Vogue

Vogue

A Poem by Kelly Scheppers
"

...the big band era of swing

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Vogue


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It was the forties -
the big band era of swing.

The lean years
of jitterbug and zoot suits,
of pin up girls and jukeboxes.
When Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman
were president
and World War II had come to an end.

It was

Citizen Kane and Casablanca.
When a broad was a woman
and a woman was broad shouldered
and fur clad.
When black and white was in vogue,
and Mildred Pierce was a mystery
told in flashbacks…

and Joan Crawford
was the Mommy dearest

of them all.




photography by fanpop.com


 


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© 2015 Kelly Scheppers


Author's Note

Kelly Scheppers
I googled the years in which my parents grew up as teenagers...this is what I came up with!

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What a great way to encapsulate a great era in history. Well-done, my friend!

Posted 9 Years Ago


Kelly Scheppers

9 Years Ago

If this had been a school assignment, I might not have done so good...thank goodness for "Google"! .. read more

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Added on May 14, 2015
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Tags: big bands, jitterbug, zoot suits, WW11, Joan Crawford

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Kelly Scheppers
Kelly Scheppers

San Diego, CA



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