Short Ninety Six Poems

ninety six degrees in the shade
leaves dance lithely in the tropic  breeze
 butterflies frolic amid exotic verdure...

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my wordplay came to exist ,by chance-that late Summer of ninety-six


October 2 2020 for How My First Poem Was Born Poetry Contest...

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Goal? Leave withdrawals;
A minute taste of kismet;
Ninety six short hours,
make every one count today;
Memories can last four years....

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mel
...flows low waters still...

brooks
...in valley pastures...

spring waters
...to ponds and back...

have carried
...creations for ninety six years...


stans sand...

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The ninety-six degree temperature,
Sunlit leaves smile on the day.
I filled birdfeeders at six.
Did a little painting.
Re-watched old TV
Self indulgent
Saturday
Lasts too 
Long...

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Chief John Smith was a learned chief
revered by some, respected by many
he had taken over the Chippewa as a young man
his peers were all gone now, for he was ninety-six
he figured he might have a year or two left
he lived to be one hundred and thirty-seven
surprising many including himself...

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Raising a barrier with an expression of a trunk barrel is quite astonishing really. Whilst holding a booking breaming fish at a straightforward angle. In sunshine or at schools in closeted cupboards eating a lot of cakes then. Dance with ninety six thousand frogs. Hahahaha and a few long pies. Hahahaha xx longitudinal xxx...

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I count the steps from my bed to the door
And I wonder if I can.
I count the steps from my bed to the door
And I wonder if I dare not to.
I've spent years wondering--
I've kept my head in the clouds,
Or in books,
Or under the sheets
To be anywhere but here.
There must have been times when I've been elsewhere
But right now, I forget....

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Grandma you are gone
As you died in your sleep
At the ripe old age of ninety-six
You were always so healthy
Except at the end
You helped my mom raise me
To me you were like a mom
You were never lazy
And worked so hard as a nurse
For those suffering from throat cancer
In Houston
Yes, you were a beautiful grandma
You will be dearly missed...

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Grandpa Elephant had a new lady friend on line.
He invited her to meet him at Scarsdales to dine.
Dressed up in his Sunday best along with his Derby hat.
Don’t you look spiffy! His grandchildren said, so phat!

Grandpa was given six or eight pieces of advice.
From youngsters he was older than six times twice.
I am ninety-six he told his grandson Roy.
I know what to do, so leave me alone little boy....

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Lumber Jack likes his pancakes with kernels of sweet Iowa corn
Freshly picked out of his Great Grandma Nora’s garden
She spoils him by warming up his maple syrup and melting his butter.
He is a forty-six-year-old great grandson who lives at home
With his mother’s grandmother,
a kind hearted woman whom he carries from room to room
because at ninety-six her legs stopped working.
She does for him, and he does for her.
It is the best relationship he has ever had....

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