In 50 Long Years Gone Fast
My husband is in many ways the opposite of me.
Were he to make a left turn along a route, I’d go right inevitably.
Astrologically, he’s emotional (double water) but I’m a stable triple earth.
He rarely laughs, not even at a comic’s show, while I enjoy mirth.
As time went on, I realized he really was a nut.
Had
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Categories:
50, husband,
Form: Couplet
hiku 50
cherry blossoms have gone
tulips sway in the garden breeze
sobo gazes one hand on her hip
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Categories:
50, flower, garden, grandmother, nature,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
50, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
We, the generation of '50
We, the generation of '50,
Time-travelers with stardust in our hair, with memories planted in pockets,
Rooted in decades embraced by change, souls adorned with the dawn of the post-war world.
We spun on the carousel of the '50s, enveloped in the unrestrained laughter of childhood,
The '50s-'60s found us weaving red carnations into crowns for the dolls of
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Categories:
50, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Jack 50
You might have the verbal to talk the talk
Do you have the talent to back the walk
Doesn’t matter if you have a massive crew
When the bell rings, there’s nothing they can do
Sizing up your opponent, are they prepared
Looking full of confidence, or just plain scared
Look them straight in the eyes
Is it them or you who
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Categories:
50, sports,
Form: Rhyme
radio phone-in, how are you saving money at xmas - calls cost 3 pounds 50 per minute
they've also got a guest on
who suffers from, the inability to burp
he sounds so bored presenting
the thing
as i listen, i notice
the lid of the jar of the piccalilli
it states this condiment is,
'the life and soul of the pantry'
on google i look up images
of 19th century pantries
my wife comes in and asks what i
would
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Categories:
50, allegory, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
50 bottles of wine
Reds white sweets and dry
celebrating 50 years
Happy Birthday to me
(plan for next year!)
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Categories:
50, birthday,
Form: Senryu
50
"For 49 years", I said to myself, "I've been such a lucky star.
Although time has passed, who knew I'd make it this far?"
I've made some bad decisions and accomplished many good things;
And I can hardly wait to see what the future brings.
Fifty has arrived now. It's time for a brand new page:
I know it's only
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Categories:
50, birth, birthday, celebration, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
50 Years Almost
I can hear her choking back tears, soft silent sobs echo through the phone as she tells me
“If he were still alive, we’d have been married 50 years today”
I sat there in silence on the other end of the phone, not knowing what to say back
How do you come up with words to say, a
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Categories:
50, death, emotions, granddaughter, grandfather,
Form: Free verse
In 50 Years' Time
In 50 years' time…
Someone asked me, “How would you like to see the world in 50 years?”
My mind instantly went - AI, technology, infrastructure and space,
but then I gave it a second thought and imagined,
How about a greener, more peaceful and kinder place?
A world without fights and wars,
so much more peaceful and calm.
A
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Categories:
50, earth, environment, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Man 50 Child
A 50 year old
Child not Man
Sent out into
The big wide world
All on his lonesome
Shouldn't have really
In
Reality though been
Without parental
Or
Carers prior consent
Because although yes
He may well in fact be 50
He hasn't actually ever
Been or allowed
To grow up
And therefore why
He is still to today
Technically
A
Man - Child
Goes without saying
Mother Dearest
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Categories:
50, addiction,
Form: Free verse
50 Years Since Vietnam
You remember the mud blood and mosquitos
And the Agent Orange brought back as a memento
In your jungle greens at Vung Tau
Nui Dat memories won’t fade even now
Picked out of the lottery for National Service each one
Taken by the Vung Tau ferry or Qantas your Vietnam service begun
Each soldier on their tour in sacrifice for
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Categories:
50, remembrance day, war,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Chapter 50 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen
Year August 2039
Molly started contractions about
40 minutes before Dolly they
Were both rushed to the
Hospital in separate ambulances
There was a family Gathering
with both families at the
Hospital. This was a momentous
Event unlike the other births.
Quads and Triplets at the same
Time. At the end of the day
Only two babies were born one
From each
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Categories:
50, 7th grade, absence, business,
Form: Alliteration
Attack of the 50 Ft Woman Movie
When I was six-years-young
The attack of the fifty-foot woman was born.
I saw the signs, of course, but could not imagine
Why anyone would be afraid of a fifty-foot woman
having no concept of how women behave sometimes.
I do not believe I saw the movie until I was twelve.
It was terrifying and terrorizing, and I was terrified.
The woman
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Categories:
50, nostalgia,
Form: Narrative
Bitcoin Keeps On Thriving - Bitcoin Poem 050
Bitcoin’s growing every day
With fiat inflation on display
Own your money - come what may
As Bitcoin keeps on thriving
Officials saying “all is fine”
Printing money by design
Cutting down our bottom line
As Bitcoin keeps on thriving
You can learn it, take some time
Bitcoin’s young and in its prime
Yet every cycle it will climb
As Bitcoin keeps on thriving
Worth
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Categories:
50, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
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