Fifty Can Be Taken Well in Stride

November 14, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is being fifty.

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A number poem for fifty with advice for someone to whom life has been good:

Fifty can be taken well in stride
If one would tread but lightly on the ground;
For all the greatest goods of life abound,
The things that make one want to dance inside,
Yielding in one's smile a pinch of pride.

© by Nicholas Gordon

To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/50b.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html.

This week’s theme: Being Fifty
November 9: For You There Can Be No Regret
November 10: For Those Who Would Make Life a Thing of Beauty
November 11: For You It’s Been a Steep and Sometimes Tortured
November 12: Fifty Is a Moment for Reflection
November 13: Fifty’s Full of Life and Well-Tuned Vigor
November 14: Fifty Can Be Taken Well in Stride