navwin » Archives » Open Poetry #36 » NEW YEARS 1990
Open Poetry #36
Post A Reply Post New Topic NEW YEARS 1990 Go to Previous / Newer Topic Back to Topic List Go to Next / Older Topic
Abe
Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694
Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2006-01-01 05:07 PM


I wrote this for the decade change to the 1990s.Doesn't seem much has really changed, does it?
Happy New Year,
Abe

THEN THERE WERE……

There were eighties songs and the eighties cars
Movies of the decade and new-born superstars
There were people fighting for freedom and liberty
Some massacred and losing, some made it reality
There were the pc’s and space shots past the stars
New miracles in medicine, compact discs and vcr’s
There were people starving, a drugged society
The myths of public servants and old-age security
There were “waves” in every kitchen and gadgetry galore
Self-service service stations and the quick stop store
There was the poisoning of those things which give us life
Destruction of the family, of the terms husband and wife
There were all the experts who thought they knew more
A how-to everything on the shelves of the bookstore
There were the street people and the poor farmer’s strife
And bombings by those people who claim to be pro-life
There were computer games, the amazing micro-chip
Watches with a TV and the low-cal chocolate chip
There were mass murderers, the warfare in our streets
Terrorists and hostages, the guy who rapes and beats
There were fads and fashions, the battle of the scales tip
Malls built everywhere, to buy it all in just one trip
There was the aids epidemic, a cure red tape defeats
We seem to want to waste it so our treasury depletes
There were lots of changes but which were for our good?
But did we try to change the important ones, we should?
There were a lot of chances but they are gone forever
Let’s hope in the year to come we’ll do it right, together.

Del "Abe" Jones
Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity.

© Copyright 2006 Del - All Rights Reserved
nakdthoughts
Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200
Between the Lines
1 posted 2006-01-01 05:13 PM


not much change~~ sighing~~
M

Post A Reply Post New Topic ⇧ top of page ⇧ Go to Previous / Newer Topic Back to Topic List Go to Next / Older Topic
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.
navwin » Archives » Open Poetry #36 » NEW YEARS 1990

Passions in Poetry | pipTalk Home Page | Main Poetry Forums | 100 Best Poems

How to Join | Member's Area / Help | Private Library | Search | Contact Us | Login
Discussion | Tech Talk | Archives | Sanctuary