Today is the Nifty 50 Blogfest hosted by Anstice Potts at Impossible Dreams, in celebration of reaching 50 followers.The brief is to write a poem, a short scene, anecdote or even a list of your top 50 favourite things; the choice is yours! Whatever you choose, it has to involve the number 50 in some significant way'.
Here's mine:
Here's mine:
Shifty Fifty by Madeleine Maddocks
It's not long now
Just a couple of years
Before I reach those Birthday
Blues
Fears.
What age you ask?
You hardly know
I'm heading towards my Big
Five
O.
You hold my gaze
My eyes are shifty
"It's half a century,
Okay,
Fifty!"
Hi Madeleine .. gosh I've been so rude - your generous award and I'm quietly sitting on it .. next post!! But your line .. when I'm ----
ReplyDeleteI can't possibly be expected to remember things at this age ... Love the poem - it's great - Nifty Fifty .. fun ..
Enjoy the weekend .. Hilary
Nice rhyme scheme! =]
ReplyDeleteOn a related note, have you submitted any of your haiku to Daily Haiku before? I sent them a batch yesterday; we shall see... They don't pay for submissions, but it looks like a cool venue.
Ha that was really funny Madeline, love it! Thanks for taking part :)
ReplyDeleteHah! I'm right there with you!! Love the poem. Thanks for stopping by my blog too.
ReplyDeleteSince I just turn 60 I'm ahead of you and you'll never catch up to me. But really 50, 60--it's no big deal. I don't mentally feel much different than 30 or 40--maybe physically, but turning 50 wasn't traumatic in any way for me. It does sound kind of ominous when you consider "half a century", doesn't it.
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Tossing It Out
Oh, I'm getting close to that, too.
ReplyDeleteAha! :) I remember 50 which apparently is the new 40 and so on. So thus I ask, what does that make a 10 year old?
ReplyDeleteBrilliant poem, Madeleine :)
Have a most peaceful weekend.
In kindness, Gary.
man, I wish I were poetic, even just a bit. Rhymning evades me. I;m horrible at it. If I write a poem, no way does it rhyme. It is what it is.
ReplyDeleteVery cute poem. Well done.
Haha! Great poem - love it! I'm brutal at rhyme but you've nailed it!
ReplyDeleteI'm not much at poetry and rhyming but I appreciate others who can. I mean, what the heck rhymes with wormhole?
ReplyDeleteGreat poem! You certainly got the rhyme down.
ReplyDeleteYay!!!!!!! *applauding wildly*!!!! I love this poem!! I love it!!! When I turn 50 I would really like read this aloud to all and sunder!! This is just brilliant!! Yay!! Well done you!! take care
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Nice - love your poem! :D
ReplyDeleteOh, I love that! Very well done!
ReplyDeleteYou write such amazing poems. I loved it!
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