Happy New Yeats! Party like it’s 1999, in 1962!

Prince Magazine Special. 1985. Australia.

Happy new year vintage mates! Sorry we’re late and sorry we got the wrong year, but Wooof and I just got back from time travelling in 1982 watching Prince recording 1999, then we got lost in 1962 and found a cool book of poetry from W.B. Yeats, and then we got tangled up in a vintage space war between aliens and robots disputing a 3 billion year old moon made of chedder cheese and denim!

Anyway, we’re back now, so happy New Year one and all, and may all your dreams come to fruition!

Magic! She-Ra: Princess of Power. Shadow Weaver’s Magic Mirror. Ladybird. UK. 1986.

Here is the Yeats book of poetry, plus a poem of my own – in honour of someone who I dearly wish time would have allowed us a longer acquaintance.

W.B. Yeats Selected Poetry. St Martin’s Library. UK. 1962. Huguette’s copy.

Poem: Coffee with Huguette

Editor’s note: This poem has been selected for a special mission and will return soon. Apologies for any inconvenience.

French coffee advert. Used as a bookmark by Huguette.

This book belongs to… Huguette.

L’Irlande article. Used as a bookmark by Huguette.

Magic! A.E. Waite tarot.

Post dedicated to Huguette Laporte.

Words and poem by the editor.

15 thoughts on “Happy New Yeats! Party like it’s 1999, in 1962!”

Love the poem! Are you the editor who wrote it? x

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The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 13, 2020 at 21:14 said:

Thank you, and yes 🙂 For some reason I always credit any poems I put on my blog to ‘the editor’. It’s kind of stuck now. xXx

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- Resa on January 13, 2020 at 22:42 said:
  
  So, I’ll know from now on. It’s very good!!!!
  
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Belated Happy New Year! Love the poem – more please.

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The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 13, 2020 at 20:38 said:

Thanks you kindly, Wibi 🙂 More, yes!

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Happy New Year🎆
And now to the poem ; it created the same effect as when I read Albert Camus.
Like a boxer who tempts you into his circle and when you feel comfortable…here comes the uppercut and lights out!!
Nothing fancy or extravagant, just a phrase with ordinary words that can break your bones…

So , thank you my friend for breaking mine!!

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The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 10, 2020 at 20:59 said:

Superb comment and thoughts. I love the idea of the boxer. Thank you my friend!

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Happy New Year… and that poem is amazing. Really loved it.

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The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 4, 2020 at 17:46 said:

J, thanks so much!

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Happy New Year!

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The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 4, 2020 at 17:56 said:

Cheers Paul!

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Happy New Yeats! I am going to have to read a few more “classics” this year I think. I might have a bit more time now Disney/LucasFilm have completed the Star Wars saga for now.
And I think Prince missed an opportunity…he should have called his magazine “Purple Pages”!
Great post to start 2020!

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The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 4, 2020 at 17:54 said:

Thanks FT. ‘Purple Pages’ sounds good 🙂
It’s been good reading Yeats again – I hadn’t read him since my schooldays! I love the vast amount of poetry you can read online now, which is a real treat, but always something special about picking up an old book 🙂

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- For Tyeth on January 5, 2020 at 20:36 said:
  
  Hi again, I need to take another trip to my library I think! Luckily it is on a public transport route so I can get a bus. It will be better reading a hard copy.
  
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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 5, 2020 at 21:06 said:
  
  Yeh, do it. I love our local library as it has a good selection of CDs and music DVDs as well as books and comics.
  
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Resa on January 13, 2020 at 19:52 said:

Love the poem! Are you the editor who wrote it? x

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 13, 2020 at 21:14 said:
  
  Thank you, and yes 🙂 For some reason I always credit any poems I put on my blog to ‘the editor’. It’s kind of stuck now. xXx
  
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  - Resa on January 13, 2020 at 22:42 said:
    
    So, I’ll know from now on. It’s very good!!!!
    
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wibiwonder on January 13, 2020 at 13:48 said:

Belated Happy New Year! Love the poem – more please.

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 13, 2020 at 20:38 said:
  
  Thanks you kindly, Wibi 🙂 More, yes!
  
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Spira on January 10, 2020 at 10:30 said:

Happy New Year🎆
And now to the poem ; it created the same effect as when I read Albert Camus.
Like a boxer who tempts you into his circle and when you feel comfortable…here comes the uppercut and lights out!!
Nothing fancy or extravagant, just a phrase with ordinary words that can break your bones…

So , thank you my friend for breaking mine!!

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 10, 2020 at 20:59 said:
  
  Superb comment and thoughts. I love the idea of the boxer. Thank you my friend!
  
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J. on January 4, 2020 at 16:34 said:

Happy New Year… and that poem is amazing. Really loved it.

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 4, 2020 at 17:46 said:
  
  J, thanks so much!
  
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Paul Bowler on January 4, 2020 at 11:44 said:

Happy New Year!

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 4, 2020 at 17:56 said:
  
  Cheers Paul!
  
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For Tyeth on January 4, 2020 at 08:04 said:

Happy New Yeats! I am going to have to read a few more “classics” this year I think. I might have a bit more time now Disney/LucasFilm have completed the Star Wars saga for now.
And I think Prince missed an opportunity…he should have called his magazine “Purple Pages”!
Great post to start 2020!

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 4, 2020 at 17:54 said:
  
  Thanks FT. ‘Purple Pages’ sounds good 🙂
  It’s been good reading Yeats again – I hadn’t read him since my schooldays! I love the vast amount of poetry you can read online now, which is a real treat, but always something special about picking up an old book 🙂
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply ↓
  - For Tyeth on January 5, 2020 at 20:36 said:
    
    Hi again, I need to take another trip to my library I think! Luckily it is on a public transport route so I can get a bus. It will be better reading a hard copy.
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
  - The Vintage Toy Advertiser on January 5, 2020 at 21:06 said:
    
    Yeh, do it. I love our local library as it has a good selection of CDs and music DVDs as well as books and comics.
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person

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