Betty White graces a stamp
Betty White lived so long,
they had all kinds of names for her.
She managed to stay America's sweetheart
for a century by being kind and funny.
A heart of gold worn on her sleeve,
she could make everyone smile.
Her sweet face is now on a stamp
while the tributes continue coming.
Her curls sweet and eyes a'glitter but
it's her smile...
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Categories:
appreciation, career, celebration, celebrity,
Form: Ekphrasis
TESLA’s BIRTHsponsor : Suzette Richards
submitted : 10/7/25
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[ Poet’s note of interest ~
Tesla’s Birth : 10 July, around midnight : 1856 : stormy weather |
Poem came through : 10 July, 3.33am : 2025 : winter rain |
Numerologically speaking 3.33 is the divine number of alignment. Standard time in Croatia, where Tesla was born & SAST...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, birth, celebration,
Form: Other
Dear MotherFor Dwina, in celebration of Talia's
graduation from high school.
Dear mother, warm around me--
tender home for just this while;
so close together, you and I
I feel good when you smile.
Dear mother, here you've brought me
to this world so vast and bright;
oh, hold me close, protect me
and we'll rest here, for the night.
Dear mother, I'm so hungry--
right away,...
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Categories:
baby, birth, celebration, child,
Form: Rhyme
A Load of GoldA Load of Gold,
Carrying a heavy load,
Walking down this winding road,
A burden holding the gold,
A treasure that I hold,
As I am anchored in what's true,
The weight of the world's view,
Comes crashing over you.
What can I really do?
All my words carry it through,
The other part is...
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Categories:
celebration, adventure, anger, anxiety, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
BLESSED WITNESS-Blessed witness
Come to me my child
Father says to me in a still voice
You're my mine beloved
I created you from heaven
Sent you down to earth
Through a spiritual tunnel
Grew within a womb of your mother
Father fertile the egg of mama
You'll incubate inside mother's womb
Until you emerge
Spirit first encased in flesh Before during and after, past, present...
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Categories:
analogy, celebration, creation, devotion,
Form: Lyric
1 SAMUEL 17:4-51 SAMUEL 17:4-5
Like I a descendant of David
Like I a descendant of David
My forefathers Father
I too come before giants
You Philistines come with a sword
But I come to you with the name of the Lord
The Lord of Host
I come not to boast
I am of the God of Israel
I am of the God of Israel
In God he...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, blessing, celebration,
Form: Lyric
PHILIPPIANS 4-6PHILIPPIANS 4-6
Count all those blessings
You’ve been given
Be it soul thankful
Of your all delivering
No fretting on yesterdays
Or now tomorrows
Abba Father doesn’t clean you sorrows
Let you be gratitude received
Fill your heart for all that God has done
For you and me
Focus on your blessing, not your struggles
Our Father Originator of all
Promises and blessings
Let you be gratitude received
Fill your...
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Categories:
appreciation, celebration, encouraging, god,
Form: Lyric
ReapingOne small change is all I made
One small sacrifice was made
I gave an inch and got back a meter
I gave God a bow and got an army
A small gesture can have a giant impact
A little love can have the greatest effect
I didn’t know I could reap so much from so little
I didn’t know another soul...
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Categories:
appreciation, celebration, god, humanity,
Form: Couplet
GraceI tried,
I tried really really hard.
To be good enough, smart enough.
I became who he wanted me to be,
a good son who praised him.
Still that wasn’t enough, nowhere near enough.
I was no longer me.
I thought God was the same as dad.
So I hid myself. A cosmic game of Hide and seek.
That was when I learned,...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, celebration, christian,
Form: Free verse
TOP OF THE MORNINGThe day is bright
Behind us is the night
The sun smiles
Kindness in endless piles
Trees, flowers and bees alike
Our hearts beat to the same strike
Yesterday's pains, sharp as a cry
Dissolve like the stars when the dawn burns them high!...
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Categories:
celebration, adventure, allegory, appreciation, art,
Form: Rhyme
4th OF JULY
Categories:
allegory, anxiety, celebration, conflict,
Form: Senryu
A JULY 4TH REFLECTION:2025
A JULY 4TH REFLECTION: 2025
It’s July fourth,
And the POTUS seeks
Elimination
Of immigration
In America,
Although his parents
Immigrated here:
Father coming from
Hilter’s Germany
Which id the womb
Of the fascistic type
Of politics of
The POTUS today,
In his bigoted
Power mongering
Issuing of laws
That are so unjust;
And forcing Congress
To pass likewise laws
To ensure making
This land great again,
In its mockery
Of independence
And justice for all,
In this...
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Categories:
allegory, analogy, celebration, destiny,
Form: Free verse
The New Superpower 2050I am the voice of time —
The whisper of centuries long silenced,
And today, I thunder:
The Earth has turned. The meek now reign.
In the year 2050,
China stands not as a country,
But as the heartbeat of a new era,
The firstborn of the Global South’s resurrection.
Not with swords, but silicon.
Not with chains, but circuits.
Africa —
No longer a continent...
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Categories:
age, birth, celebration, change,
Form: Free verse
Saxophone SmoothieSearching for that superfine llove
see thats the way it's gotta be
me for you
you for me
what creates night
nights full of roamnce
lovers all around us
a place for us to dance
what suited best
and dressed for impression
ah night for lovers
anwsered and questioned
Cupid put the bow to the chello
stummed ah tune for you and me
sweet kisses
me yourr fellow
I'm in love
say...
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Categories:
celebration, character, love,
Form: Ballad
Rainbow HuesI’m ruby red for passion
Blue sapphire like the sky
Turquoise like the ocean
These gems I have inside
Bluish green in daytime
Purplish red at night
Alexandrite symphony
Reveals my inner light
An amethyst so peaceful
It brings me inner calm
Aquamarine tranquility
My soul sings along
Bloodstone for courage
Citrine golden hues
Diamond strength for purity
So many gems to choose
I was born from stardust
Gems of...
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Categories:
beautiful, celebration, courage, happiness,
Form: Quatrain
Specific Types of Celebration Poems
Definition | What is Celebration in Poetry?
Poems Related to Celebration
festivity, ceremony, observance, festival, triumph, anniversary, birthday, gala, performance, party, spree, bash, gaiety, hullabaloo, revelry, remembrance, recognition, saturnalia, blowout, magnification, fete, hoopla, frolic, hilarity, merrymaking, carousal, merriment, jubilation, blast, glorification, keeping, conviviality, joviality, jubilee, jollification, honoring, memorialization, solemnization, wingding,