Daniel Dwyran

SMELLY BOGS AND DIAMOND DOGS

by Daniel Dwyran

Sunday 8th June 2014 11:24 am (first posted Thursday 5th June 2014 8:35 pm)

I flash back to the Seventies

Tank tops, flairs and glad rags

Boys tanked up on Strongbow

Girls danced ‘round their handbags

The Unions’ ran our Country

Power cuts blacked out our Street

Smelly Bogs and Diamond Dogs

Ballroom Blitz and Tiger Feet

Jackson 5 and Motown

Trojan, Stax and Northern Soul

Football terraces ran with blood

The workforce on the dole

I flashback to the Seventies

White dog shit in the street

Smelly Bogs and Diamond Dogs

Ballroom Blitz and Tiger Feet

(c) Daniel Dwyran

◄ GLASTO IN MY GARDEN

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Comments

Shirley-Anne Kennedy

Wed 2nd Jul 2014 20:52

I was smiling from start to finish. Well done :)

Jeff Dawson

Tue 1st Jul 2014 08:21

Hi Daniel, thanx for comment, no problem! It would be great to see you perform a few - this poem reminds me of a few of the things Ive written including RnR love poem and Snakeskin Sid if you read that one. These were the days! - good stuff mate!

We have a gig in tyldesley on 4th Friday each month its in between Bolton & Wigan, next ones are 25 July & 22 August, send me a message if you fancy it, we can sort, be great to see you - ps theres a profile for it - Guitar n Verse at Cadence, cheers Jeffarama!

Ged the Poet

Sun 8th Jun 2014 12:05

Very strange indeed. It certainly seems to have dissapeared into someones 'Room 101' ;)
Thank you Lynn. No problem.

Lynn Dye

Sat 7th Jun 2014 19:55

I enjoyed this, Daniel, many happy memories, even the white dog shit - how strange that was!
Thank you for your kind comments on my profile page, much appreciated.

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