Best Twenty Five Poems

I dreamed a lot when I was young,
my mind still wanders to this day,
so much I wanted to achieve,
so much that I yearned to stay.

Was once a wide-eyed optimist,
believed I’d do it all with class,
but like most starstruck dreamers I
was soon put down on my...

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Is a dessert costing twenty-five grand what you want?
You can find it in a Manhattan Upper East Side restaurant.
Made with twenty-one types of chocolate and sprinkled gold leaf,
this decadent frozen mousse is something beyond belief.
It comes in a twenty-three carat diamond-encrusted gold dish.
If you found...

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To me, it was a revealing experience…
                That I could be that strong in face of adversity!
                    ...

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The cars we have number twenty-five.
One is shaped like a royal bee hive.
Two are groovy, the blue one can certainly jive!
The red monster truck seems to be alive.
One is automatic and can self-propel-drive.
Jogger came by and asked my Cousin Chive,
Why are all these cars parked...

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Paris gave us much
from romance to this plaster
white Eiffel Tower...

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Twenty-five  ©

25 seconds: the time it 
takes to fall in love…. 

25 minutes: into rehearsal 
we have our first kiss…. 

25 hours: I am dreaming of
you…. 

25 days: I know it is just the 
beginning…. 

25 weeks: we are having 
“make up” sex…. 

25...

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Twenty-five 

25 seconds: the time it 
takes to fall in love…. 

25 minutes: into rehearsal 
we have our first kiss…. 

25 hours: I am dreaming of
you…. 

25 days: I know it is just the 
beginning…. 

25 weeks: we are having 
“make up” sex…. 

25 months:...

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Creative inspiration
Mixed with gas price inflation
Voluntary solitude
Welcomed ingratitude
Served the homeless in Manila
Then become a homeless college student
And mother in America
Racial discrimination justified
As manager proclaimed Black Girl
Unqualified
Gave Jesus his eviction note
While her abusive ex she couldn’t
Wait to promote
Self-employment had to end
As her car became uncooperative
Wrote poems...

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Just like Edwin Starr, I have a long walk ahead of me.
A person needs strong and sturdy feet to walk twenty-five miles.
Walking will all be worth it because my woman waits at the end.

Robert Pettit for Nette Onclaud’s “On Your Feet” contest.
...

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Fly away,
To a place where humanity lays,
Where do you think you'll be in 25 years?

We cant lie,
A part of us is gone when a loved one dies,
Where do you think you'll be in 25 years?

Winter will be cold,
I hope we all have someone to hold,
Where...

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He pushes me towards my goals,
He encourages me to chase my dreams,
He champions my poetry,
He makes me laugh, 'til I burst my seams.
He builds me up,
He picks me up when I fall,
He teaches me to appreciate life,
He make mes feel ten feet tall.
He tells me...

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The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Twenty-Five

The Chief Executive gone a day doubled back to Hexagon
From Arcadian fields where old “friends” feasted the traditional bond
Took one look at road map and declared an Etat d’urgence
School boys and girls jumped up and down and gave...

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Twenty-five wounded pedestrians,
At my door...
Twenty -five
Barely alive...
What should I do?
Call twenty-five ambulances?
Twenty-five EMS?
How'd I ever,
Get in this mess?

Why's everyone always comin'
To my door?
Has it got twenty-five
Pheromones?
Twenty-five scents?
Twenty-five invitations?

Perhaps I've gone mad
And no-one's there
I sit in my room,
And at the wall stare

Till they come to get...

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Number Twenty-Five

I was the newcomer to the group
A bored and hungry chauffeur
There on a cold day for hot soup,
Sandwich and the attitude de jour

The afternoons spent there are now
Among my favorite memories today
Because of the warm people and how
They encouraged and showed me the way

The...

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Twenty Twenty Five
By Franklin Price
12/28/2024

In three more days, this year is done
We'll welcome in another one
Twenty four will take the dive
And twenty five will be alive

The century is twenty 0ne
A quarter through, since first begun
The yongest ones born in the last
Are all adults and some...

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