ANDREW BLAKEMORE - The 1970 Isle of Wight Music Festival

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The year of nineteen seventy drew Six hundred thousand folk or more Who came to hear the music play So large the crowd did grow, They made their way to Afton Down By foot by road by bus and car, Then pitched their tents upon the slopes Of 'Desolation Row'. A purple haze descended there That filled the minds of every soul, Which floated through the darkness And did bathe the land in light, For there they heard the swan song as The blue wild angel scorched the earth, And touched the stars within the sky As fires burned so bright. The music played and didn't stop Five days and nights it carried on, The lights went down yet few did sleep, And all had so much fun, When Havens took the final stage To close the show as dawn did break, And lit with gold the waiting land He sang 'Here comes the sun'. And as it shone upon the down The people made their way back home, Soon litter strewn across the field Was all that did remain, The music ceased the air was still And all around a breathless hush, The peace restored so all could hear The songbirds once again. ANDREW BLAKEMORE poemhunter.com/poem/the-1970-isle-of-wight-music-festival/