Sixty Poems

Tom Dylan


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This poem will be number sixty

I don't know why that matters

but it seems rather significant.

Something of a milestone,

like completing a 5 or 10 K run.

A modest but personal achievement.

Why is it we celebrate turning twenty-one

but not twenty years old?

Sixty seems a nice round number.

The Sixty is the motorway ring-road

around the city I live.

I count the number of poems 

like the guy in the Great Escape

marking in chalk the tally-count

of the tunnels he's dug

or like a footballer recording

caps for their country

or a competing quiz team

totalling up their score.

How should I celebrate

completing sixty poems?

I think I'll celebrate 

by writing

sixty one.

  • Author: Tom Dylan (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 25th, 2024 04:23
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  • Doggerel Dave

    You are not even in second gear yet...Go for the ton, Tom - I'm sure the projected forty will be as equally entertaining as the first sixty.

    • Tom Dylan

      Bless ya. Thanks Dave. Here's to the ton! 🙂 Appreciated mate. Cheers, Tom.

    • orchidee

      A good sixty Tom.

      • Tom Dylan

        Thanks a lot, Orchi. Really appreciated. 🙂

      • GenXer Shamrocker ☘️

        Good write

        • Tom Dylan

          Cheers, mate. Appreciated.

        • Accidental Poet

          The answer to your question is exactly what I was thinking. Congratulations Tom on sixty. Cheers to the next sixty and beyond. 😊👍

          • Tom Dylan

            Cheers, AP. Thanks as always. Yeah, here's to the next sixty. And happy Friday. 🙂

          • Thomas W Case

            Keep writing brother. Great stuff.

            • Tom Dylan

              Thanks for that, Thomas. Really appreciated. Not quite sure what I'm doing, but I'll keep going. 🙂

            • sorenbarrett

              Good questions posed in this write. Why are certain numbers more auspicious? And given a base 10 system why 21, 18, 12, 7, a fun read and keep on writing

              • Tom Dylan

                Thanks a lot for your comments, Soren. Yes, a good point about the numbers thing. 🙂 Cheers. Tom.



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