Best 1950S Poems
Below are the all-time best 1950S poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of 1950s poems written by PoetrySoup members
School, 1950sA curious cocktail of odours greets us
as we move in from playground
to corridor, to cloakroom, to classroom.
Beeswax fragrance: freshly buffed parquet.
Brasso smell: base metal...
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Categories:
1950s, bible, education, faith, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Remembering Tv of the 1950sRemembering TV of the 1950s
By Elton Camp
About TV, this little account is told
From when I was twelve years old
Because it was along about then
When TV...
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Categories:
1950s, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Early 1950s In Jacksonville FlWafting on the morning breeze,
During manufacturing
Our whole town enjoyed the scent.
Maxwell House Coffee.
Freshness permeating air.
Aroma percolating.
Infusing memories of…
Grandma’s coffee pot.
June 3, 2012
Dane Ann Smith-Johnen...
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Categories:
1950s, childhood, nostalgia, places, social,
Form:
Dodoitsu
Teenage Love 12: Teenage Lovers of the 1950sIt was the 1950s and all teen lovebirds back in the day were the greatest couples in
America. These people were way before all people who...
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Categories:
1950s, girlfriend-boyfriend, happiness, love, on
Form:
Epic
Categories:
1950s, dedication, music
Form:
Epigram
A View of New York In the 1950s(Dylan Thomas, Oct 1914 – Nov 1953)
I as one who has never touched the shining Big Apple –
as ruthless then as it's ruthless now –
gaze...
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Categories:
1950s, new york, space,
Form:
Free verse
A 1950s Lancashire LifeSo you want to hear a story, first of all there is no morning glory. Your feet touch the floor its cold as ice as...
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Categories:
1950s, child, growing up,
Form:
Free verse
Dancing In the FiftiesThroughout the nineteen-fifties, times were neat;
full, long flared skirts and bobby socks gals wore,
while rock and roll and doo-wop moved our feet
to music slow and...
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Categories:
1950s, dance, fun, high school,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Duck and Coverbeware atomic attack!
1950s civil defense
duck and cover drills
Bert the turtle
showed us the way
flash of light - duck and cover!...
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Categories:
1950s, childhood, memory, poetry,
Form:
Light Verse
Those Days of Long AgoWhere have they gone- those days of long ago-
when life was simple- more predictable?
...
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Categories:
1950s, family, life, memory, old,
Form:
Sonnet
Simple PleasuresIt's early 'fifties- a group meets
in field of grass, though barren, bare-
a break away from city streets
to share some wholesome country air.
The cars behind are...
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Categories:
1950s, fun, memory, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme