Seventy Eight Poems - Poems about Seventy Eight

The Clock Struck One

...At twelve forty-five, the clock struck one, 
and when it had seen what it had done, 
after sixty more minutes flew, 
that timekeeper struck two.

It never learned, next to the shelf:
"Always ke...

Whole Lotta Love

...I was a late arrival
born in nineteen fifty-eight,
during the folk revival.
As a kid, music was survival.
Records then sounded great
on a platter or a plate,
like Peter, Paul, and Mary,
and Pu...

monster blizzards in the USA

...Blizzard of seventy-eight
Paralyzed USA’s middle state of Indiana
Not as awful as the great blizzard of 1888
Which dropped fifty inches of snow in three days

Even blizzard alley
Minnesota, Nor...

Birds Of The Same Feather

...Birds of the same feather hailing from different places were summoned by a warlock. They speak different languages and were transformed into something else for their dishonesty.  For them to understa...

enjoy life while you are young

...I used to dance until I could dance no more, said Matt.
a knee injury and arthritis in both ankles has stopped that
I used to play racquetball, jumping all around for two hours.
Now I can barely w...

a day inside my brain

...a day inside my mind

What to do? There is so much news
Trump, my mate, didn't do so well. he thought
 he could wing it
against a woman whose handlers had dissected
Trump's tendency to brag, be...

78 Years of Valour

...Seventy-eight
A number, a heartbeat, a nation's pulse
Freedom's rhythm, syncopated with time

Tricolour dreams billowing in the wind
Saffron courage, white truth, green hope
Ashoka's wheel-spin...

Warrior

...Upon fields of glory,
And fields of blood,
Stands a Soldier,
His heart a steady drum.

With dreams of protecting,
And a struggle for freedom,
He comes back home,
Making his mother country pro...

thoughts on a perfect Kansas day

...It is one of those perfect Kansas days
Seventy-eight degrees and breezy
It feels like seventy
I have propped the front door open
Confident because I no longer have a cat
The last time I did this...

Man on the Precipice of Eternity

...In seventy-eight, my steel-stallion, KZ1000, 
   pride, wind in my hair.
Its Sissy Bar, firm tether, bag secured, 
   my wanderlust's prayer.

Where sun, snow, wind sculpt my journey's theme 
 ...

State of the Union 2024

...Some grow big bellies
in front of the tele
idle and fuming
small minds never see big pictures

Now I do confess
bombing women and children
is not Biden's best moment, a failed test
nor all de...

Turn the Table

...“turn the table”


from sweet to sour is my listening taste
broken bouzouki Greek wedding plates
thirty-three to forty-five
or hearing live
when i’m sixty-four on seventy-eight...

Priorities

...She was wearing her pajamas,
while standing at the checkout stand.
There were pink curlers in her hair,
a box of twinkies in here hand.

A screaming child was on each arm,
two more crying brats...

Rent

...In Beamish Street, collecting the rent,
Was how my Tuesday mornings were spent.
An arduous task at the best of times.
Nell McFee, hubby in jail for various crimes.
Sobbing to me as she ha...

Seventy-Eight

...  Now that I am seventy- eight
Standing long time_ not
In the spring blowing snot a lot
Wonder what seventy-nine holds

Wonder if I will see the calendar turn
Bring eighty to a fulf...

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