Lyric Age Poems

Loretta Devil
Loretta Devil
She thinks she's queen of the hill
When she's hitting that herb at will
The smack of her lips, the glaze in her stare
All the...

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Each day I remember the past
What was and not to be
Each day I look for an answer
Not finding is the norm
If I do this
If I...

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I’m Usually Just Okay
Miracle Man
3/7/2024

Sometimes a friend,
will ask how I’m doing.
My response is usually,
I’m good or okay.

When an in depth answer,
they’re pursuing.
They repeat the question,
in...

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DOUBLE TAKE

“I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all”

These...

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Advanced Age
Miracle Man
December 7th 2023

Comes a time when It’s easier to learn new things, 
than trying to remember how we did the old.
Most willingly accept...

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a reflection
of inner selves
a human torch
being impulsive
takes risks
full of fire
the woman
feels invisible 
she is smart
and accomplished
the thing, rock hard
dependable
and very strong
like his temperament
mister fantastic
a fluid...

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Desire / Ability
Miracle Man
October 7, 2023

No amount of desire can ever trump my ability,
and void of ability I sit astride a stick horse.
At some point...

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Running around frantically, 
The wrong lock for a key, 
Boiling over, fuming, 
Cleanness always looming. 


Lurking over, smiling ear to ear, 
Small, always wanting to...

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I’m too old to live out these songs I sing.
There has been too much pumped into these veins.
But if you remember how I was back...

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The neighborhood



At last, I found the bairro of my dreams
so quiet, for once  I could hear the swallow sing
A grocery, a cafe and a...

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I'm old, I'm old
I'll die if I catch cold
I tried to skip
But snapped my hip
I'm old I'm old I'm old....

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I fear the plunge, of lifelong commitment 
The pressure to make a decision in a moment
The stress that accompanies the planning 
The worry that I'm...

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As my body grows 
frail and weak 
I may struggle 
to lift my head 
from a sleep
but don’t cry for me
hold my hand
talk to me...

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"I wandered lonely as a cloud."  William Wordsworth


I wandered lonely as a boat   
a shallow dingy left behind,  
alone in marsh...

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Salubrious salutations, new age 
gradually old made voyage,
Living was perfunctory and now it’s stale,
Can the memory sway? 

You yelled but no one heard,
Maybe tide was...

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