Best Once In A Lifetime Poems
Encounter of the Once in a Lifetime Kind
Waiting for his appointment, he scrutinizes her
(she’s oblivious to him). Long tapered nails,
like wing-tips of scarlet butterflies,
flit above a keyboard, and her perfect form
sits poised, tall and straight in her seat.
He imagines her in red chiffon. . .
seated in his sports car, the bodice of her dress
tight against white skin of ample apple breasts.
Long tapered legs emerge, and red high-heels
touch street as he takes her small soft hand
and helps her from the car.
Inside the club, the music plays calypso.
He finds himself a slave to hips that undulate
beneath a swaying skirt, and long svelte arms
that draw him in. . .
Her eyes are hieroglyphics; ravishing.
He cannot fathom what she sees when
he is in her gaze. Perhaps she is a vampire.
Common though he is,
his blood is just as red as any man’s.
Would it be so bad to have that ruby mouth
upon his neck. . . . . ?
The eyes he could not read are looking up
at him from her computer. Now he sees
what he missed in reverie.
Her eyes are two comets with a brilliance
which he’s never seen before.
Such as these are glimpsed
but once in a lifetime. They travel over him.
How can he even hope to ever be their sun?
Her smile is a rosebud now opening to him.
She tells him he can go into the room.
And as he turns away, he looks back
one more time, wondering and wondering
what he might abscond with when he leaves.
What of hers could be his souvenir?
For "Free Your Mind~! (Free Verse Only)
Contest by Chris D. Aechtner back in 2011
And now for Linda's Your Best Free Verse Poem Poetry Contest
They're once in a lifetime
These moments of joy
The first time you rattle
That colourful new toy
Your first day at school
With the rest of the kids
Your hair all slicked down
Bad smells Mom got rid
The ultimate joy
Of your first tender kiss
The shock when she tells you
Her period she missed
A puff from a cigarette
Makes you dizzy and ill
The beer in the closet
I remember it still
The joy of first child
The smell of their skin
The softness of touch
Their sweet tiny grin
Your first big promotion
The raise that you get
The first time you notice
A grey hair NO NOT YET!
Middle age then follows
With a sickening thud
It's all over now
Your life is pure crud
The sixties are next
And retirement awaits
Where did it go
You're in a hell of a state
Then someone says wryly
You've had a good life
'Whatcha crabbing about?'
But it still cuts like a knife
These tender sweet moments
You experience through time
You'll remember them fondly
And treasure the climb
So hold on to them tightly
They won't come again
They're once in a lifetime
They're to treasure my friend
© Jack Ellison 2012
There are some days
when I am so caught up
in the grown up rush
that I forget to look you in the eyes,
touch your face,
hug you close…
remind you that I love you, cherish you
have confidence in you…
Sometimes,
I get so caught up in grown-up thoughts
that I forget
that you’re still young
and don’t understand
when I worry too much
over little things…
Sometimes, I forget
that your youth is limited
and that Now is the perfect time
to share it with you, make memories,
take emotional photographs
of your once in a lifetime moments.
But just because
my grown-up drama
steals me from you from time to time…
know that I can never forget my heart
and you are in my thoughts…
everything I did…
wasn’t enough until I had you
everything good in me…
is better because you graced my life…
everything I achieve
it’s all because I know
that you have as much faith in me
as I have in you.
You are my rationality
when irrationality fractures my mind
the spark that never wanes
and I am overwhelmed
by the realization that I
have been given
a once in a lifetime kind of love
four times over...
a once in a lifetime chance
to be your only mom.
They're once in a lifetime
These moments of joy
The first time you rattle
That colourful new toy
Your first day at school
With the rest of the kids
Your hair all slicked down
Bad smells Mom got rid
The ultimate joy
Of your first tender kiss
The shock when she tells you
Her period she missed
A puff from a cigarette
Makes you dizzy and ill
The beer in the closet
I remember it still
The joy of first child
The smell of their skin
The softness of touch
Their sweet tiny grin
Your first big promotion
The raise that you get
The first time you notice
A grey hair NO NOT YET!
Middle age then follows
With a sickening thud
It's all over now
Your life is pure crud
The sixties are next
And retirement awaits
Where did it go
You're in a hell of a state
Then someone says wryly
You've had a good life
'Whatcha crabbing about?'
But it still cuts like a knife
These tender sweet moments
You experience through time
You'll remember them fondly
And treasure the climb
So hold on to them tightly
They won't come again
They're once in a lifetime
They're to treasure my friend
Twin?
A tough job.
A great wish and hope.
A wonderful mother can cope.
Identical twin?
i rarely met.
i barely knew.
Glad that i met and i knew,
finally.
Identical twin brothers?
The same faces, weirdness and craziness.
Same blood and DNA yet different printing on the thumb.
Can they still have the same home hereafter?
Can they still meet after all this worldly matter?
Can they return to Him together?
May their life be blessed.
Marie planned a fabulous holiday
Looked forward to once-in-a-lifetime stay,
Flashy bikinis in van.
She must get a lovely tan...
Left poor hubby sulking in great dismay!
That big orange star,
on the top left of Orion
Could burst into supernova,
at any given time
Betelgeuse is the name,
and soon it’s going up in flames
Will be seen within our daylight,
for a whole year til it wanes
The Orion constellation,
shall grow a glimmering shoulder
Pumped and magnificent
like Sisyphus’s boulder
And two millennia since,
the last nova said goodby
A brilliant new star of Bethlehem,
could well fill the sky
So what then for mankind,
will it be the second coming
Or another moon overhead,
dazzlingly stunning
A revelation nonetheless,
shall caress upon this earth
And wise men will observe in awe,
to a superstars birth
* an agnostic view of life *
By David Kavanagh
They're once in a lifetime
These moments of joy
The first time you rattle
That colorful new toy
Your first day at school
With the rest of the kids
Your hair all slicked down
Bad smells Mom got rid
The ultimate joy
Of your first tender kiss
The shock when she tells you
Her period she missed
A puff from a cigarette
Makes you dizzy and ill
The beer in the closet
I remember it still
The joy of a first child
The smell of their skin
The softness of touch
Their sweet tiny grin
Your first big promotion
The raise that you get
The first time you notice
A grey hair NO NOT YET!
Middle age quickly follows
With a sickening thud
It's all over now
Your life is pure crud
The sixties are next
And retirement awaits
Where did it go
You're in a hell of a state
Then someone says wryly
You've had a good life
'Whatcha crabbing about?'
But it still cuts like a knife
These tender sweet moments
You experience through time
You'll remember them fondly
And treasure the climb
Hold on to them tightly
They won't come again
They're once in a lifetime
They're to treasure my friend
They're once in a lifetime
These moments of joy
The first time you rattle
That colourful new toy
Your first day at school
With the rest of the kids
Your hair all slicked down
Bad smells Mom got rid
The ultimate joy
Of your first tender kiss
The shock when she tells you
Her monthly she missed
A puff from a cigarette
Makes you dizzy and ill
The beer in the closet
I remember it still
The joy of first child
The smell of their skin
The softness of touch
Their sweet tiny grin
Your first big promotion
The raise that you get
The first time you notice
A grey hair NO NOT YET!
Middle age then follows
With a sickening thud
It's all over now
Your life is pure crud
The sixties are next
And retirement awaits
Where did it go
You're in a hell of a state
Then someone says wryly
"You've had a good life
Whatcha crabbing about?"
It still cuts like a knife
These tender sweet moments
You experience through time
You'll remember them fondly
And treasure the climb
So hold on to them tightly
They won't come again
They're once in a lifetime
They're to treasure my friend
© Jack Ellison 2014
They're once in a lifetime
These moments of joy
The first time you rattle
That colorful new toy
Your first day at school
With the rest of the kids
Your hair all slicked down
Bad smells Mom got rid
The ultimate joy
Of your first tender kiss
The shock when she tells you
Her period she missed
A puff from a cigarette
Makes you dizzy and ill
The beer in the closet
Can remember it still
The joy of your first child
The smell of their skin
The softness of touch
Their sweet tiny grin
Your first big promotion
The raise that you get
The first time you notice
A grey hair NO NOT YET!
Middle age quickly follows
With a sickening thud
It's all over now
Your life is pure crud
The sixties are next
And retirement awaits
Where did it go
You're in a hell of a state
Then someone says wryly
You've had a good life
'Whatcha crabbing about?'
But it still cuts like a knife
These tender sweet moments
You experience through time
You'll remember them fondly
And treasure the climb
Hold on to them tightly
They won't come again
They're once in a lifetime
They're to treasure my friends
They're once in a lifetime
These moments of joy
The first time you rattle
That colourful new toy
Your first day at school
With the rest of the kids
Your hair all slicked down
Bad smells Mom got rid
The ultimate joy
Of your first tender kiss
The shock when she tells you
Her period she missed
A puff from a cigarette
Makes you dizzy and ill
The beer in the closet
I remember it still
The joy of first child
The smell of their skin
The softness of touch
Their sweet tiny grin
Your first big promotion
The raise that you get
The first time you notice
A grey hair NO NOT YET!
Middle age quickly follows
With a sickening thud
It's all over now
Your life is pure crud
The sixties are next
And retirement awaits
Where did it go
You're in a hell of a state
Then someone says wryly
You've had a good life
'Whatcha crabbing about?'
But it still cuts like a knife
These tender sweet moments
You experience through time
You'll remember them fondly
And treasure the climb
Hold on to them tightly
They won't come again
They're once in a lifetime
They're to treasure my friend
The crowd went wild.
And she swirled like spring molasses
She danced and danced and danced
And caressed the air with a honey-brown hand.
The crowd drank gin, got drunk on the blues
And she drank in the night in one long swallow
Sassy-slow saxophone bathed the room.
And they listened with hunger and tapping feet
Ragtime dancing languid with heat and spangled pop
And it went on forever and danced all night
sleeping in the morning with blues-weary eyes
And she melted in a pool of gin-crisp dancing
One foot tapped on.
And the crowd went wild.
They're once in a lifetime
These moments of joy
The first time you rattle
That colourful new toy
Your first day at school
With the rest of the kids
Your hair all slicked down
Bad smells Mom got rid
The ultimate joy
Of your first tender kiss
The shock when she tells you
Her period she missed
A puff from a cigarette
Makes you dizzy and ill
The beer in the closet
I remember it still
The joy of our first child
The smell of their skin
The softness of touch
Their sweet tiny grin
Your first big promotion
The raise that you get
The first time you notice
A grey hair NO NOT YET!
Middle age quickly follows
With a sickening thud
It's all over now
Your life is pure crud
The sixties are next
And retirement awaits
Where did it go
You're in a hell of a state
Then someone says wryly
You've had a good life
'Whatcha crabbing bout?'
But it still cuts like a knife
These tender sweet moments
You experience through time
You'll remember them fondly
And treasure the climb
Hold on to them tightly
They won't come again
They're once in a lifetime
They're to treasure my friends
Wine overflows
my cup.
Only for
One night,
I am
Being treated;
an annual
holiday gift...
I am king.
I wear
his crown.
I model
his clothes.
I love
this day.
Forever may
it remain
a blessing
to remember...
9/17/2016
What if you, yes you, won
a once-in-a-lifetime,
never again prize -
The biggest and best of them all?
Imagine your parents
bought the lucky ticket
and all other jackpots
look small.
Now perhaps there's an unknown
expiry date
by which time
your riches are spent
In the space in between
while you're king or queen
Would you make the most
of your lucky present?