Best Getting Old Poems
Below are the all-time best Getting Old poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of getting old poems written by PoetrySoup members
Getting Old Is Getting OldI've grown a bit slower, I've grown a bit fatter,
my mission each hour: relieving my bladder.
When I was a youngster, I had no...
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Categories:
getting old, age, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Monoku QuotesDon't dwell on what could have been, better it is to dwell on what can be...
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Never give up trying, or your life book will...
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Categories:
getting old, wisdom,
Form:
Monoku
Categories:
getting old, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
A Man Under Stress, a Collaboration With Francis CrastoMy appreciation Francis Crasto for allowing me to collaborate with you as your 'psychiatrist' on ‘A MAN UNDER STRESS’- A great sequel to your recent...
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Categories:
getting old, humor, rap, stress,
Form:
Rhyme
This Buds For You-This buds for you!-
-It takes one to know one!-
-I know you are, but what am I?-
A second hand, on my stopwatch, going nowhere!
You are a...
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Categories:
getting old, abuse, addiction, anger, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
DiamondsDiamonds
We all have so many diamonds that we own,
but we think of them as glass or bits of stone.
We often sell them as cheap pieces...
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Categories:
getting old, age, allusion,
Form:
Rubaiyat
A Summer Snowstorm ColdAs I was sitting in my rowboat...at a pond at Martha's Vineyard
I was fishing with my headphones on...listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd
Suddenly, a chilling wind...my...
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Categories:
getting old, seasons,
Form:
Rhyme
The Letter"Dear Time"
Thank you for being patient,
Thank you for understanding I'm human, after all.
Forgive me for all the mischievous prank calls.
Much of what I...
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Categories:
getting old, beauty, body, faith, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Genetically Modified AmericaI want to be paid in Silver.
I wish to be paid in Gold.
Understand our fiat Dollars,
Are not being backed by Gold
I don't want your Vaccines.
I...
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Categories:
getting old, addiction, anger, freedom, money,
Form:
Rhyme
Growing Old and BrittleTo wake up with the rising sun
Wishing me old bones stay in bed
No longer do I feel to run
Life is all but over and done
I...
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Categories:
getting old, age, growth, imagination, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
My Own WayAlong this season’s mid quarter-time,
I find myself wandering between
The raw of night’s wanton pleasure
And the sacredness from morn awakened:
Late evenings replay a dancing...
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Categories:
getting old, adventure, life, self,
Form:
Free verse
I'M Just Getting StartedBorn in Madrid, in fifty nine,
A military Kid, 3rd of 7 in the assembly line;
They named me Michael, but I answer to Wedge,
A Master Sergeant’s...
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Categories:
getting old, age, career, children, family,
Form:
Rhyme
Rub a Dub DubJEANIEMAC
Rub a dub dub two in a tub.
Where did the soap go?
He lay back flat
Right on his back.
While she fiddled about below.
TIM SMITH
Rub a dub...
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Categories:
getting old, basketball, beauty, friendship,
Form:
Limerick
The Women of the SoupThe women of the soup have been attacked again this morning
the King is on his soapbox, with profanity and warnings
His credibility is gone as he...
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Categories:
getting old, anti bullying,
Form:
Rhyme
Hand Me a Crepe, MyrtleAs the garden grows…
This one is For Sythia
Rose may not agree
She’s the one who...
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Categories:
getting old, flower, fun, funny, garden,
Form:
Rhyme