She'd pledged never to live forever
in blue jeans and go-go boots,
hadn't worn a headband and slit
skirts in ages. She'd traded in
her cheap sunglasses, even taken
off the white kid gloves. From now
on, she'd promised, she was stepping
out in black furs, with diamonds
on the soles of her shoes. Yessir!
When Ruby puts her red dress on,
every sucker in a three-piece knows
it's time to rock and roll.
© 2013, 2014 Maureen E. Doallas
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This poem owes its existence to titles of Rock-and-Roll songs. The titles are, in order of appearance: Forever in Blue Jeans (Neil Diamond), Go-Go Boots (Drive-By Truckers), Headband (B.o.B.), Slit Skirts (Pete Townshend), Cheap Sunglasses (ZZ Top), Kid Gloves (Marmaduke Duke), Black Furs (Judie Tzuke), Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (Paul Simon), Ruby Puts Her Red Dress On (Joel Crouse), Every Sucker in a 3-Piece (Van Halen), Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin).
I wrote this originally for TweetSpeakPoetry's fun July 2013 theme, "Rock and Roll".
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7 comments:
love the determination to go out and have fun!
Great idea to use rock song titles.. a little bit like the book-title poetry we did with Sam in form for all a couple of months ago... check it out.
ha. its a very cool blend of songs....i could live forever in blue jeans, i think...better than me in a red dress, just saying...ha....put another quarter in the juke box...
Very playfully ~ love this style, Maureen :)x
That knocked me out of my shoes... Self realization of age is wonderful when you go from hot to ravishing! This little poem is so huge in visualization... bravo..
I kept seeing those familiar phrases and thinking - "what's up with this" but then I got lost in the character you created. It made me smile when I saw that you were framing the poem from song titles. How clever! How satisfying!
You wove this fine poetry cloth well… I think Ruby would be pleased to parade herself about in it.
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