Posted in Poetry 2010 - present, tagged 1967, change, enlightenment, Nietzsche, philosophy, poem, Poetry, summer of '67, truth, youth on April 6, 2018| 33 Comments »
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(Remembering the summer of ’67)
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It was a blue-sky summer
of beach love freedom
and baby-oil tans
but most of all
a hunger
for the daring wild truth.
We danced far away
from dead philosophers
returning to their coffins
and the icy leanings
of cynical professors.
And so it was
that long, fiery season
when heat ignited bodies
and the sun
kindled our souls
that Nietzsche’s god
rolled over
in his grave.
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(c) 2013, 2018 Betty Hayes Albright
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(a re-post from 2013, revised)
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Posted in Poetry 2010 - present, tagged college, enlightenment, God, Nietzsche, poem, Poetry, spirituality, summer, summer of '67 on September 28, 2013| 23 Comments »
It was one blue-sky summer
of beach love and freedom
and baby-oil tans,
but most of all, hunger
for the daring wild truth.
We danced apart
from cold philosophers
returning to their graves
and the icy leanings
of faithless professors.
It was that long emblazing summer
when heat ignited bodies,
when sun kindled our souls
and Nietzsche’s God
came back
from the dead.
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© 2013 Betty Hayes Albright
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(remembering the summer of ’67)
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