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Best Centenarian Poems


Premium Member Captain Tom
...You will have probably heard this story, it's often been told
About Captain Tom who's ninety nine years old
He's a Second World War veteran who's served his country
And was a Captain in the......

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Categories: centenarian, tribute, western,
Form: Narrative
Happiness Is
...Happiness is a world at peace
without crime or disease
where everyone is a vegetarian
and lives to be a centenarian.......

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Categories: centenarian, happiness,
Form: Quatrain
Glory To Thermodynamics In General
...Glory to thermodynamics in general...

and generation of heat in particular
cuz yours truly 
spoiled with trappings 
of Western Civilization.

How ideal I imagine 
to dwell in a self sufficie......

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Categories: centenarian, adventure, appreciation, april, community,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Eternal Flame
...A baby is born
   Dawns a new morn
A centenarian passes away
   Sad close to a day 

A new life arrives
   An older departs --
Transmitted, the flame 
   ~ of a human heart......

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Categories: centenarian, baby, heart, life,
Form: Rhyme
Garish Galapagos Turtles
...Note- These massive turtles live in the Galapagos Islands. They are herbivorous 

creatures eating prickly pears, cactus, grass, and ferns. The Geochelone Elephantopus 

species have been known to gr......

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Categories: centenarian, animals,
Form: Quatrain
The Judge of the Universe
...God is the cardinal creator
He is the generous giver
He can rise a dead to life, being the grantor
He can create a thing that existed never

He gave what you have
He knows whatever you know
Yo......

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Categories: centenarian, allah, arabic, celebration, devotion,
Form: Quatrain



Centenarian Smile
...Months ago my centenarian grandmother passed away, leaving her beautiful smiles with us forever...


Life has tested her a million times. Cuts & bruises - still exist, but hidden in some secret......

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Categories: centenarian, funeral, women,
Form: Haibun
Christmas Abecedarian
...Amorous is the tingling touch they feel
Blooming kisses as flaming as red bells
Convey passion in their glowing eyes 
Directing fantasy-filled thoughts outside
Enamored by the heavy snowfall on t......

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Categories: centenarian, christmas, culture, faith, family,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member Centenarians
...A few years ago, I was privileged to attend a birthday party for a centenarian.
During the ceremony, there was a procession, and each of us greeted the honoree. When I greeted her, it did not appear......

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Categories: centenarian, age,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member An Anti-Love Poem
...Seems love's a very good topic for a poem
People know the subject really well
We all have separate thoughts about love
Those that are obsessed, you can tell

Women as they age can take-i......

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Categories: centenarian, love,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Storyteller
...Having an obvious proclivity for story-telling,
the old man leaned forward in his chair,
eager to impress the grey-haired men gathered around him
while he continued with the saga of ......

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Categories: centenarian, men,
Form: Narrative
Nascent Eyes
...Nascent Eyes

Lost memories of the 80's annoy me
recollections for memoirs are long gone

My tangible sensitivity has decreased
but the emotional kind goes on and on

My senses are faint, wea......

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Categories: centenarian, age,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Joyce Johnson - Centenarian Extraordinaire
...Dear Joyce, you've reached a milestone attained by very few!

I reJoyce at this accomplishment and offer my congrats to you!

Joining the elite Centenarian Fraternity is indeed very rare;

I ho......

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Categories: centenarian, birthday,
Form: Rhyme
Beyond the Clouds
...When the clouds appear so calm,
Glaring golden like glazing metal,
The world sees much less than nothing,
Understanding far less than the paranormal;
Begotten by the surest knowledge
Creeping in......

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Categories: centenarian, bereavement, betrayal, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Twenty Years From Now
...
Twenty years have passed, still, here I am,
in awe that I have come this far and know,
two more, I'll be a centenarian.
Life has been good; I've been allowed to grow
to this old age with he......

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Categories: centenarian, age, future,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things