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50th Anniversary Poems Contest
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50th anniversary poems

This year's Golden Anniversary Poems Contest is now closed and the entries were so good it has taken us a while to decide on the winners.

For the best themed anniversary poem we have chosen the anniversary poem "After All These Years by Carolyn Whitaker. We loved the sweetness of this poem and the images that it conjured up, it is a lovely anniversary verse.

For the funniest anniversary poem we have chose the funny 50th anniversary poem, "It's Okay", it makes you chuckle.

A big thank you for all of our poets that sent in lovely and also funny anniversary verses, a true celebration of your Golden Anniversaries. Our winners will be notified by email.

If you are looking for your own Golden Anniversary poem there are lots to choose from.

Happy 50th Anniversary!

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50th Anniversary Poem - I Look at You  starstarstarstarstar
When I want to know what “commitment” looks like
I look at the two of you.
When I want to see strength,
I look at you.
What does obedience, compromise ...

50th Anniversary Poem: To My Husband, My Best Beau  starstarstarstarstar
In 7th grade I first saw you,
Standing on the back row,
Pinching the silly girls;
They were giggling so!
(Will HE notice me?
I puzzled aloud....

50th Anniversary Poem - Just The Start  starstarstarstarstar
Her wrinkled smile
His tender heart
There quiet moments
Shared in the dark
Family pictures hung on the wall
Grandkids growing up so tall
50 long ...

Funny 50th Anniversary Poem - Growing Old Together  starstarstarstarstar
For the old fart that you are
You still carry my heart
For the geezers we've become
You still make me feel young
For the 50 years we've grown old
You'...

50th Anniversary Poem: After All These Years  starstarstarstarstar
Fifty years have come and gone,
since the day we said, ‘I do’.
Even after all these years,
I'm still in love with you.
Although we are quite different
...

50th Anniversary Poem - So fast  Not rated yet
Fifty years
happiness and tears.
Gone by so fast
I hope it lasts

Funny 50th Anniversary Poem - Then and Now  Not rated yet
Check out the photo
taken 1960
our hair, our clothes
not quite so nifty.

Now look today
as we wear matching 'sweats
to the mirror we say
"this ...

Anniversary Poem - The Contentious Fifty  Not rated yet
For twenty-five years I dragged my feet
Until a beautiful lady I chanced to meet.
We wed and settled to a contenious life
With me the slob with a fastidious ...

Anniversary Poem - Infinite Love  Not rated yet
Tropical island, down by the sand,
You gazed at me and took my hand,
"You're the only one for me,
Please be my wife and marry me."

That night we ...

Anniversary Poem - Your Marriage is a Gift  Not rated yet
Unconditional love.
Strong moral values.
Unrelenting work ethic.
Unwavering faith.
Forgiving love.
Generous spirit.
Faithful service.
Everlasting ...

Funny Anniversary Poem - 50 is like forever  Not rated yet
Fifty years together
I would have said never.
Listening to hours of snores,
I should have said no more!
All the times that you farted,
I should have ...

The Slightly Tarnished Golden Years Anniversary Poem  Not rated yet

I remember that golden, happy day
We took our love a blessed way
Our church was there to bless our trip
Through life, as long as we don't slip

Our ...

50th Anniversary Poem - Still Side by Side  Not rated yet
Hand in hand they both came
Across the wide sea
Escaping their sorrow
And sure poverty

With only one suitcase
Held between two
They stepped down ...

Anniversary Poem - The Marriage-50 years later  Not rated yet
You and I have been together for a long time
and what never ceases to amaze me
is that after all the years, with their freight
of burdens that we've ...

50th Anniversary Poem - Because  Not rated yet
Because when I was home with the flu you waited on me hand and foot, and even though I behaved worse than a three year old,
you only rolled your eyes ...

50th Anniversary Poem - The Three Wishes  Not rated yet

When we joined hands,
lives and hearts
so many years ago
on that special day,
I had three wishes for us.
One was that, like intertwining vines,...

50th Anniversary Poem - After Fifty Years  Not rated yet
Written for my wife for our 50th wedding anniversary.

A compassionate God look kindly on
a foolish child. Brash, with a stiff neck
and a rebellious ...

50th Anniversary Poem: Where Did The Years Go?  Not rated yet
Wasn't it just yesterday that you swept me off my feet
And turned my young life upside down
To make my life complete?
I could not think of anything
...

50th Anniversary Poem - Untarnished By Time  Not rated yet
The moments we’ve spent went by in a hurry
Any difficulties now seem distant and blurry
Happiness and laughter are what remain
Memories and accomplishments ...

50th Anniversary Poems - Always Standing By  Not rated yet
Your smile is ageless
Our laughter can't ever die
Trouble will eventually melt away
And time together will always fly
Our memories might fade with ...

50th Anniversary Poem - Untarnished By Time  Not rated yet
The moments we’ve spent went by in a hurry
Any difficulties now seem distant and blurry
Happiness and laughter are what remain
Memories and accomplishments ...

50th Anniversary Poem - My Life Long Friend  Not rated yet
To start our journey I send a kiss
For a life of wedded bliss,
Our first home sparkling and new
A love so faithful and true.

Our lives to spend ...

50th Anniversary Poem - Twilight  Not rated yet
Love's launched like festal rockets,
its showers
Bloom and burst in glistening sprays upon the velvet
Curtain of the spangled sky.
We dance in fire ...

Fifty Years Anniversary Poem - Measuring Up  Not rated yet
So often a marriage is measured in years,
Does fifty years measure a marriage?
Does 100 yards make a football field?
That’s certainly not always true,...

50th Anniversary Poem - The Two Together  Not rated yet
Long ago and Far away
Linda and Dennis were born almost on the same day.
Who would have known as years gone by, that Dennis would be the Groom and Linda ...

50th Anniversary Poem - Reflection of Time  Not rated yet
The sun touched warmly on her face, picking
up the mirror she thought of a better time and place where the mirror was more kind reflecting only her youth ...

Funny 50th Anniversary Poem "It's Okay!"  Not rated yet
It's okay if you don't look like Leo
Or if you're as rich as Donald Trump.
Who cares if you don't have money
And on the road to life we hit a bump.
It ...

50th Anniversary Poem "Love Entwined Us"  Not rated yet

Love entwined us
together like the twinkling stars
in the velvet-kissed sky.
I feel your touch
completely.
You thrill me so, I tingle always....

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By submitting your poem you give Anniversary Gifts By Year permission to publish the poem. The goal of the contest is to gather as many golden anniversary poems as possible for the Anniversary Gifts By Year community.

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