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Best Prime Of Life Poems

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Premium Member The Prime of Life
I was in the prime of my life on paper, I had
a lot to live for.

I came from a loving family,  that were educated
I...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: prime of life, dark, death, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Older Than Dirt
When I was a young lad in the prime of life
Never thought I'd still be around
When my driver's license said, “older than dirt!”
And my mind...

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Categories: prime of life, age,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Miso
a first sip of miso soup
exotic and warm
forging a downward path
flowing like a life force
transporting me
as I close my eyes
to a timeless moment
sharing with countless...

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Categories: prime of life, life, people, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Crocodile Hunter (Acrostic)
T his great soul by the name of Steve Irwin
H as left this world doing what he loved most . . .
E nlightening us with...

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Categories: prime of life, animals, education, loss
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member My Unique Line - Rd
"Petal nor thorn could save this rose."


From "Flowers...Beautiful Flowers"  
This line personifies the loss of life and the harvest of flowers  (roses) for...

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Categories: prime of life, death, funeral, life, rose,
Form: Personification



My Story To Tell
"To love is nothing. To be loved is something.
But to love and be loved, that’s everything."

When you are in warm handshake with love
All you ever...

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Categories: prime of life, appreciation, beauty, best friend,
Form: Free verse
An Advantage of Old Age
An Advantage of Old Age

By Elton Camp

When you’re in the prime of life
Working to support child and wife

Others’ opinions are a valid concern
So, your faults...

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: prime of life, retirement,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Older Than Dirt
When I was a young lad in the prime of life
Never thought I'd still be around
When my driver's license said, “older than dirt!”
And my mind...

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Categories: prime of life, humorous,
Form: Quatrain
John Graham Seymour
Death can come so quickly
Like a thief in the night
But when the victim is so very young
It’s definitely not right.

John has left us way too...

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Categories: prime of life, death, sad,
Form: Rhyme
A Toast To Wine
Plump grapes patiently wait on their vines
To be plucked in the prime of life 
Give a toast to this spirit sublime 

Oh the joy of...

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© Amy Green  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: prime of life, celebration,
Form: Villanelle
Lonely
All the charms of life evaporated in thin air
All the acts and deeds of prime of life behind
Face smeared with wrinkles and agony of despair
In...

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Categories: prime of life, allegory, life, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Requiem For a Friend
A friend is one who sees you not as weak
But in the process of becoming strong
Who listens long and well as others speak
Not judging but...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: prime of life, death of a friend,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
My Guardian Dear
When I was young I thought I knew 
How to talk and speak with you 
But time has put a wedge between
My angel, conscience, inner...

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Categories: prime of life, angel, christian, devotion, faith,
Form: Lyric
My Life
early 50's
don't mean maybe
here i come
slap the baby
hear me screaming
now i'm breathing
the proud parents
really beaming
mid december
it is chilly
named me mike 
instead of billy
adolescence
before you know...

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Categories: prime of life, adventure, humor, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Depression To Joy
I was in a deep depression
A funk I couldn’t get over
My cold heart was my liaison

She had left me, I did discover
The prime of life…illusive
I...

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Categories: prime of life, depression, happiness, life, love,
Form: Terza Rima

Book: Reflection on the Important Things