Best Grow Old Poems
Below are the all-time best Grow Old poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of grow old poems written by PoetrySoup members
Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow OldYou were beautiful,
my tiny child,
wrapped tightly in my arms,
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless,
you...
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Categories:
grow old, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
Form:
Narrative
October SkiesWe are apples growing on our parent's tree, planted by our grandparents from the apples of our great-grandparents ~ author
October skies still reflect in your...
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Categories:
grow old, age, anniversary, autumn, grandparents,
Form:
Lyric
Categories:
grow old, inspiration, life, love, relationship,
Form:
Romanticism
Wise Words To Ponderjust going to church every week ~ does not make you a better Christian
be grateful for everything that you have ~ because many have...
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Categories:
grow old, wisdom,
Form:
Monoku
This Song Is For My MotherThis song is for my mother
Let her hear me cry
I couldn’t bring myself to write it
‘Til this darkened day arrived
A song about old promises
Made...
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Categories:
grow old, angst, death, dedication, depression,
Form:
Ballad
Kiss Loneliness Goodbye Written By Tim Smith and SerenI sit here and ponder the days that have past
The many loves that I had, that just didn’t last.
One really sticks out, wish I had...
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Categories:
grow old, loneliness, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Words From the Heart - a Collaboration With Frederic ParkerThese words of love I give to you, my dear
to have comfort in the stillness of time
and meld two souls to keep love's wishes near
when...
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Categories:
grow old, beauty, emotions, love, passion,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Words From the Heart With Collaboration From Susan AshleyThese words of love I give to you, my dear
to have comfort in the stillness of time
and meld two souls to keep love's wishes near
when...
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Categories:
grow old, love, romance,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
No Blue HairNo blue hair or curls for me.
I’ll grow old naturally.
Hanging breasts and flattened bum,
crooked teeth and graying gum.
Sagging knees and chicken skin,
sunny spots and double...
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Categories:
grow old, age, beauty, funny, hair,
Form:
Rhyme
SoldierI saw a burial with a bugler playing taps;
I turned to my father, “what happened?” I asked.
He clutched my hand and with a quiver in...
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Categories:
grow old, death, father, inspirational, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
First LoveThe clouds were cumulus, which swept the sky above our field.
You and I were happy then. Beneath those clouds we reeled.
Oh, to be there once...
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Categories:
grow old, first love,
Form:
Rhyme
Life's StoriesHis eyes are dark, but, there's still a spark.
There are canyons in his face.
His lungs are gone and it won't be long,
'Till his heart...
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Categories:
grow old, journey, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Alana DulcitaOnce in a forest, a long time ago,
there dwelt a young maiden, bright, sweet and fair.
Flowers she wore in her long wavy hair,
and each day...
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Categories:
grow old, fantasygirl, old, sweet, water,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
ImmortalityTo live forever! Think how it might be!
Oh Fount of Youth more prized than all earth’s gold.
To be as ancient gods and not grow old!
To...
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Categories:
grow old, life,
Form:
Italian Sonnet
Life's Fading Light-Part 2-Heroic Crown of SonnetsAlone
For in the end it's just one soul that's passed.
Alone I'll lie in sod of greenest grass
to answer for the sins that I've amassed
at gates...
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Categories:
grow old, age, love,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets