<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/682696-Woodstock--1969-by-Le-Moxie-Mox" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Woodstock, 1969</a><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font color="#141823" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35);">Author unknown</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);">Friday, August 15, 1969</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);"><br><br>So came the vividly-stoned and shoeless<br>who ran roughshod with brave opposition<br>and the barriers placed became viewless.<br><br>Day one headlined for the folk musician.<br>Up first there played Havens strumming his tune.<br>The crowd swayed in hypnotic submission.<br><br>Nude and delighted they danced for the moon,<br>and spun for the rain that fell from the sky,<br>unaware of storm’s torrent coming soon.<br><br><b>Saturday, August 16, 1969</b><br><br>Mescaline barkers peddling their high,<br>the mud smelled of hashish, two inches deep,<br>and spiders of psyche infested mind’s eye. <br><br>Day two was heavy for those short of sleep,<br>then Janice gave voice to her Kosmic Blues,<br>and the crowd bawled wild as Barbary sheep.<br><br>See me, feel me, I’m listening to you,<br>my song feeds your hunger, our lyrics fill .<br>If you haven’t guessed yet, we're “The Who.”<br><br><b>Sunday, August 17, 1969</b><br><br>One pill makes you larger, and what a pill<br>it was. That old white rabbit sung so true.<br>A melody warbled and howled to thrill.<br><br>With nowhere to sleep, no substance to chew,<br>but for the purple ones passed with a kiss,<br>the hungry were lost and death came to two.<br><br>Music and mayhem and unbroken bliss<br>though hamstrung with technical tortures be, <br>the Dead were less Grateful, lost in remiss.<br><br>Three days of music and peace for the free,<br>Jimi spangled the stars, ending the spree.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></body></html>