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Eighty Nine Poems - Poems about Eighty Nine

Premium Member More Ups Than Downs
... Life has many ups and downs Personally more ups than downs A happy life with many more years A bunch more smiles than frowns Surely one of the fortunate ones The genes were a very ......

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Categories: eighty nine, health,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 2 Minutes to Midnight
...Inspired by the song of the same name by Iron Maiden In nineteen eight-four, a heavy metal band made a statement about a minute hand. The Doomsday Clock was ticking down, telling us we might n......

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Categories: eighty nine, death, destiny, world,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Angels Came
...June twenty -first Nineteen eighty-nine Your father proudly proclaims This baby girl is mine Life was never dull with you around Hope, love and sadness Could always be found Family to you w......

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Categories: eighty nine, cheer up, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Girlie's Cute Behind
... Seen splendid things in eighty-nine years But one thing that stands out are girlie's cute rears If I lose my seeing My touchy feeling Then I guess I might as well call it a career<>...

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Categories: eighty nine, life,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Sincerely yours Mary Wade
... I nearly hanged, it was my fate In seventeen eighty nine I had stolen an old fur tippet And claimed that it was mine They put me into prison Then sent me to be tried The verdict came......

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Categories: eighty nine, history,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member my best traffic rules
...Don't back up car near neighbor's pool Do pay your latest traffic fine. Close window first, then yell, "you fool!" It's wise to always look behind. If driving an elderly "jewel," remember: gea......

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Categories: eighty nine, age, car,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Please Book me On the Susan B Anthony
...On June 7th, 1944 two thousand six hundred and eighty-nine people were on a ship named Susan B Anthony. The ship sank off Normandy in France, and every single one of these people survived. ......

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Categories: eighty nine, sea,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The End Of The Plot
... Don't know how many years I have left Could be one, could be ten, could be twenty Pretty good shape for a man of eighty-nine But I'm starting to think of it plenty It's only natura......

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Categories: eighty nine, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pushing The Odds
... Almost eighty-nine and life's still a blast How long will it continue, how long will it last Pushing the odds Testing the gods Will I still be around when one hundred I pass ......

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Categories: eighty nine, together,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Guess Who
... Born in London in eighteen eighty nine, a 'rags to riches' story just like mine. His childhood was full of horrid violence. In adulthood he was the king of silence. In silent reels of comedy ......

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Categories: eighty nine, appreciation, riddle,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tired of Chocolate
... Mom, sighing, says I'm tired of chocolate, as if the favorite treat of her eighty-nine years suddenly grew two heads, becoming an unwelcome familiar, tormenting her in old age. ......

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Categories: eighty nine, old,
Form: Kimo
To Will or not to Will
...My bones are creaking and my bed is squeaking Im one short of eighty nine Bosom friends come gather around me Lets crack some jokes and drink some wine Long lost relatives are looking me up Thei......

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Categories: eighty nine, money,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Alien Bird
...when I die I will send you a sign this was from my grandma who was eighty-nine I will send you a bird that looks like an afghan, okay? I thought this was hilarious, on a warm summer Tuesday she......

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Categories: eighty nine, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Perjury
...Youth, having deserted them long ago, Tom and Sam The octogenarians together formed an intimate league. Every day, they would, meet at the country park in the evenings. A ritual, they had religiou......

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Categories: eighty nine, abuse, cheer up, missing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Seraphina
...Whatever happened to Seraphina?— precious doll of Caroline, a present for her seventh birthday in April, eighteen-eighty-nine. Her body was of softest cotten, her hands and face from china mad......

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Categories: eighty nine, cute,
Form: Rhyme

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