Fifty Years in Black and White

Time flies............................................................................

I walked on the moon

with Neil Armstrong.

Really I did,

I was there in those

grainy shots

as he descended the steps

of the eagle,

as he put the first human foot

on the lunar surface

and spoke man's first

immortal words

from two hundred and forty 

thousand miles away.

I watched as he and Buzz

planted the Stars and Stripes,

and played like

Michelin kids,

leaping and jumping.

It was not easy,

I can tell you.

My dad had to keep

adjusting the aerial!

 

20/07/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yep when we watched we had aerial tv...and not such a great pic...but history...was good to be there for that...a happy time...especially after JFK and RFK and Martin Luther's assassinations..also in black and white.
the moon landing almost made it seem like color.
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed so. You capture thoses days so well in your review Jacob. We were all shocked and gutted at the Kennedy assassination especially, so the moon landing gave us back some hope in those dark cold war days. Many thanks,

[gram linski]

The devils advocate in me would worry about the shadows and the fact that we have trouble landing satellites, never mind having never done it again, apart from that very topical, lol

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Well if David Bowie and Elton John believe it is good enough for me. Cheers gram(my)

[gram linski]

They both also believe that repressing your inner self and marrying a woman, will help your career no end, who'd 'ave fought it, 50 years since the stonewall riots too

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yup time is has no respect at all gram!

[Relic]

Ah yes, those stupid rabbit ears as we called them. I don't recall seeing it but I must have. What a historic event.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed it was and it left a lasting impression just like Kennedy's assasination had six years earlier. Many thanks Relic.