When You are Old

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contest   When You Are Old    sponsor Sara Kendrick

When you are old the world is not unknown
and you can count the layers in your soul
each one laid down by the life you control
wrinkled scars from time, only you own

These memories can often disappear
never to be remembered anymore
they are hidden in the mind forevermore
buried layers through time that reappear

stories of your life you have never told
a silent layered memory to last
gives reason your thoughts linger in the past
as memories come and go when you're old

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Date: 1/22/2025 12:22:00 PM
Congrats. This is a great poem.
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Date: 1/21/2025 11:51:00 AM
Congratulations on your winning work in my contest. Way to go. Thank you for your participation. Sara K
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Date: 1/21/2025 11:10:00 AM
- Congratulations on your win in the contest, Frederic :) - hugs
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Date: 1/18/2025 8:56:00 AM
Frederic, dear friend, dear poet, the rich depth of your golden pen captures the passage of time, aging and introspection with poetic finesse. Especially striking was "you can count the layers in your soul" -so evocative and visual like tree rings of a long-lived oak. Your poem is insightful, beautiful, poignant like the persistent memories the "disappear" and "reappear" as we grow old. Humans tend to dwell in the past in later years when we don't have many more days ahead. Your perceptive poetic talent shines. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan
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Date: 1/16/2025 5:55:00 PM
This is just so good. Frederic. I’m sure it will rate high in the contest good luck…
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Date: 1/16/2025 10:23:00 AM
- A wonderful poem, Frederic - I wrote one - "Accept The Things You Can't Change" - but, not an interpretation of the poem by : W. B. Yeats /"When You Are Old" ... this is what happens when you don't read the contest rules :))) - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs
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