23 Cherry Tree Poetry
Repeat that headline as quick as you can!
You’re sugar-free spice, martini, and ice,
23, you’re just adorable to me
I love your curves, so gracious and lush,
you’re such a sweet and happy number
An absolute crush
You salute proudly at my front door, all bold and shining brass
Your knocker knocks a,
Bosomy deliciously shapely ass
You’re the 23 Enigma
A life path of adaptability and creativity
Your two and three—primary numbers,
So neat how the both of you guys procreate a new prime number,
a party trick
Your atoms of mathematics, are special and free
Magic numbers, divisible by solely 1,
and the number itself, hanging from a bendy tree
William Shakespeare, the badass of literature
A Universal Genius, born on a 23 and died on a 23
April April, 23 April
A Beautiful Mind of Russell Crowe
Ozzy Ozzy Oi, Obsessed with the number 23
That makes 2 of us, possibly even 3
Michael Air Jordan, Chicago Bulls, wore No 23 like it was fragrantly cool
Adam and Eve begat 23 demure daughters
Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd
I Shall Not Want,
a holy number
23… you glow with glee
The birth of Morse Code transmission— “What hath God wrought”
Chosen from Numbers 23:23
23? Hello 23 — I hear you agree!
You are fused throughout our bodies, and our genes ,
our sex cells filled with your fine figure of 23 (chromosomes)
Our human cells — there you are hiding in another 46 chromosomes,
but of course, you position yourself within 23 pairs, because you can!
Our physical biorhythm, there you are in 23 days,
our blood circulates each of your 23 seconds
23 you are magnificently omnipresent
an Icositrigon polygon
23 sides, with fries on the side
You reach out further to the galaxies
tilting our Earth’s axis,
23.5 degrees
giving us earthlings four fine seasons
circled by a breeze
Some people fear you 23 ,
they’re sorry not sorry
Ignore them, they just have a touch of eikositriophobia,
or it’s xenophobia wrapped up in a guise?
23 I could go on, but to be honest, I’m rubbish at clever-assed poetry, but just wanted to give you a heads-up…
You’re as sweet as a cherry, with an ice-cool Zacapa 23, on the top!
I LOVE the number 23
*my house number is 23
© Chantal Weiss 2025. All Rights Reserved
About the Creator
Chantal Christie Weiss
I write memoirs, essays, and poetry.
My self-published poetry book: In Search of My Soul. Available via Amazon, along with writing journals.
Tip link: https://www.paypal.me/drweissy
Chantal, Spiritual Badass
England, UK
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Comments (3)
✨ Wow, this is such a creative tribute to the number 23! You’ve blended history, science, faith, pop culture, and even personal meaning into something that feels magical and fun. I especially loved the mix of Shakespeare, Jordan, Psalm 23, and chromosomes — it really shows how deeply 23 is woven into life itself. 🌍🔢 Your writing has a rhythm that almost feels like a celebration chant for this number. Definitely made me look at 23 in a whole new way! 🎉👏
wow so new and unique..thinking outside the box! real queen!! wrote a new poem lmk what you think thx!
I especially loved the way you incorporated science into this!