"US Mint presses final pennies as
production ends after more than 230
years." - Associated Press, 12 Nov. 2025
Penny wise, pound foolish; earner of an honest penny
yet you swear you don't have a penny to your name.
Won't you buy hot cross buns, one a penny, two
a penny— too proud to pinch a penny yet you'd wager
someone a pound to a penny. Pretty penny, clean
and shiny as a new penny, have you ever felt like
a penny waiting for change? Me too. A penny saved,
a penny earned, but now there are no thoughts you
can buy with one penny. Somewhere in the world
there are bathroom floors and kitchen floors tiled
entirely in copper pennies. Those take a long time
to complete, but once you start, it's in for a penny,
in for a pound. The gleam's as good as gold, even
brighter— for every single time a penny drops,
a lightbulb still goes off in someone's head.
Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003.
