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Fifty Five Poems - Poems about Fifty Five


Premium Member I was buff at fifty five
When I was fifty-five I lost weight and got into shape Exercised to the point of near ridiculous, and looked great My daughter said “Mom! You are buff!” I had never been buff before It felt terrific. Some days I wish I was fifty-five again I was never sick, I was super healthy I felt great, and I was eating right No cookies,...

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Categories: fifty five, me,
Form: Free verse
Fifty - Five Years Ago
Fifty-five years my how the time goes by, Yet in an instant I can recall it all in my mind. Memories of those times still bring tears to my eyes, A phrase, a gesture that infectious grin. This young Senator gave us hope and we believed and followed him. We were so young back then, Looking for the answers to those...

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Categories: fifty five, history,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Micro Fifty Five
I can’t leave you alone if you don’t let me....

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Categories: fifty five, emotions, feelings, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fifty Five Degrees On Christmas Day
It is fifty-five degrees in Kansas City a balmy Christmas Day My bare feet laugh Glad to be out of fuzzy socks My toes tap happily against cool bricks my dog prances beside us My happy heels Dancing with my excited soles We are thrilled with fifty-five!...

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Categories: fifty five, winter,
Form: Free verse
Turning Five Hundred
Turning fifty ain’t all that nifty, You might as well be turning five hundred. You start get shifty, thrifty and whifty, And you don’t act as young as you once did. You know what they say, the old cliché, Age is just a number. But age doesn’t stay, Time doesn’t slumber. They say the years have been kind, But time keeps on going. And eventually...

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Categories: fifty five, age, birthday, celebration, change,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Fifty Five Years of Ripples
Every where we looked we seen your smile You have left so very many of them as reminders Reminding us to be joyful Reminding us how much you loved us Reminding us to be fully present So we gathered together to comfort each other Desperately needing to feel your presence We wanted so badly to honour you By honouring you we got...

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Categories: fifty five, blessing, cancer, celebration, character,
Form: Free verse
Fifty Five
Artisanal casts perfect broken legs displayed as works in progress...

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Categories: fifty five, allusion, art, dedication, health,
Form: Haiku
Fifty-Five
"Saturday is my birthday I turn 55. I'm so old" On this blank page, I write One blink at a time in delight Of one woman so bright Of one woman young at heart with no doubt Of one woman who has been strong in her plight She is one that...

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Categories: fifty five, dedication, for her, friend,
Form: Rhyme
Fifty-Five
"Saturday is my birthday I turn 55. I'm so old" On this blank page, I write One blink at a time in delight Of one woman so bright Of one woman young at heart with no doubt Of one woman who has been strong in her plight She is...

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Categories: fifty five, dedication, for her, friend,
Form: Rhyme
Fifty Five and Still Alive - Ode To the Adult Community
So now we sit around and stare The truth is that there's no one there Not a soul found on the street A passing wave would be a treat At fifty five While still alive A choice was made And plans were laid As seniors this was all quite new Now open to a lucky few A clubhouse with some gorgeous ground Surely neighbors would be...

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Categories: fifty five, angst, depression, loneliness, lonely,
Form: Rhyme
The Vestige of Fifty-Five Words Per Minute
Solvent light diminishes metaphorical seconds, wiping them with a blur–a stroke–a motion, challenging the wings of emotion to pulse and live, To etch and carve something in a flight of furor, in a whirlwind haze of hapless thoughts in apropos. A sound made in arresting touches of flesh on plastic and in the vestige of fifty-five words per minute I listen to...

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Categories: fifty five, computer-internet, imagination, introspection, on
Form: Free verse

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