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Best Sixtieth Poems

Below are the all-time best Sixtieth poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of sixtieth poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Happy Sixtieth
Happy, happy, happy
Anniversary to Sara,
Prolific poet and supporter of
Poetry at Soup and to her hubbie Tommy.
Years of marriage they have filled with love.

Spiritually gifted and
Inspirational...

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Categories: sixtieth, anniversary,
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member Thirtieth High School Reunion
We gathered for our thirtieth class reunion at Lydia's Smorgasbord.
I'd avoided such past events since in school I was largely ignored!
But my spouse proclaimed we...

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Categories: sixtieth, funny, school, me, me,
Form: Rhyme
Saving Daylight
Suppose for a moment you live in a land,
Amazed at what happens during summer solstice.
Very strange things begin to occur,
Instantly, there is little darkness,
Night that...

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Categories: sixtieth, color, day, summer,
Form: Acrostic
Clutter Clearing
Attack the clutter
In the attic pieces of life
And bits of me
So much clutter, sorting through
Old letters flutter
Unwanted, unread
Daring me to show I care
To reach through...

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Categories: sixtieth, allegory, life, nostalgia, philosophy,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Thirtieth High School Reunion
My spouse and I attended my thirtieth class reunion at Lydia's Smorgasbord.
I had avoided such past events since in high school I was largely ignored!
But...

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Categories: sixtieth, school,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Wish I Knew You When
Posh bubbly’s chilling
Elegant stemware
Fanciest dishes
The table is set
Two candles are lit
Got your favoured meal
Smells so delicious
You should be home soon
My heart is racing
Like so long...

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Categories: sixtieth, anniversary, celebration, i love
Form: Verse
Premium Member Hidden Treasures - Ephemera
Rummaging in my attic-
     found in a withered white box;
          one each...

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Categories: sixtieth, appreciation, birth, children, memory,
Form: Verse
Sixty-Fifth
In honor of my sixtieth-fifth
I grew another whisker
My calves are stiff and ache at night
My feet begin to blister

My eyelids sag to hide thin lashes
My...

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Categories: sixtieth, introspection, nostalgia
Form: Rhyme
Paul Davis
What a fabulous recording and performing career we would see.
He was born in 1948, in Meridian, Mississippi.
Paul was signed to his first contract in 1970.
Several...

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Categories: sixtieth, dedication, music, career,
Form: Bio
My Contingency Measure In Case of Gotterdammerung
My contingency measure in case of…götterdämmerung

A scenario unfolds
more abominable among
any previous warring factions,
his wicked weltanschauung
charred effigies futilely hung
against regime of brutality
considerably more unbearable
than infestation of...

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Categories: sixtieth, angst, anxiety, bereavement, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
So Much Lovelier Than Any Tree
I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree*
although the poem you wrote for me
celebrating the anniversary
of my sixtieth year 
oh...

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Categories: sixtieth, birthday, poetry, remember,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bjorn and Wee
Bjorn and his battle beast, a large grizzly, were mighty and powerful
As they joined a skirmish a feeling of terror went through their enemy
It was...

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Categories: sixtieth, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Toast To Iya Pupa's Day
For the chance of days
That numbers your ways
Declined every enemies say
To make grace counts today
As we gather celebrating gay

For the update on breath
That rejected raging...

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Categories: sixtieth, africa, age, appreciation, birthday,
Form: Rhyme
Captain kuni-lemel graduate strikes again updated
Captain kuni-lemel graduate strikes again - updated

Steely Dan sing queen (me)
outdid himself on sixtieth anniversary 
after Grahame Wood 
determined to meet 
the evolving needs of...

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Categories: sixtieth, america, anger, anniversary, april,
Form: Rhyme

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