Best Fifty Fifty Poems

Poem 1: A Boy And His Painted Piano

he used lively greens
tender blues,
touches of plain mauve 
and rainbow trout splatters
to paint music
on the gas fumes 
that...

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Slowly he opened the drawer and looked inside.  Some time had passed since he last gazed upon the cloth that lay there.  Years...

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break a wishbone
you end up with the small half of the split

it's suppose to be fifty - fifty odds 
still we all know a very...

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I remember those days when just a kid,
the old ten shilling note, and the odd quid.*
Teddy boys in their drain pipes, fur collars
smelling of nicotine,...

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I asked my heart
Do you love her?
He says love, help, and save her.
My mind wonders!
After all that!!
All that were fifty-fifty 
My heart replied.
...

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Love is like porcelain
So perfect and smooth
Two sides giving
With so much to lose

Love is like building blocks
Lived day by day
Words can say
But only true hearts...

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A man's lot is not for a woman to bear,
A man's lot is not for a woman to replace
A man's lot is not for a...

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I’m not a sweetheart or an angel
I could get really rude
I’m not always in a bright mood
I admit I have a attitude problem
I get easily...

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I wrote this yesterday in anticipation of our granddaughter getting married today. she asked that I not publish it until after the wedding at 7:00...

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I'm as honest as the day is long which means

I'm more honest during the longer days of summer

So if I tell you something in the...

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I am a woman

I’m not fragile 
I’m not made of stone either
I may be likened to a rock
Flesh and blood is all I am

I love...

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Fifty Cent, the rapper, sang
“Get Rich or Die Tryin’.”
Fifty-fifty: half a chance.
Over fifty:  dyin’!
Golden is one's fiftieth anniversary.
Soft porn: the "Fifty Shades of Grey"...

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Quietly the disease crept into the family.
Away from home for the first time and far 
from her mother’s cautioning words,
she fell in love with and...

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touching someone 
that is the key
touching someone
is the key to me
to lean on my shoulder
as you did yesterday
yes, i am sure
that this is the way
for...

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The guy she hired to do me in,
unbeknownst to her,
was one of the blokes on Friday nights
with whom I played poker.

All this time she thought...

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Who among you is brave enough
(or dumb enough)
to take the challenge
Bet your life to beat the odds ...
One out of six
Load the chamber with one...

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One two three four
Skip through the  door
Five six seven eight
Chin up keep that  back   straight
Nine ten eleven twelve
Go on you’ll feel...

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We know we are right and we will fight
If you dare appose us we will bite
When good doers think they have a chance
We take their...

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When does a child become society’s child?
Some children are forced out of being children
Some are put back into children mode which is hard 
The fact...

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You 
would
think that
the chances of 
putting in a USB the
wrong way round would be
fifty-fifty; but it rarely ever is,
my research says easily ninety-ten...

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Love is a fifty fifty chance
A coin toss
Either we make it
Or we don’t.

It’s a game of Russian roulette
There will be a time when one of...

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Big ol Billy

Near old Dirran, on the river, an old time pub had its day. ..
Billy Richards was the owner, had a rupture so they...

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Fifty foot waves cradled the old wooden boat
A doomed speck held on ocean gale breath
About to become splinters at any moment
Hurricane forces understand fragility
A chance...

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Tribute to Robert the Auctioneer      

Who’llstartthisbidat fifty fifty fifty
I sayfiftyfiftydollafiftyfiftydolla
C’mongivemefiftyfityfity dolla
Okhowboutfortyfortyfortydollawho’llgivemefortyfortyfortydolla
Ihave twentyfivetwentyfivetwentyfivedollanofortynoforty
I havetwentyfivedollatwentyfivetwentyfivetwentyfivewho’llgiemethirty
Thirty thirtythirtydollawho’llgiemethirtythirtyThirtydollasIhavethirtydollas
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vedollaswho’llgiemefortyfordyfordyfordyIhavethirdyseventhirdyseventhirdysevennowfodryfor
dyIhavefordyc’monpeopleyouknowwhatthisisworth,giemeFortyfivefordyfivefordyfive
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eightfordyeightfordyninefordyninefordynineFifty!
Ihavefiftydollasfiftydollasfiftydollas…
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