Nineteen Thirties

Nineteen Thirties

A Poem by Gerry Legister
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The innocence of growing up during the middle thirties

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Nice things were lost in the great depression
Interest fought with humanistic preservation.
Nuremberg laws made civil states mostly unfair,
Extensive flame in the air coming from the rear.
Timeliness look of beauty faded in a tough decade,
Edward choose love above the throne he made.
Empire state building joins the race to the sky,
National anthem star spangled banner identity.

Tragedy hides the truth that propaganda holds,
History archives will discover the dusty bowls.
Incite inundating lines bearing hunger to yellow river,
Rich and poor plummeted to the floor in sore disaster.
Thirties grapes of wrath went with the wind,
Insulin of clinical use to control fear in the mind.
Ecological effects felt on the prairie halted crop rotation,
Surprise force struck the course with great depression.

© 2015 Gerry Legister


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Added on March 19, 2015
Last Updated on March 19, 2015
Tags: growing, age, maturity, children, school, teenager, life, thirties

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Gerry Legister
Gerry Legister

Sheffield , Silver Spring , Jamaica



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Gerry is a gifted poet, who defines the difficulties of life with the simplicity of living by faith, his inspirational writing and artistic rendering has inspired many to find deeper faith in their be.. more..

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