Pink Is Not My Favourite Colour

We all relate to eras.

I have never taken to pinks,

even before these days of equality

and 'Me Too', I never felt

comfortable in pink.

Never having been in-the-pink,

and certainly not pretty in it,

I am more of a blue/grey guy,

more of a blues lover

and a dullard

who relates to scoundrels

such as John Cheever,

Tennessee Williams,

John Berryman, 

Ernest Hemingway,

F Scott Fitzgerald

and Raymond Carver.

Perhaps my intoxication

with the days when chivalry

was not scorned as misogynistic,

when opening doors or giving up

ones comfortable seat for a lady,

and the bottle fed many an imagination,

is where I am stuck

in time.

 

22/03/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

i had that greatest time watching the video ... totally put a smile on my face and energy in me ol' bones ... i might just have to get some lit up shoes and give that dance a go :))))))))))))) i don't kow why but i watched the vid first
and love your poem ...this i not the world our Father's turned over to us is it ... i share the nastalgia for those days of chivalry ... holding respect and appreciation for the so much fairer sex is a good thing after all ... perhaps the Me Too movement is a cry for those days as well ;}
E.
ps. i also have always been a blue man ... aqua sometimes too ;)))))))))
pss. those are some giants in the scoundrel category that you mention aren't they!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ah 'E' you have made my morning. Your wit and enthusiasm is infectious. I chose the video for the song but glad you liked it. I think the Me Too movement was promoted by woment with an agenda and ordinary women joined in as well because there is some sense to it. Perhaps it is pushing matters too far the other way so sign up and join my new men's movement 'Me Also'! Many thank yous 'E'

[Einstein Noodle]

yes! my Norma gets a bit furoius when those "Me Too" advocates jump on and attack $$ for things alleged 30 yrs ago ..Norma has a strong heart for the sexually abused and they are thousands and thousands that go unnoticed and so egregiously ignored when they do find their voice ... as for your Me Also Movement ..i think i will stay on the sidelines and be a cheerleader ... in blue... too much of a target marching in the ranks ... i know... i'm falpping me chicken wings and clucking right now ..you'll just have to forgive me man!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

More like a lame duck, QUACK!
My recruitment drive is going well and you might just regret not being on board for the ride. I already have......me!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Don't know why you are laughting 'E' I had to be vetted and go through a three stage selection process!

[Einstein Noodle]

Quack! ;}.....................

[Mrudula Rani]

Most of the men i know hate pink... and don't even care for anything bright or flashy . I suspect that they don't want to make a spectacle of themselves. It is more than matter of taste I believe.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes that is a fact Mrudula, not a man thing. I do have a pink 't' shirt that I am fond of. I guess the piece harks back to the days of the writers mentioned when a man (at least outwardly) was a man! Many thanks.

[Mrudula Rani]

You are most welcome, John. The way a man treats women shows his true identity, not by his attire, as you mentioned in the poem. There seemed to be 53 gender identities now(!)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

53! Unbelievable.

[gram linski]

Liked yer poem, dude, but every one of your references was camp as Christmas, never had a pink Mohican or day glo socks,

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Me? Never I'd run a mile at anything pink and a mohican and day glow socks.....I ask you! Many thanks gram.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

PS I think only two were homosexual, one being bisexual? but all alcoholics!

[kentuck14]

John,
I hear Carver in this poem . . . film noir of the late forties, early fifties . . . an interesting poem of manners, an honest poem. Nice work!
Tom

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I am not familiar with Carver but film noir indeed so. Many thans Tom.