Cobwebs and Laughter

(Rewind, an 80's music festival at Henley, nothing like going with old friends)

It didn't matter that the showers

howled with laughter at the hours

they observed us from above,

a festival of peace and love.

Umbrellas up, umbrellas down,

then raincoats on and raincoats off

and hats were doffed as sun came out

amid the cheers and raucous shouts.

Rewind the years, turn back the clock,

forget the niggling aches and pains.

Relive the music of your youth

and dance beneath those winking stars.

Dressed up in fashions vibrant, bright

you're not as slim, your outfit's tight

but nothing's going to dim your fun.

You bought the ticket to stay young.

And everyone's hell bent that they

will grasp the moment, live the day.

Attention grabbing younger you,

has not forgotten what to do.

The years are peeled and you exposed,

your cobweb's blown, you feel the cold,

the fast lane may have slightly slowed,

but you are raving, just as bold

and growing old disgracefully.

Reviews

[Arundass TP]

Younger age, it's great time of enjoyment. But old age our mind is younger but our body never accept it. Good poem. I am thinking of all my past life were I enjoyed my life.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Arundass for sharing your thoughts. Pleased for your visit. All the best.

Chris

[Silmara McGarry]

Nostalgia written all over this absolutely wonderful poem that I very much enjoyed reading. Happy that we can remember such lovely times in our old age, it gives us a feeling of truly living life!!!
Marvelous my dearest friend Poetess🌺

[Chris Shaw]

Hello lovely Sil. Many thanks for paying me a visit. So pleased you enjoyed my nostalgia and trying to relive the past. Keep well lovely.

Chris

[Ken Simm.]

I could say nostalgia ain't what it used to be but in this case that is simply not true. This actually reminds me of running through the rain with my sister and my mum singing the old advertising refrain, 'hot chocolate drinking chocolate' I may be was off beam there but that is what this lovely piece does to me.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Ken. Happy my poem brought you some nostalgia too. Have a good Tuesday. Pleased you stopped by.

Chris

[Neville]

I know exactly what you mean Chris .. its been a while since I last nipped through the hedge at Glastonbury or paid my pennies at Reading, Donnington (now Download) WOMAD & Knebworth .. and I agree with you entirely, there is something that rubs off the crowd and keep you feeling young .. I last felt it this year at Shrewsbury and when my strawberry hat still fitted nicely .. Neville

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks Neville. Music and festivals seem to bring the positivity out in people. Great to let your hair down once in a while. What is a strawberry hat she asks?

Chris

[D. Mansfield]

I didn't 5hink there where any of you left. . THAT is what I'm talking about. . . Actually it YOU. .thats writing awesome poetry that got me all excited for a minute, til I realized that. . No. . That was long ago. I want to send them a message "come get me now"

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks DM. You would have had an amazing time. We all did despite the rain. Have a good Monday.
read moreThanks DM. You would have had an amazing time. We all did despite the rain. Have a good Monday.

Chris

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Love the whole message in this for us oldies Chris. LOVE that final line such a close. Did stanza three drop it's rhyme lol

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks John. Pleased you enjoyed this old poem. As to the rhyme in stanza three, well ….I’m a rule breaker :)

Chris

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ha, ha, love rule breaking myself!

[Matthew Kult]

Ah reliving the good old days in the present and how we just can't party like we use too. Music has a way to do that so does poetry. Good read.

With love,

Matthew

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Matthew. You can always party if you want to. Pleased you stopped by to read this old poem.

Chris

[FGFRANKLIN]

Old age isn't an injustice forced upon rebellious youth. It's often a reward for exercising the better part of valor in discretion. But hopefully, along the way, we make some memories worth recalling to comfort our wounded egos in recognition of our survival. This was a great read.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Fabian. So pleased you enjoyed the fun. Have a great Monday.

Chris

[Coyote Poetry]

I liked and I understood this poem Christine.
"The years are peeled and you exposed,
your cobweb's blown, you feel the cold,
the fast lane may have slightly slowed,
but you are raving, just as bold
and growing old disgracefully."
Old age is upon me. I see the need for more improvement than great victories. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.

Coyote

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Coyote.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Christine.

[Gee]

And growing old disgracefully should be the aim of us all. God forbid I be remembered as the old fella that stank of pee and wore beige clothes. As I speed towards 60 I'm back into fitness and iron my face twice daily.
Another enjoyable read.
Good morning Christine

[Chris Shaw]

Good morning Gee. How I agree with you. I'm forever on a diet, do not want to get out of shape and try my utmost to forget the number of birthdays that come and go. Hope all is good with you. Now wouldn't that be an invention? An iron to smooth out the wrinkles, what a thought.