Best Centenarian Poems

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


Life has tested her a million times. Cuts & bruises - still...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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A baby is born
   Dawns a new morn
A centenarian passes away
   Sad close to a day 

A new life arrives
 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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;...

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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...

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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...

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