Best Change Of Life Poems
That’s not my elephant, this here’s Ella my wife
She claims the extra pounds came with her change of life
She now takes ballet, but watching her dance in tights
Sends chills down my spine and gives second graders frights
Her plate’s piled high with lasagna and spaghetti
Chowing down on our drive to the Serengeti
I think every husband should have a bill of rights
“Euthanasia,” I’ll plead, when they read her last rites
Categories:
change of life, funny
Form:
Couplet
Life is confusing sometimes
At least it has been for me
I was Mom’s “change of life” baby
two siblings far older
change in the birth certificate
three days spent as Marilyn
then I became Carolyn
not many toys in our city home
so I started jumping off things
graduated from steps to trees
then my preference changed to roofs
fearless always, perhaps foolishly so
but I sensed my limitations
at three I was standing on my head
spinning like a top
ran faster, jumped higher
than boys on my block
walked tall on stilts
bounced on my pogo-stick around the block
hid my frog “Pierre” in the garage
acrobat lessons for eight years (Hurray!)
but Mom wanted to make a lady of me
ballet didn’t change this tomboy
went to the state spelling championship
but at age 12, I couldn’t spell “murmur”
and the oddest books I read as a child:
“Lincoln the Unknown”
“How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”
Jacque Cousteau’s “Silent World”
traded my pig tails for mini skirts
cheerleading for the high school football team
still love the sport today
recruited by the ice hockey coach
to teach boys how to skate backward
recruited by the boys’ gymnastics coach
to flip and vault as team members scowled
captain of my college speech and debate team
first freshman to win the Peace Oratory contest
judged by Princeton University professors
writing has supported me all of my life
from high school to the present
first a copywriter, then a journalist
humorous verse is my favorite
some family members say I’m a “wit”
They’re only half right :D
*October 18, 2014 by Carolyn Devonshire
Friends, I’ve got a flu now and hope to be well enough
to return comments soon.
Categories:
change of life,
Form:
Bio
Reflecting back, on a change of life
a marriage previous failed
few relationships, not me
love falls in your lap, unexpectidly
One day, a monotonous script
the next, oyster of the world begin
lighting my world,like a full blown moon
that will always be there
We both have trudged murky paths
til fate did join us at one
happiness,love,trust even same thoughts
my soulmate, be fate, life so complete.
I will never forget your words to me
"I`ve found my final piece in the jigsaw"
And this applies to me.
Categories:
change of life, love
Form:
Free verse
A new phase of life realized
Gifted by the year 2012
Roles changed completely
Made life all more beautiful
Time came to become wife
Everywhere music so unique
A different sentiment smiled
Happy sadness struck the eyes
Sweet memories of child life
Moving ahead like shopper’s pride
Preparations for marriage started
Get together with relatives & friends
Prepare lovely dance numbers
Eat and joy with dreamy smile
Talking to the would be all moment
Waiting for the special day
And then it came with all spark
I became the bride …
Standing with the love of my life
To unite beyond eternal
2012 gifted me with all the best
Change of life took a new span
Thanks for the glory life gained
In just a day all of it changed
Now the journey is so anew
Wish it may grow more special
Years may bring in more luster
2012 marked a start of…
New life, new hopes… new stride
Categories:
change of life, happiness, love, life, life,
Form:
Free verse
Low and selfish motives,
toss back one's head,
and my shoes are worn out.
Which horse won the first race ?
Woe to the vanquished !!
Youth must have its fling.
My old folks,
in the state of neglect,
were paralyzed with fear,
in prospect of a dirty deal.
I couldn't resist laughing,
as i keep the change of life,
in my trouser pocket.
My pride can't be idle for a moment,
and the howl of the wind,
rage all day,
asking for my incorporation.
Welfare work made the public good,
lethargic,
and stupidity transmuted iron into gold,
in the name of humanity.
Wealth has altered him,
and my shoes are worn out,
in the land of greediness.
Categories:
change of life, caregiving, family, hope, life,
Form:
Free verse
As I now enter my winter years, I'm experiencing that Change Of Life.
It's similar to puberty except in reverse. Hormones decrease as well as collide.
In these later years testosterone production comes to an all time low with men.
At this point I wouldn't be surprised to learn that I'm now 100% woman
as my testosterone is now overthrown by an abundance of estrogen production.
I still have my strong sex drive, but I think now I'm a lesbian
with all of this estrogen now flowing through out my system.
Categories:
change of life, health, self,
Form:
Rhyme
As we sit inside our homes
We sit together and alone
change the world we have known
A brand new side of life is shown
Life so selfish and fast paced
our aims, ambitions out of place
The daily grind, the daily race
we now live without this the case
We seek to further for selfish gain
now we play a selfless game
a boat which we all row the same
to keep ourselves and close ones safe
And how the air now tastes clear
the wildlife which does appear
appreciation in national cheer
it took the fear to get us here
But now we know the good of change
neighbours whom are not estranged
Togetherness at first quite strange
all to stop the germ exchange
An understanding we now include
social distance not seen as rude
I do it for me I do it for you
And the rest do it for each other too
A change of life unforeseen
a care and unity never been
Humankind within a dream
A human race we had never seen
From these moments we see the best
with a new anxiety our only stress
as we lay our past ways to rest
I hope that soon you are my guest
Categories:
change of life, society,
Form:
Rhyme
Beneath waves that concede a change of life
shapes of shifting forms
hidden in ocean depths
murky coloration of perpetual flux
as fish without eyes cruise crustacean cousins
in a midnight zone of black
midst trouble changing sea acidity
flowing currents once flush with species
It's peaceful at the bottom in what can't be measured
for the deeper one goes the familiar disappears
like seaweed that displaces coral
turbulent reef on the cusp of scant recovery
Underwater paradise,
surface waves of imposing rhythm
forms that wash to shore
life in the voracious jaws of damage
what sustains a teardrop
when anchored eyes open
Poem composed; June 17, 2021
Categories:
change of life, change, earth, fish, water,
Form:
Free verse
thank you Walt Whitman
oh you foolish ones
bordering on change of life
standing still for a moment
before full manhood embraces
how brave and daring
strident, filled with never ending life;
brash colts with tricks and
shameless lures for pretty young things.
exquisite in your urges to hold on
keep childish freedom safe
tucked beneath a wishful heart
in that summer, that blissful summer
came a roar, a grinding metallic clack
shatters down the hills
with siren sounds heard only in melodious tones
by boys about to burst from youth
seasons change, our autumn
reaps in radiant red all of
those peach-fuzzed near men
gone to strange places far from us
this fall harvest takes
it never feeds but grief and loss
as triangle folded flags fill arms
and blue black rifles air their song.
I still hear your laughter
full throated fiercely joyous
bite into winter wind
and echo down the canyon wall.
Categories:
change of life, absence, age, anger,
Form:
Free verse
When a chicken can no longer lay any eggs,
it is generally because,
the chicken has reached that change of life
known as henopause.
Categories:
change of life, animals,
Form:
Rhyme
Her heart cries
But her eyes shed the tears
As she listens to the bad news
And all that she hears
Her soul is lost
To think all that she has lost
Remember the good times
Makes you want to forever cry
To think of whom she loves the most
And how that night he died
What would a sister's life be like?
Without her brother who changed her ways
To love and faith, to scared and pain
I watch her as she shortly breaks down
Already gone, don’t know what to do now
Just want to cry right along with her
But I’m trying to be strong for her
For her and her pain
A change of life, is part of her future
A friend full of pain will always remain
Categories:
change of life, absence, death,
Form:
Free verse
Something happened that was strange.
My wife decided to have a sex change.
When she said she was going through a change, I thought it was the change of life.
I came home and was greeted by a husband instead of a wife.
I packed his bags and threw him out the door.
I sure as hell wasn't going to be married anymore.
Now I'm remarried and she wants to have a sex change too.
Somebody please help me, I don't know what the hell to do!
(This is a fictional poem.)
Categories:
change of life, funny, wife, change,
Form:
Rhyme
Change of Life
My life has lately taken a divergent path,
I have taken a fresh road,
far from the impassioned wanders of my youth.
Today I look for the truth,
not the sated feeling,
which once sent my senses reeling.
I paid the cost,
with many years lost,
for my pander locked in amber.
© 4 hours ago, Terence Cummings Smith
Categories:
change of life, life,
Form:
Rhyme
As I walk a humbled mans walk I find I am alone,
in others I see false smiles and laughter untrue
to busy to see in front of them to angry to know
To walk a humbled mans walk is shown,
hope...drenched in wines and drinks of despair
dreams ...covered and forgotten for no one stands still
Walk a humbled mans walk set your own tone,
love that slips away because we for got what we have
romance gone as you let go of her hand
Walking a humbled mans walk is what we should own,
you walk away from her, the kids, responsibility
to laugh with them, her, and not rise to the challenge
To walk a humbled mans walk isn't written in stone,
get up after you fall take on all that is given
your journey is not a mistake it is yours to fix and make
I walk a humbled mans walk for this man has grown,
two kids and a wife who helped me to this point
acceptance to all that comes my way good or bad
As I walk a humbled mans walk I see so much unknown,
the beauty of a smile the meaning in a heart beat
to see seasons and the change of life hear every thing
A humbled mans walk isn't filled with testastaron,
it's with love, wisdom and all that makes the world go round
with no masks no mirrors its knowing who you really are
Walk a humbled mans walk and you will find your self home.
Categories:
change of life, inspirational
Form:
Free verse
Her heart cries
But her eyes shed the tears
As she listens to the bad news
And all that she hears
Her soul is lost
To think all that she has lost
Remember the good times
Makes you want to forever cry
To think of whom she loves the most
And how that night he almost died
What would a woman’s life be like?
Without the one who changed her ways
To love and faith, to scared and pain
I watch her as she shortly breaks down
Already gone, don’t know what to do now
Just want to cry right along
But I’m trying to be strong
For her and her pain
A change of life, part of the future
A friend full of pain will always remain
Categories:
change of life, death, friendship, lost love,
Form: