Age Old Poems - Poems about Age Old

There's more rust in my joints than ever. My bones sound like an old screen door, and my knees predict the weather better than any app. Give me elastic waistbands, soft slippers, and the creak of a recliner that groans every...Read the rest...

I Old Age, take me not as thy fugitive, For long I’ve been thy earnest votary, But now that approaches life’s fateful eve, Ye oft make me rethink my loyalty. Youth when slips by leaves a lasting footprint, So, do...Read the rest...

I hug secrets and dusty thoughts fading falling into silence becoming invisible My mind is a mirage of drifting images. Faces that I love but...Read the rest...

Cranky crusty Codgers Skeptical scornfully scowls Youthful yearning Yonkers Heartful happily howls Spurned spiteful Spinsters Graying gracelessly grumbles Marvelous merry Maidens Ravenous richly rumbles...Read the rest...

You are old, Uncle Joseph, your short stepping gait has aroused much comment in the media of late. My steps may be short but I still get along. Like Johnny Walker I'm still going strong. You are old, Uncle Joseph. If I...Read the rest...

The traffic light delayed us both Me driving my car She driving her cart. The traffic direction changed, rotated, making black eyes spark annoyed as her walk signal failed to appear, shrunken mouth twisting crooked ...Read the rest...

Old does not mean bad Deep root for a standing tall Ripe soul and wise mind...Read the rest...

I’ve worked hard, my muscles are sore. It’s hard to sleep because I snore. She said, “it’s time, I’ll have no more, To the couch”, she evened the score. Don’t think bad of her, she was right. After all this...Read the rest...

My workouts just get tougher, The older that I get. All the pains that I suffer, Just trying to stay fit. Wish I felt just like I did, More than thirty years ago. Back when I was still a kid, And my...Read the rest...

Dawn seeps soundlessly in to scatter the darkness. Around is silence and quiet and calm. From my lofty balcony, I can admire the serenity Of the vast immensity of the ocean, all smell of balm. Let tranquillity invade my...Read the rest...

I dreamt I was young, timely witty and smart... again I'm almost a hundred, Ya know, and... Wait! What was it I am talking about... again Quote This Poetry Contest Sponsor: Rick Parise 1/17/2023...Read the rest...

Alphabet soup . for public domain A freshly polished silver spoon easily whirls warm pasta letters in a China bowl, while Poetry struggles meagerly to stir his spirit, enrich his soul. He rather would want for food than words, a rhyme,...Read the rest...

Young maiden with a beautiful face Living life full of countless praise When old age blows hard from the East Will you still be seen as beauty or a beast?. For I have seen green, turning to...Read the rest...

Where once I walked I now idly talk Where once I...Read the rest...

. for public domain Near the end of Winter, When our footsteps melt in wet snow, the long drawn paths of pleasant seasons, lead us toward fair ways to go. And memories fade of the chill and the cold, and...Read the rest...