When I Was 21 Poem by Amelia Evelyn White
When I Was 21
when i was 21
i was sophisticated
but naïve
worked as a secretary
in the anti-poverty program
my boss and his wife
took me to the baltimore
playboy club
it was my birthday
when i was 21
dionne warwick told us
“what the world needs now is
love sweet love….not for some
but for everyone”
when i was 21
“cool hand luke” and
“in like flint” played in the
movie theatres
the academy award for
best picture went to
“in the heat of the night”
rod steiger won best actor
sidney poiter was detective tibbs
when i was 21
the 1st heart transplant was performed
the 1st movie on videotape was sold
the beatles’ “sgt pepper’s lonely
hearts club band” was introduced
when i was 21
tia carrere and somebody
named buster good
were born
jack ruby and somebody
named slim balch died
eddie fisher and connie stevens
got married
when i was 21
the fifth dimension took us
“up, up and away”
the four tops were
“standing in the shadows of love”
james brown was breaking
out in a “cold sweat”
the beach boys were into
“heroes and villains”
when i was 21
the greatest hits
list included
stevie wonder
the bee gees
diana ross
gladys knight & the pips
and the beatles
when i was 21
lyndon baines johnson was
president and hubert humphry
was the vp
thurgood marshall was the
first african american to be
appointed to the
supreme court (june 13,1967)
when i was 21
notable trials were
“mississippi burning” re
three civil rights workers
had been killed
and “loving vs virginia” re
us supreme court ended
state prohibition against
interracial marriage
when i was 21
carl stokes and richard hatcher
became the 1st elected black mayors
of major cities
cleveland ohio and gary indiana
respectively
when i was 21
we were deeply entrenched in a
war in vietnam and the civil rights
movement
there were race riots in
newark and detroit
sit-ins in greensboro at the
woolworth store
northern Ireland had their
own civil rights movement going
when i was 21
martin luther king’s
“where do we go from here”
was published by
harper and row
well that’s pretty much how
the world looked
when I was 21
Now you've gotten older Losing your hair? Many years from then. Does he still need you Does he still feed you Now you're more than sixty four? ? Thanks for the memories......
Write comment. A nice poem, Amelia. You may like to read my poem, Love and Lust. Thanks
A wonderful narration of history. 10/10. Want to see a poem, 'When I am 67'. I remember the bee gees, diana ross and dionne warwick days, thank you for mentioning them.
a historic...poem :) sepia sepia sepia...all the way nice...liked
its very detailed and written beautifully. i loved it. please read some of mine and comment. :)
Good memories, it is a poem on 21st century, our mother(Earth) is also past her mid age.cute lines also, thanks for sharing,10++.
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wish i could remember when i was 21. very good poem thanks for sharing