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Eighty Eight Poems - Poems about Eighty Eight


Eighty-Eight Keys
To eighty-eight keys, I was first introduced With eighty-eight keys, my ears were seduced But greetings started with just eight The other eighty had to wait Some years passed, I got to know better The keys that were notes and their letters Do to Sol is C, D, E, F, G La, Ti is A, B, then back to C Simple Do Re...

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Categories: eighty eight, love, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sex At Eighty-Eight
Sex might be great, when you're eighty-eight, but hell...I won't participate...

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Categories: eighty eight, humor,
Form: Monoku



Premium Member Micro Eighty Eight
Play with new words like a french kiss with your tongue....

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Categories: eighty eight, poetry, write, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eighty-Eight
Eighty-eight is the number of keys in a standard piano. In every key is a different sound that races. Get high with God as you pluck each key. Heavens above will rejoice when you sing with your notes of praises. Three times the number of alphabets plus your ten fingers make up the eighty-eight. Your soul soars...

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Categories: eighty eight, celebration, life,
Form: Acrostic
Eighty-Eight Keys
Eighty-eight keys of ivory Create the story of history From requiems and waltzes To rhythm and blues, From dirges and ballads To pop and rock, How amazing! What stories are told By gifted musicians and eighty-eight keys. In our music room Eighty-eight keys are played When I am happy When I am sad When I am melancholy When I am bored When the holidays approach And on days that are...

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Categories: eighty eight, music,
Form: Free verse



She Was Eighty Eight
She was 88, had many ailments, arthritis, skin problems, frozen shoulder, dry cough and acidity to name a few. She kept her woes to herself, bore it all silently, she would only spread happiness, smile in her face never faded. She would wake up 4:30 in the morning and make her own coffee, she didn't want to...

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Categories: eighty eight, blessing, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eighty Eight Years Young
Rosy cheeks, keen mind was fairly dancing with terrific ideas and hope I had a sense about her from the instant we met, a kindred soul. Eighty-eight years young. She had a soulful and amazing ability to cope. We were the best of friends, she made me feel encouraged and whole....

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Categories: eighty eight, age,
Form: Quatrain
Eighty-Eight Pounds of Plastic
Eighty-eight pounds of plastic Have been found inside a whale. That’s quite a lot despite the fact Of its enormous scale. It’s not enough to worry over Straws we use in drinks, For what about the other stuff That’s ocean-tossed and sinks? Environmental warnings Do not resonate with most. For future generations, then, Some creatures will be toast. To think of whales’ extinction Should make all our spirits...

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Categories: eighty eight, animal, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Grandma At Eighty Eight
Grandma At Eighty Eight Not too long ago you were a golfer and high score bowler Hair always fixed looking fifty not much older Unique deluxe card games or attending a bingo hall Playing scrabble with your daughter’s and winning all You also can sew, knit, cook and with anyone converse There’s really nothing you can’t do well in the universe Grandma...

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Categories: eighty eight, devotion, family, life, people,
Form: Rhyme

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