Lillian here. Hosting dVerse one more time before we’re off traveling again from April 16 to May 19 – doing a transAtlantic cruise and then cruising through the Norwegian Fjords, Ireland and Iceland. [I’ll post as I can to my blog – but can’t guarantee reading – apologies in advance.

Those of you who’ve gotten to know me in dVerse, know I love music, tap dancing, and all things positive. I am definitely NOT in retirement – I’d hate that. I’m in rejuvenatement!

Confession: I am a Baby Boomer. A child of the 50s. TV shows like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers; Kukla, Fran and Ollie, and the Ed Sullivan Show. I watched the Perry Como Christmas Show every year. I listened to music on a radio and on my dad’s hand made, hand soddered “hi fi.” I watched the Lennon sisters on the Lawrence Welk Show and in my “later years,” belonged to the Elvis Presley and Fabian fan clubs. No matter your age, unless you’re a really gifted newborn reading this post, the music during the years you grew up in, are oldies but goodies.

So here’s the prompt for today’s Poetics. Look here or on another web site of your choosing, and find the top songs from the year you were born. OR – I’ll give you some leeway here, from the years you were 5, 6, 7, 8. 9. or 10 years old. Pick one and somehow, weave the words from the title into your poem. They can be used in one fell swoop, like He whispered love me tender in his sleep . . . OR you can place the title in different lines within your poem, BUT, they must appear in order….as in He spoke of love to me and I was enamored with his words, tender and soft spoken.

At the end of your poem, BE SURE TO MENTION in a bit of an explanation, what the song title is and the year it was Number 1 on the Billboard or Hit Parade. No need to give away your age…but the song title must be from either the year you were born, or from a year you were 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 years old. Have fun with this one!

As always, please do observe the “rules of conduct” for dVerse – and for those of you new to dVerse, here’s what we hope everyone does 

• Write a poem, as the prompt suggests, and post it to your blog.
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