Old Age Poems

I am the voice of time —
The whisper of centuries long silenced,
And today, I thunder:
The Earth has turned. The meek now reign.

In the year 2050,
China...

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When you grow extremely old,
accept what can't be controlled.
You must think philosophically
every time you need to pee.
Years and nighttime trips?  Don't count -
too hard...

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They knelt behind a photo booth humming
hymnals to a tooth-
decayed brand of gen X truth—
old gods' wants reclaim the youth.
...

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we are all drones on the freeway today
hardly any excitement this side of the bay
then two crazy racing drivers head our way
They whip past me,...

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It’s a timeless art to sit still
Be an old geezer
One who bore nine children 
Or a private who fought Hitler
Or be an indoor cat, jailed...

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I'm really much too young to get old
Something's drastically out of whack
I'm still this handsome, charismatic stud
Why's my body giving me flack?

A strange bump just...

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The Cobwebs of Dreams

It was a sunny day, perhaps to clear
I thought
Mother sat in the kitchen sunlight, making her white hair into a halo
I asked...

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after "Do not go gentle into that good night", by Dylan Thomas

Age can not scour away the furrowed gnarls time obeyed,
Nor mask the snarls, gouged...

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It is a dreary day and my feet don’t work
I sit alone feeling like a kind of jerk
when young I could have run circles around...

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He's an old man now,

it's strange but it's true, 

he'll be sixty six this year, 

when the Winter is new, 

All I can say, is...

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It seems that I am getting old and grey,
my body's also slowing down its pace.
But, I've still much to do, and much to say.

It seems...

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You were once a seed,
now, just a forgotten weed,
withered and old, 
slowly growing cold.
Don't turn your heart to stone.
She too flies all alone. 
Flying far...

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Within the threescore and six orbitz that span my lifetime...

the impact of current
Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR),
also known as Industry 4.0 revolution
characterized by the fusion of...

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Winter of Discontent

Cloudiness has settled in the sky
An act of unpalatable truth of the kind
A summer sun easily hides 
Old dwellings are full of cracks...

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