to think about it. It is the simple things that mean the most and unfortunately we all seem to get caught up in the rush of life instead of stopping to smell the roses. Your marvellous words held so many messages for so many. Your words always delight me and I thank you for bearing your beautiful soul. Take care my friend......Sue I am in motion |
||
|
Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
I certainly understand and agree with the sentiment. Into a whole new childhood here. I'll toast them both. |
||
Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Wait for me! Lyra, very thought provoking piece, and I too wish for simple times. Hugs wee Chipmunk I pass this way but once, here's hoping I meet you. |
||
Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Lyra, I wish I could have lived part if not all of those special days, the latest United Nations report has hurt me deeply and of the Asian Brown Cloud and I wish Mother Nature could be beautiful as before just as I wish I could have lived in times when innocence prospered so much more, for even though every time has had its downs I feel none compare to now! (BIG HUGGGSSSSSSS) This is sadly heartfelt, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lyra, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
||
|
Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Now this song will be in my head all day...but thank you for that, and thank you for expressing so very well the nostalgia that is easy to come about when we miss the things that made us comfortable in life... Hugs on you!  |
||
|
Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Was that just yesterday?....Yanno, it seems so much longer than that?...(marijuana won't hurt ya, won't hurt ya, won't hurt ya)....nice write, and wouldn't that be a wish come true!!, back when there were still widespread morals, violence was mostly a fist fight not guns...leave it to Beaver's mom was supposedly very sexy if she showed an ankle?....Bobbie Sock for a Toerag?.... [This message has been edited by Toerag (08-14-2002 07:49 AM).] |
||
|
NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
Wait, wait ~ I'm going with you! I giggled and cried and got goosebumps when I read this Lyra. Fabulous writing. There has to be a way we can all return to the times of innocence and calm. Everyone wants it but we just can't seem to get there! How sad.... |
||
|
Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Lyra - a lovely stroll down memory lane - maybe even doing the Stroll - I remember all you wrote too though I remember feeling very insecure during the 50s and the McCarthy era when I feared there was going to be a nuclear attack...guess for me even the good old days have some challenges in them - thanks for the wonderful write - Paul |
||
|
catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Ah, Lyra, you have captured so much of that time. And to think its been 25 year since Elvis left us. Not to mention all the other things and people, gone forever.  I am sad. Love your poem though. Sandra |
||
|
Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
When you find a way to go there....let me know, cause I will hold on to you tightly and take the ride...to where times were far more simpler and easier to manage... Life is far more complicated now than ever back then... Hugs Madame Chippermunch.... |
||
|
Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
I don't want to go back. Some of the memories are good, some not so good. But the poem was excellent! It's so good to read you again, Lyra. Let's surf into the future on a wave of Love and Poetry, and dream of our own Utopias. Hugs, Kacy |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Sue... I worry about the future for my grandkids also... but then I remember, and this was before your time... That we went through a lot of air raid drills when I was in grade school... and they convinced us that the Russians were going to bomb us. We had to wear metal dog tags to school so that in case we were bombed, our parents could claim our bodies... and there were fallout shelters in everyone's basement... So, I guess things haven't changed as much as we think they have.  ~ chipmunk hugsLyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Duncan...I will toast your new childhood also... congratulations on being a kid again.  ~ congratulatory hugsLyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Sharon... Actually those times were far from simple... Here in the states, we were constantly being fed anti-Russian propaganda, along with air raid drills in school... I hadn't thought of all that when I wrote the poem. ~ wee chipmunk hugging you backLyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Noah... Times were really not all that simple in the fifties, Noah...but we didn't have the Asian Brown Cloud... We didn't have as much industry and as much pollution as we do now... and I guess that times do get more complicated as the years go by. ~ lots of chipmunk hugsLyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Karilea... The fifties are fun to remember. The pink poodle skirts, saddle shoes and Elvis but there were also air raid drills in school every day, and we were always worrying about the Russians bombing us...and of course, don't forget the fallout shelters... In NYC, where I grew up, we had to wear metal dog tags so our parents could identify our bodies.... Times were far from simple, but probably not as complicated as they are now. ~ hugs from a garden pestLyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
So true, Mr. Toe.... Marijuana won't hurt you... it will just scramble your brains until you start to resemble Beaver Cleaver or someone in his perfect family. Did you know that he had a little sister named Chipmunk Cleaver? ~ hugs from the chipmunkLyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Marti... Yes come along with me but don't forget the threats of the fifties either... McCarthyism, fallout shelters, the Russians, the bomb, Hiroshima...just to name a few. ~ hugs from chipmunk dragging you back to fifties Lyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for reminding me of that, Paul. It makes me wonder if we really ever had innocent times... but I still think things get more complicated as the years go by. ~ memory lane hugs from chipmunkLyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Sandra... Isn't it sad that good times can't last forever? But I really think that everything looks better than it really was, when seen through the perspective of memory, because we don't know how bad things can really get until they happen. ~ hugs from an old chipmunkLyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Barry... Please tag along...join the party and we will go back there and then we will find that although things were less complicated, they were also no less scary than they are now... Did you have air raid drills in grade school every week? I did. ~ time machine hugs from a chipmunkLyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Its so good to see you back, Kacy... I was just beginning to worry about you... And I agree with you, about times not being so great back then... But we always remember the good stuff because its more fun... thats just human nature. ~ welcome back hugs from a chipmunkLyra |
||
|
BloomingRose Member Elite
since 2000-08-09
Posts 3092Florida |
Those are really lovely memories. Wish we could return to "the good ole days". Enjoyed! Deb |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Deb... Now I have to write a companion piece to this one, about all the things that were wrong in the fifites. ~ hugs from the pastLyra |
||
|
Samantha G Kennedy Member
since 2002-07-27
Posts 131Kent England |
ahhhh and take us back you did what a fantastic write!! I love this, and your gifted quill expells expression beautifully Sammie ^i^ "and Elvis was still the king" stangely enough, he died this day 16th of August 77 |
||
|
Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
His mom is really getting old too....they call her "Silver Beaver" now... [This message has been edited by Toerag (08-16-2002 11:55 AM).] |
||
|
ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Ah...sweet memories...nicely done...a real pleasure to read! |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Sammie... You write so well that even your replies are poetic... ~ poetic hugs from a chipmunkLyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Mr.Toe... and you can call me Silverchip... ~ hugs from an old chipmunkLyra |
||
|
Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Eric... I'm glad you enjoyed my memories. ~ hugs from the olden daysLyra |
||
|
|
⇧ top of page ⇧ |
|
| All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format. | ||
Sharon
