Best Long In The Tooth Poems

I went to the Dentist to pull a tooth
And patiently sat in the waiting booth.
All the kids stared at my giant bucktooth;
Needless to say they...

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He was told, "Yes, you have grounds for divorce!"
His new lawyer, said, "We will win...of course!"
A pretty 'filly' back then
But his love faded just when...
She...

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I believe we are all family....
  and golden
  and our souls (are One)
  with starlight

I believe in the love in your eyes(all)
...

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There once was a man from Duluth
whose habit was spinning the truth.
He had told the same tale
(every day without fail;
'twas getting quite long in the...

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There once was a man from Duluth
who grew very long in the tooth
he lost all his hair
but he still had a pair
that randy old man...

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When young men meet with
inexplicably sudden and biting ends,
     not the whitewashed passing of those long in the tooth,
  ...

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Here lie a dentist and his wife.
Long in the tooth they left this life.
Young Smith inherits in the will
Some gold crowns and a dental drill!


13/09/18


'...

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On a wooded path next to the sea
Three strong ropes dangled from a tall tree.
     They were hung there for swinging
...

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Been retired for over three years now
I've finally accepted this role
As a senior citizen sent out to pasture
Not good for this once active soul

Poetry has...

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When the guest are gone and the weather get's hot.
Face it with drink and  hits the spot.
Do you want to be married or do...

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Twenty-twenty is its new name
For this fast action cricket game
Now, set to find world-wide acclaim-
An evening sport of my youth
Re-packaged..but really long -in-the-tooth

NOTE:Twenty overs a...

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I remember when I was young and fair
Slim long legs and soft black hair
My winsome smile and dark green eyes
Caused many a suitor to agonize
When...

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repost inspired by Phil contest

IT'S NOT CRICKET

Twenty-twenty is its new name
For this fast action cricket game
Now, set to find world-wide acclaim-
An evening sport of my...

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              "Reaping What You Sow!"
       ...

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Alas, I am still here but you are gone,
  verily so all things must pass old friend;
true the proud breast filled and white his...

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As gently, she drifts through the darkness
Waiflike, she flows on the breeze
Her eyes never resting on anyones
Appearing to all Ill at ease

She wades in the...

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“The Big Blues and Baptismal Alice”



In the land of the dirty politician
Steely resolve was borne bidding
farewell to thinly veiled conceit and division
that particular brand of...

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No body wants to hear it,
See it, feel it or be near it.
Even the picture of an aborted fetus;
Where would that reality lead us?

But what...

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Speak the words of truth
Till you are long in the tooth
Look them in the eye
And tell them no lie
A friend will know
When a tell does...

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No Nursing Home For Them

By Elton Camp

Joe is gray and seventy-five
Meg’s also old but still alive

Their Harley they still love to ride
Being old farts they...

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Son of a legend, and the greatest of Danes,
A towering keeper with success in his veins,
From a boy at United he’s developed and grown,
And now...

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Your eyes are too dodgey
Your hearing is shot
Your body just ain't got
The means to stay hot
Your back's herniated
You can't bend when you dress
To tie your...

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Well my friend, with your back to the wall
Unlike me who do you have to call
When you lie with the snakes in the grass
Times will...

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Through life's pain and bliss
I still have to eat, drink, poop, and piss
Sunshine or showers
Wilting or blooming flowers
I still have to eat, drink, poop, and...

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Long in the tooth
eyes growing dim
in the age of my life 
Shadows creep in
between all work 
no time to play

Consumed by your game
in snatched wisdom
playing...

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