Funny Age Poems

"It's funny within the life we all live in,
Think of regret,
Of things that are no longer alive,
Questions of things thought are the opposites of our...

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I used to miss your touch, now your hands feel like claws

I used to melt in your stare, now your eyes come with bristles

I used...

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thick hair, no hair, wow
young man, then older man now ...
it snuck up on us





3/18/2023

Poetry form: Senryu

Photo credits:  Billion Photos via Canva Pro

At times...

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From the Couch (3/7/23)

From the couch
I see all
When they stand
And when they fall

I lean back
On the couch
Change to chill
From a grouch

From the couch
I give orders
School,...

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he’d bought a skull rug for that spot
high on his head where hair was not

but …

it brought him rash and scalp decay -
one horrid nightmare’s...

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What seven-eleven brings to mind for me ~
the cherry cola slurpee

A treat enjoyed as a child ~
now wouldn’t be made to drink by horses wild

Funny...

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Getting Old

I used to look so young and slim
I could wear anything I chose
now I buy from tent shops
it's the only way to get clothes

I...

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Inferiority complex as a kid, adolescent and emerging adult

Yours truly (an amazingly,
gracefully, and markedly modest
passively aging baby boomer -
formerly introverted long haired
pencil necked geek),
prattling wordsmith...

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In youth we can do all things.                  ...

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No blue hair or curls for me.
I’ll grow old naturally.
Hanging breasts and flattened bum,
crooked teeth and graying gum.
Sagging knees and chicken skin,
sunny spots and double...

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I am Farrah Fawcett,
Poster on the wall. 
  I am a rotary phone,
When I made a call. 

   I am, Boss,
it’s the...

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A question like a ramrod
Could an interviewee hit like rod:
For The Recklessly Unprepared 
And the sure disaster prepaid…

As question waits for the rare gem,
Heard slight...

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Friday Night Check-ins


The days have been calm and collected.
The guests have been happy, content.
The weekday staff scurry out from the hotel
To avoid the upcoming event.

Weekend...

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My heart reaches the destination of dimensions 
near the cliff of face-paced thinkers.
The greetings were friendly because
 grace was in the shadows of living!
So was...

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Bacon and eggs each morning his treat
Chocolate and candy and all that's sweet
No helmet with pedal
No seat belt to meddle
Making eighty years old was no...

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