Saturday, October 17, 2009

THE 60'S A POEM by Bobby Jameson



IT WAS 1966
AS I WALKED ALONG
SUNSET BLVD
IN THE HAZY
SUNLIT AFTERNOON
TOWARD THE
HAMBURGER HAMLET
FOR A BEER

THE SIDEWALKS
WERE WELL TRAVELED
THEN AND FRIENDLY
INQUISITIVE FACES
GREETED YOU
WITH THEIR EYES
AND SMILES
A PARADISE NOW LOST

PAISLEY PATTERNS
AND RIBBON SHIRTS
BEADS AND BANGLES
GALORE
CLINKED AND CLATTERED
FAINTLY
IN THE WARM BREEZE
OF WEST HOLLYWOOD


IN THE BACKGROUND
THE SOUND OF
JOHNNY RIVERS
DOING AN
AFTERNOON SET
AT THE WHISKY A GO GO
LURING IN
THE STEADY FOOT TRAFFIC

THE RICH AND FAMOUS
MIXED EASILY
WITH THE
STREET PEOPLE
AND FLOWER CHILDREN
THE BARRIERS OF CLASS
TEMPORARILY
DROPPING AWAY

IN THIS DREAM WORLD
OF LOVE AND PEACE
HAND MADE CRAFTS
WERE LIKE GOLD
SOUGHT OUT BY THOSE
EAGER TO FIT INTO
THE WILD WHIMSY
OF THE TIMES

THE SUNSET STRIP
A PATHWAY TO
HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS
AND LOVE
A DOORWAY TO HEAVEN
AS IT VISITED EARTH
BRIEFLY IN THE 60'S

Bobby Jameson Oct 17, 2009