Fifty Five Poems - Poems about Fifty Five

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...Read the rest...

I can’t leave you alone if you don’t let me....Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

Artisanal casts perfect broken legs displayed as works in progress...Read the rest...

"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...Read the rest...

"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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...