STATUS QUO
Re-listening to sixties' protest songs
recalling fledgling dreams.
We thought then if folk would only hear
the world's ways would change
in a revolution of peace and love.
Our mono records revolve on turntables
engineered for stereophonic sound.
Deafened by and deaf to heavy metal
we wonder how much our sons
will do to change their parents' world.
© Gerald England
Composed: Ashton under Lyne, 12th December 1984
Publications
1986 Folio (UK)
1988 International Poetry (USA)
1989 A POEM FOR DADDY (Whitby, Canada, Plowman)
1991 Sacrifice The Common Sense (USA)
1992 STEALING KISSES (Hyde, New Hope International)
1997 Grape (Internet)
2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)
Gerald, this poem echos some of the conversations I have with my Dad about our tastes in music.
ReplyDeleteLike yourself & unlike his son, he ain't too fond of heavy metal!