Long ago and far away,In a land that time forgot,
Bsfore the days of Dylan,or the dawn of Camelot,
There lived a race of innocents,and they were you and me.
For Ike was in the Whits house in that land where we were born,
Where Navels were oranges,ad Peyton Place was Porn.
We learned to gut a muffler,we washed our hair at dawn,
We spread our crinolines to dry in circles on the lawn.
We longed for love and romance,and waited for our Prince,
And Eddie Fisher married Liz,and no one's seen him since.
We danced to Little Darlin,and sang to "Stagger Lee"
And cried for buddy Holly in the Land That made Me - Me,
Only girls wore earrings then,and 3 was one to many,
And only boys wore flat-top cuts,except for Jean McKinney,
And only in our wildest dreams did we expect to see
A boy named George with Lipstick, in the Land That Made Me - Me,
We fell for Franky Avaon,Annette was oh,so nice,
And when they made a movie,they never made it twice,
We didn't have a Star Trsk Five,or Psycho Two or Three,
Or Rocky-Rambo Twenty in the Land That Made Me-Me,
Miss Kitty had a heart of gold,and chester had a limp,
And Regan was a Democrat whose co-star was a chimp
We had a Mr.Wizard,but not a Mr.T ,
And Oprah couldn't talk yet,in the Land That Made Me-Me ,
We had our share of heros,we never though they'd go,
At least not Bobby Darin,or marilyn Monroe,
For youth was still eternal,and life was yet to be,
And Elvis was foreverin the Land That Made Me-Me,
We'd never seen the rock band that was greatfull to be Dead,
And Airplanes weren't named Jefferson,and Zeppelins we not Led,
Beatles lived in gardens then,and Monkets lived in trees,
Madonna was a virgin in the Land That Made Me-Me,
Wwe hadn't seen enought of jets to talk about the lag,
And microchips were what was left at the bottom of the bag,
Hardware was a box of nails,and bytes came from a flea,
Rocket Ships were fiction in the Land That Made Me-Me,
Buicks came with portholes,ad side shows came with freaks,
Bathing siuts came big enought to cover bopth your cheeks,
Coke came just in bottles, and skirts below the knee,
And Castro came to Power,in the Land That made Me-Me,
We had no Crest with fluoride,we had no hill Street Blue's,
We had no patterned pantyhose or Lipton herbal tea,
There were no golden arches,no perrier to chill,
And fish were not called Wands,ad cats were not called Bill,
Middle age was 35 and old was fourty-three,
And accidents were our parents,in the land That Made Me -Me,
But all things have a season,or so we've heard them say,
And now instead of Maybeline we swear by Retin-A,
They send us invitations to join AARP,
We've come a long way,baby,from the Land That Made Me-Me,
And we tell our children's children,of the way it use to be,
Log ago and far away in the Land That Made Me-me,
A contest entry
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475 points, ended August 14, 2008, 36 entries
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Wow, Laurel, this is awesome...
Outstanding!!!
You made me laugh & smile & reminice & had me completely captivated throughout...
Great narrative, rhythm, rhyme & flow...
I thoroughly enjoyed this enthralling & entertaining write...
Keep up the good work...
Well done!!!
Take care,
Fritz..........
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Candi
Thank you so much.I do know what you mean about being so long.Whn I was writing it all these things just kept coming in my mind.Should of shut it off a long time ago.
thanks
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Nice.
They send us invitations to join AARP,
We've come a long way,baby,from the Land That Made Me-Me,
And we tell our children's children,of the way it use to be,
Log ago and far away in the Land That Made Me-me,
I love these lines because they are just wonderfully penned! Although the poem itself is very well done, I fear it's a bit too long for me! Great job and good luck!
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LOL thanks so much Prudence.Yes I dont know who gave out our addie for AARP? Thats was funny,,..
I come from the 50's so now you see why i remember all those people.thank you for youe time in my site. Gonna try to get to yours and return the favor.*rose -
Wow ,,thank you so much for the comments.how sweeet to take the time to look at my stuff.
i had fun just sitting and thinkin in this one.Actually i had a blast. thanks again Ear -
Cleverly written and a true feast of a poem!
This must have been so fun to write!
Wow! you truly captured them all...
way to write!
well done poetess, well done!
ears/Seattle
solid piece of sound contemporary poetry!
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This is wonderful! Mr Wizard,and Oprah couldn't talk yet! LOL I remember all of what you speak of! I think we may be from the same era! Great memories here all boxed up well with explainations galore! Loved it all...well thought out and expressed! Yikes, who give AARP our address anyway! Lovely, thanks for sharing
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ROFL! I highly enjoyed this little piece lol. I laughed the whole way through. Your rhyming was hilarious and flowed nicely. Well worth the time. Nice write!
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Lon ago and Far Away
I certainly thank you for your sharing of laughter when you read my poem.Ya know i sat there for hours making that poem on the site,,only to have the person that posted the contest / delete it out. Can Ya beleive that.Now thats enought to make me quit the site as a paying member. Its people like you that keep me here.Thank you love!
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