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Its Hell To Get Old

When I was young older ladies thought me charming Sweet and cute and totally disarming But now that I've grown closer to their age They seem no longer anxious to engage In amorous and peccadillish roles They only want to feed me casseroles.

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Faye Gibson

Date: 5/8/2014 11:42:00 AM

Welcome, Herbert. Enjoyed this first poem of yours. Hope you will find many friends on this site to encourage you in your writing.

Skat A

Date: 5/7/2014 3:28:00 PM

Herbert, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/7/2014 10:49:00 AM

- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Herbert :) - I choose your first great written poem - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Eric Schojan

Date: 5/7/2014 7:48:00 AM

Love the humor, great write!! :)

Olatunji Samson

Date: 5/7/2014 7:28:00 AM

Helo.herbert.LOVE this.keep it up

Monterey Sirak

Date: 5/7/2014 5:19:00 AM

Ha Ha. Love it! This is engaging and funny. Welcome to the soup.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/6/2014 11:49:00 PM

Herbert, , A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community, as I did when I first join, March 2010. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry ha-ha a special pair:) here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@

Herbert Stewart
Date: 5/7/2014 10:52:00 AM

Thank you. I'm looking forward to the experience. Right now I'm having a little trouble navigating but I'm sure I'll catch on.