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Old Age Poems

These Old Age poems are examples of Age poems about Old. These are the best examples of Age Old poems written by international poets.


Premium Member It Never Gets Old
It Never Gets Old
We do; 
It doesn't.

The caring that fills the deep dark
The warmth that flows
From self to self
The deep, dear chains of love
Forged from...

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Categories: age, life, true love,



Rhetorical Somethings And Nothings
Somewhere there’s a
sunflower poking out from
the corner of a concrete
barrier, going unnoticed
by everyone except
myself.

And it makes
me wonder:

They say when
you fall in love with
an artist, you
can...

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Categories: age, 10th grade, 11th grade,

NAGASAKI
Nagasaki

There are nights when things become clear 
when the Pacific Ocean lived up to its name 
I sat on deck, listened to the heartbeat of
the vessel, which...

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Categories: age, art, assonance,

Premium Member Growing old is not for the faint of heart
It's not at all easy to come to term
with this 'new' old version of me.
I'm dealing with a sadly sagging anatomy
where what-used-to-be is now not-quite-so-firm.

I'm...

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Categories: age, body, change, introspection,

I AM TWO PEOPLE
Who am I
I sometimes wonder
Yesterday I was young
Today I am old
In May I was a social butterfly
Come July I crave solitude
One year I am smart
The...

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Categories: age, change, feelings, identity,



the mule in Gaza
The mule in  Gaza

Slowly, on delicate legs, the last mule
in Gaza, pulling a cart carrying old 
mattresses, broken chairs, and small
shrouds of children to a resting...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, abuse, age,

Premium Member now that I am old
when I was young, I remember hearing people say
all old people want to talk about is their bowel movements
Now that I am old
that’s all I...

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Categories: age,

Premium Member After a Writing Workshop About the Body
This is not my body.
Not the one that used to tell everything
to anyone—
I mean everything,
like I thought it might get me somewhere
closer to known.

I sat...

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Categories: age, appreciation, women, writing,

Heavenly Host
Fading away as the days
dwindle down to a dismal few
I'm still grinning
what more can I do
my head's spinning
eyes dimming hair thinning
but if the devil's in...

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Categories: age, how i feel,

gratitude
Gratitude

He is not here today, the mantle he wrapped
around his bony shoulders, when there was a chill in the air
is carelessly flung on the sofa
A zephyr...

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Categories: absence, age, atheist, birthday,

On Growing Older
On Growing Older

Sometimes my steps are steady,
Sometimes my hands shake.
Sometimes my memory falters,
And I make some sad mistake.

Sometimes I hear you talking 
But I do...

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Categories: age, appreciation, blessing, body,

The New Superpower 2050
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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Categories: age, birth, celebration, change,

Premium Member Don't Count
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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Categories: age, humor,

Premium Member At the Risk of Sounding Crazy, There Are Deities at the Roller Rink
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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Categories: age, analogy, destiny,

Premium Member When did I get old
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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Categories: age,


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