I would like to share my memories of Queens.
My focus is what has been talked about in your paper, like the Queens Library, our schools and the 50th anniversary of the 1964 World’s Fair.
“Dreams of Queens”
My mind takes me back
and forth all over Queens.
Both past and present,
places and people, even
the sounds in my dreams of Queens.
Let me start at the Queens Village Library,
where doors did open
to my dreams
and I was able to fly through the world
and see what was in store for me.
Then there was my school of yesterday,
Grace Lutheran Day School
of Queens Village, which is no more,
and yet it did open doors to our little minds.
Teachers who cared for children in need.
Then there was Thomas A. Edison High
in Jamaica. You could learn a trade,
but much more than that teachers helped
with your fears and belief in self and all that.
There were the parks, like Alley Pond,
on a summer’s day with much to learn
as you hiked through nature’s poetry.
Remembering the 64th World’s Fair,
much to see as you travel through.
Back and forth under the Unisphere:
you learned of the future of our world
right in Corona.
The future is now and
much has changed, yet much stays the same.
We all live, love, work and play
right here in Queens — it truly makes us feel
like we are the kings and queens right here
in Queens,
where dreams come true
for you and me whose dreams
have taken root in Queens.
Frederick R. Bedell Jr.
Glen Oaks Village