70 Age Poems

"Your very Mature for your age" 
What does the mean?
Why do I have to be mature to make friends
my description label is on my back...

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A REFLECTION OF PASSING TIME


At age 15,   
    Afternoons could last a week,
    Especially if nothing could...

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(I wrote this poem when I turned 60…already somewhat old and gray
and now that I’m am 70…it’s still appropriate today.

I’ve lived through another decade with...

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Two race cars on I-70 are gaining on my red Lincoln.
They are propelled with extra momentum as they fly past.
Swishing around me as if I...

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Once upon a time a well-stacked, beautiful Playmate
One featured in Hefner’s magazine, which was first rate
bought herself a marvelous Hollywood estate
With future proceeds she hoped...

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I reserved two rooms for Saturday night
For four “girls” who graduated from high school in ‘70
One girl is in the hospital, pretty sick.
This means I...

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You go to your local store to buy Christmas wrapping  paper,
For 5 NZ Dollars you get 3 rolls of Wrapping paper,
Each roll is 70...

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And suddenly, 50 was  here, all the music got
louder, all the drivers for younger.  My hair
was on a farewell tour, visiting the sink...

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Two of the greatest gifts that God ever gave to mankind              ...

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A little old lady I know
Had flipped her car
A while ago
She lost her left arm

She was in the hospital
For well over six months
Came home in...

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They look at me and laugh, seeing 65.
I look at them and smile, seeing 27.
They are new, I am not.
They are fresh. But nowhere as...

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.. continued 


Flag-lowering is a daily observance at the Wagah Border, open to the public this day.

 On our view of the gate:

  ...

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> Do not read if of a nervous disposition . I am committed to sending at least one poem a day to some social media...

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I know this sounds like a soliloquy,
But why did bulldust men find me?
God made Ratlotto sardonically,
Life's booby prizes always find me,
Now 70 years old is...

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