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Eighty Seven Poems - Poems about Eighty Seven

Eighty Seven Poems - Examples of all types of poems about eighty seven to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for eighty seven.
Premium Member Radio Waves
...From a small planet, somewhere deep in space, In a little house, in a little room, a radio sang the story of a time, a place, sending waves in a flower bloom. At the speed of light, the son......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, childhood, death, loneliness, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Legendary Teacher and Student
...Born in New England in the wake of the Civil War, Her folks fled Irish famine and landed on our shore. At age five, she took sick, losing almost all her sight. At eight, her mother died, and h......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, education, hero, inspirational, school,
Form: Rhyme



Leaving a book incompletely read tantamount to being sacrilegious
...Preface: On February 4, 1861, the seven states that had seceded by this point convened and created the Confederate States of America under the leadership of Jefferson Davis. Just under two m......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, absence, america, anxiety, baptism,
Form: Free verse


Premium Member An Old Shovel
...In 1890, cowboy Bob Womack found gold at the base of lofty Pikes Peak! In short order a ramshackle town was founded called Cripple Creek. Hordes of gamblers, 'soiled doves' and prospectors hopin' t......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, fate, humorous, mountains,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Shelley and Keats
...At eighty-seven well past my prime Can you believe it no long can rhyme Even Shelly and Keats Have hung up their cleats Each had hoped for a life more sublime......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, retirement,
Form: Limerick



Being Homeless
...Although government officials should take more action to tackle the homeless crisis in our country, individuals like you are making efforts in the right direction by providing assistance to those in ......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thyacine Aka Tasmanian Tiger
...Thyacine Tasmanian tiger Tasmanian wolf carnivorous marsupial kept young in pouch native to Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea Thyacine is to Australia What Sasquatch is to North America Bee......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, animal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Whether 22 Or 87
...If anyone is wondering what it's like To finally be eighty-seven years young Gotta tell ya, it's not what I expected Thought by now I'd have come undone It's not at all how I thought it......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, age,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Micro Eighty Seven
...And then all at once someone could see just how tired I was …......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My World
...At my very advanced age This is my world At my advanced age of eighty-seven My life has been A+++ How many of you can attest To that very bold statement One of the very fortunate ones I......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Put Me Back In Please
...The world is filled with good people But sometimes they just lose their way As newborns, we all start out the same With the same joy for life and enthusiastic outlook THEN we grow up and ......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My First Wife Was Forever
...You would think at this ripe old age of eighty-seven Love and romance would no longer be foremost on my mind Well that is so very far from the truth, it's laughable This is what I had envi......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, life,
Form: Free verse
Elvis Presley Was His Name
...He began recording for Sun Records until his contract was acquired by RCA. He was the King of Rock and Roll and his life ended forty-five years ago today. He died at the age of forty-two and Elvis ......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, anniversary, death, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Happy Birthday Jack Ellison - 87 Today
...Today's Jack's birthday he's eighty seven He's not yet ready to go to heaven Has a positive outlook Writes funnies, go take a look Hope his contributions never lessen. He's the limerick Ki......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, birthday,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Gordon
...He said last night in bed with fear he lay, believing he might die. How sick he was! He used to be so fearless and would say he had the right in his grandfather’s clause to bypass de......Read the rest...
Categories: eighty seven, father,
Form: Sonnet

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