A Short Poem About the '80's
Were far from being a ball
The music was new wave to punk
Some I can still remember, some was, well junk
Margaret Thatcher, high inflation
Many strikes, active trades unions, all quite a situation
The collapse of communism
Leading to a new mechanism
Tiananmen Square protest
Tanks to quell the unrest
One highlight, is the fall
Of the infamous Berlin Wall
After the Ethiopian famine report
Live Aid faced world wide support
Ronald Reagan becoming US President
Quite a step up for the screen gent
Olympics and boycotts in Moscow and LA
Jamaicans enter the bobsleigh
The launch of MTV
The birth of music videos, long before the launch of DVD
These are some of the highlights
In this poem of 80's delights
Published by John Smither
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25 Comments
Post a CommentI REALLY DIDNT GET IT CAN SOME ONE ELABORATE?????
Simply Irresistible! :)
I really liked this poem!
Ah, now this offersa more international perspective...
:)~ nice!
Well written John! I read somewhere that one of the casinos in Las Vegas had imported a large piece of the berlin wall to use as a back splash for the urinals. So if your in Vegas, and find it, you can make another berlin wall statement by relieving yourself on it.
Good poem. Guess I never thought about it but not all things about the 80s were positive.
Very clever...and pretty comprehensive.
Good one!
This is great, John! Except....I loved the 80's! Back then I was pretty, young, and thin. Those days were great. ;-)