The Stranger's Advice

"Your troubles will fade,"
That is what the stranger said
To me at the bar.
I thought he was afflicted with old age.
Years later I think of him as a sage.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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Pettit Avatar
February 11, 2012 at 5:21 AM
Reminds me of something I read from the inside of a fortune cookie. Congratulations on having this work featured.
Brown Avatar
February 10, 2012 at 6:04 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved feature Jim. Love, Carol
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February 6, 2012 at 11:06 PM
Congratulations on having your poem featured on Poetry Soup this week.................S.Ronthorpe
Burton Avatar
August 2, 2008 at 1:00 PM
old wisdom is the best wisdom if he was the older than you.great poem
Patti Avatar
July 28, 2008 at 9:26 AM
a perfect tanka in every way, with the deep message given well and understood by the reader.
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