Twenty One Poems - Poems about Twenty One

...We all know at least one from down by the bay A downer-frowner who likes to pout all day We call ours Eeyore, after the depressed donkey Winnie Pooh, Christopher Robin and Tigger’s friend, is he. ......Read the rest...

... It seems like people can never be happy with what they have. When I was young and had to eat at the little table, I wished that I was old enough to run away and join the circus. When I was seventee......Read the rest...

...* Note My dad passed away today, a little over seven months since my mom passed. After a thirty year estrangement my dad and I reconciled when mom died. I figured I'd write this today, while everythi......Read the rest...

... They gathered outside- I'm alone, and at my back window, I groan! I think- what is this my hubby will miss? Then, quickly I reach for my phone! "We're being invaded, my dear! Please......Read the rest...

...To break a man's life down into digits, to numbers, might seem strange to you; distant, or heartless, or just odd. But that was just our way; we'd both been dubbed 'robot' at one time or anot......Read the rest...

... In the cozy, dark chamber of my womb , you fought hard to breathe, And we prayed. Your safe passage out into this beautiful world a huge concern, And your too-soon departure to an oblivion, ......Read the rest...

...“Conversation with my eight year old Granddaughter twenty one years ago. She is still different and I still have the famed four leaf clover” ~~The Poet~~ It’s got extra Grandma, look at this cl......Read the rest...

...Uncooked grains of rice caked our apartment. Dug themselves into my pliable plantar aspect I welcomed you from the bottom of my being, Into my soul, A friend that made me feel whole. You dreamt ......Read the rest...

...A crumbling cabin, a jungle deep, An old soldier trudging by, Imagining he heard, in the breeze, A ghostly, wounded sigh. This elder sat 'neath a mangrove To ease his creaking bones, His une......Read the rest...

...I’m just quietly sitting watching Through a younger man’s eyes. You wouldn’t know if you looked For my brain’s there in disguise. It’s wearing the body of one Who’s of a much greater age, Tryi......Read the rest...

...GETTING OLD TO FAST My life is going by so fast Sometimes I'm forgetting a lot about my past I do have lots of concerns Maybe because of all my nerves Sometimes I look back on when I was twent......Read the rest...

...Picnics, plays, and days of plenty Wanton ways and I but twenty Laughing, carefree, and forward bound While time passed by without a sound For years I'd lie and search the sky Or sit i......Read the rest...

... In this new century of our Lord The gardener planted the young tree Placed in garden of Gethsemane An olive to the knee Around two thousand years have passed A beaten path cl......Read the rest...

... Drink the poison from my blood, breathe the rot from my lungs. Take all that has been decaying inside me and nurse it to health like an injured bird. A child who was once pure, turned sour like......Read the rest...

... Oh little Rye! You’re too young to be mine. Notice me from afar; I’m giving you a good sign. Oh little Rye! You’re twenty-one, now. Are you seeing someone lately? Or have you given a vow? ......Read the rest...