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Sixty Three Poems - Poems about Sixty Three

Diner Might
...In nineteen sixty-three, May twenty-eight, three youngsters in a Woolworths five-and-dime sat down and asked for coffee. This was war. In Jackson, Mississippi, way back when, outrageous things l......

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Categories: sixty three, history,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tears of a Clown
... Inspired by the song Tears of a Clown (About Robin Williams) sung my Iron Maiden This is my version. "the world is forever darker, less colorful and less full of laughter in ......

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Categories: sixty three, song, tribute,
Form: Verse



FOUR CUBED
...FOUR CUBED Four words a line, Four lines a stanza. Four of these comprise Ms. Hawley’s next extravaganza. Three words won’t satisfy; Five are too numerous. And, one more condition, She’d ......

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Categories: sixty three, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bawdy Parrot Takes Over Zoom
...Let’s have a family powwow on zoom. That way we’ll get to see the new bride and groom. Six households were ready to teleconference that day. A dancing parrot with a nasty mouth kind of got in the ......

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Categories: sixty three, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member TWA HAIRY DUGS
...TWA HAIRY DUGS Twa hairy dugs Walking doon the street, Raking in the buckets Tae find a bite tae eat. Licking oot a puddle Tae git a nice cool drink, Survival on the streets alone They r......

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Categories: sixty three, animal, care, cute love,
Form: Rhyme



Time bracketed between initial birthday and present birthdate
...Time bracketed between initial birthday and present birthdate October seventeenth nineteen hundred sixty one and October seventeenth two thousand twenty four represents, signals, and traces ......

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Categories: sixty three, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unsent Letters
...Carlos, Hanna, my dear friends, you met such early ends, and I'm empty inside. I ushered at your wedding. Warm love you'd soon be spreading - the happy groom and bride. I'll love you both fo......

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Categories: sixty three, death, friendship, loss, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sixty-three Reasons to be thankful
...Thank God for the day I was born in nineteen hundred sixty-one. For devout and loving parents who taught me to love God and pray. Though we were poor, we were content, our humble home, we did ......

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Categories: sixty three, christian, faith, family, god,
Form: Rhyme
Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened
...Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened When a boy, I wanted to be as tall as my father (he passed away October seventh two thousand and twenty linkedin to congestive heart failure), who ......

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Categories: sixty three, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Horse is Interested in her Moves
...Her horse was interested in her moves, he could not stop staring. She put on her lipstick and rouge, in order to show she was caring. Make up seemed imperative to young women in nineteen sixty-thre......

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Categories: sixty three, animal,
Form: Rhyme
I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome
...I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome... Whereby yours truly presages and doth abhor nothing short of an imminent civil war dwarfing insurrection on January 6, 2021 oddly enough e......

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Categories: sixty three, abuse, america, anger, animal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Quagmire
... If you walk on ice, you chance your life.Quote - Poet’s own Was Christmas nineteen sixty three When this story happened to me Snow had fallen down thick......

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Categories: sixty three, memory, scary, water,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Jimmy is Intent On Beating His Own Record
...Jimmy was intent on beating his own record. Forty-six hours of straight video game playing. He heard some crashing outside. Thought it was a garbage truck. Never looked out. It would quit eventua......

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Categories: sixty three, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member it is back home
...Turtle came in with the world’s silliest grin It split his face in two, and was long as his chin Whipped out the birthday sign with a flourish all gay Which meant it took him the best part of a da......

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Categories: sixty three, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Want a Silver Christmas Tree
...I want a silver tree because I did not get one in sixty-three She was adamant about it, my great granny Fee. We gave her one for Christmas, feeling lots of glee. Didn’t remember they were ugly, sa......

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Categories: sixty three, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Monorhyme

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