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OLD AGE

FROM MY ROOFTOP GARDEN, 02 FEBRUARY 2017, ©

The old should never cry for their lost youth but must laugh for they have lived it! © Demetrios Trifiatis 02 February 2017

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 2/6/2017 6:18:00 PM
Nice optimistic message here! Peace & Blessings Matthew Anish
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Date: 2/4/2017 1:40:00 AM
That is wonderful, and I love this monoku! I give you 7 and fav
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Date: 2/4/2017 2:52:00 PM
Thank you so much dear, Darren for your precious visit and comment! So nice of you!
Date: 2/2/2017 7:25:00 PM
but also, he who laughs last laughs loudest! GREAT writing!
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Date: 2/3/2017 1:48:00 AM
Yes, dear Andrea, for old age is a gift from life that not all people receive! Thank you my friend!
Date: 2/2/2017 4:09:00 PM
love this, excellent poetry
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Date: 2/3/2017 1:51:00 AM
Harry, my friend whoever is sensible should love it. Thank you for your visit and comment.
Date: 2/2/2017 12:41:00 PM
- No one is forever young ... but living with the beauty in the heart - Lovely poem, my friend - A 7 - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 2/2/2017 1:54:00 PM
This is true my friend, Anne-Lise, the point is that many people die very young and never had the privilege to live their youth as the old have! Thank you! Hugs!
Date: 2/2/2017 1:58:00 AM
So true! And grateful to have survived it! Great monoku!
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Date: 2/2/2017 1:51:00 PM
My point exactly my friend! How many people never had the chance to live through youth! Thank you!

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