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Age Poems | Examples of Age Poetry

Age Poems - Examples of all types of age poetry to share and read. This list of age poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of age poetry. This list of works about age is an excellent resource for examples on how to write age poems.
Rooms to go
O Monami! Fiancé these days! They forgot to pick wrought iron In their unsung Mays! In seasons, they sprinkled In salts they tried, In their secret recipes Even my Clover died! PS. It is still poetry! ...Read the rest...
Categories: age, allegory, april, arabic,
Form: Personification



Impromptu Song
I have waited for so long to share this impromptu song, I have created it myself, the day when I heard that my mother was dead; I am still trying to process it, but I...Read the rest...
Categories: age, business, conflict, courage,
Form: Narrative
The second bloom
The second bloom Life is an eternal ecstasy Flowering as ripe old age Liabilities over, shorn of shackles Confined to oneself and free to peep into Fads and foibles lying dormant for decades The wisdom at its...Read the rest...
Categories: age,
Form: Free verse
Agoraphobia
I wish to seek help But I'm running out of time Redemption is late...Read the rest...
Categories: age, anxiety, conflict, confusion,
Form: Haiku
PLEASE HEAR ME
You don't seem to understand The truth I clutch in my hands I never wanted to hurt you I just wanted to show my virtue It's the only thing I can do I'm on my floor laying dead My heart knows...Read the rest...
Categories: age, anxiety, conflict, feelings,
Form: Lyric



The Old Car
There once was an old car that was quite spry, It had creaky joints and a sputtering sigh. Its engine would wheeze On the road, with such ease Yet, if I now had such car, I would be pleased Newer...Read the rest...
Categories: age, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Waters
If you could picture me now, and here, by these familiar distant waters, you might fasten on my journey, those incalculable dark miles, think of the strangeness: these ghost gums, ageless against a perfect...Read the rest...
Categories: age,
Form: Free verse
Whispers of the Forgotten
In the shadowed alcove of memory, Where forgotten dreams curl like smoke, I wander, a spectral seeker, Tracing the edges of existence. The moon, a pale witness, Hangs low, its silver gaze unyielding, As if it...Read the rest...
Categories: age, anxiety, death, destiny,
Form: Free verse
When Death Stopped for Me
Because I could not escape from Life – It rudely dragged me forth – The chaos swirled, consuming all – And Oblivion, my worth. We raced through days – no time to rest...Read the rest...
Categories: age, cry, destiny, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Growing Pains
Every family has them These unsettling times these misunderstandings Times when many things come into play In most cases these wee spats are soon over and forgotten But sometimes differences run deeper Because of other factors Such as jealousy, middle child...Read the rest...
Categories: age,
Form: Free verse
Life
Little things turn big and now Incredible memories spin round and round. Flying dreams are sometimes too quick to chase Even though its me on the pilot’s seat....Read the rest...
Categories: age, child, flying, irony,
Form: Acrostic
reverie
An existential crisis Left to my own devices Not an ounce of assistance Never show any resistance Just comply and let it be Dignity isn't a necessity I'm not the flower you'd pick from a garden Orchids are beautiful, I'm a sight...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, age, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
a different kind of love
A different kind of love Easy, in and out your breath lungs unsullied by cigarette smoke Siesta nap, a lazy Sunday afternoon when flowers are recklessly nude Breath, taking should you stop I would fall into a chasm  pale rainbows, a stillborn moon rusty...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, age, august, dance,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Funeral Retirement Party
Construction workers, fishermen, hands broadened, reddened cracks in the wintertime, teachers, office workers, a standing cashier feels aging in her legs, careers extended. Can it be just a few more years til they have freedom, to live on Social Security? Paying off mortgages, and children's student...Read the rest...
Categories: age, 8th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member dance, divine
a stroll … just a stroll … like any other numberless now, the times this path had taken her to the wood - the dark, deep wood where her memories dwelled thoughts astray in the gloaming … the same walk she and...Read the rest...
Categories: age, appreciation, beauty, life,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Age Poems

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