Where Were You When........ Poem by Joe Hughes

Where Were You When........

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I was busy at my college,
Playing football - I was hot,
When I got home I found that Kennedy
By Oswald had been shot!

I was busy getting fish and chips,
Told my friend I'd be back soon,
Whilst Armstrong with his lunar crew
Had landed on the moon!

I was busy being eighteen,
Dating girls, drinking lots,
When England won the World Cup
In '66 with Geoff Hurst's shot!

I was busy, I was nursing,
At my patients beck and call,
When Germany - both East and West
Pulled down the Berlin Wall.

I was busy in the garden,
Building fences with my daughter,
When terrorists blew up the towers
In New York's financial quarter.!

Some things I do are so mundane,
From memory soon fade,
But I remember where I was
When history was made!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jennifer K 02 July 2010

im gorwing jealous after every poem i read by you, sir. lol jeeze. this poem makes me feel incredibly young, too. =]

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