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Middle-Age Spread

A bulging belly balefully belies
the vanished vigour of youth;
happens to most of us.

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19 November 2018

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Pandita Sietesantos

Date: 11/26/2023 5:44:00 PM

Hahaha -excellent Haiku, John! Love the alliteration. I can attest to all that as I too have been struck with the malady of "middle-age spread." :) Pandita

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/20/2018 12:15:00 PM

Yes, I write haiku when I can. If you click on "forms" by my list of poetry pages, it will bring up my forms by alphabetical order and you can see my many haiku, senryu, tanka, etc. Let me check out some more of YOURs using that way of finding forms alphabetically!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/20/2018 12:13:00 PM

Until you learn the correct way to eat, and then you can turn it around. I got smart a few years ago and started "liking" veggies a lot more than i used to! And eating organic too, I've lost 35 pounds without even changing my calorie count! Love your poem though. It's so very true.

Susan Ashley

Date: 11/19/2018 6:22:00 PM

Your wonderful alliteration adorns and softens the unfortunate sad truth about middle age spread, John, which does befall most of us.. Warmest wishes always.. ~Susan

Paul Callus

Date: 11/19/2018 3:27:00 PM

A striking alliterated kimo, John. I've heard it said that women are attracted by mid-age spread:) In that case I'm missing something as it has avoided my advances:) Regards // paul

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

Date: 11/19/2018 1:29:00 PM

Lol! Yup ;)

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 11/19/2018 11:10:00 AM

For sure, even to the best of us! :)

John Michaels
Date: 11/19/2018 11:22:00 AM

Indeed! That's the phrase I wanted to use as my last line: "happens to the best of us", but was too many syllables for a Kimo! Thanks for your comments, Kim. Regards, John.

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