Best Midlife Poems

On my way to work today, 
It struck me out of the blue,
There’re lots of things I haven’t done, 
There’re things I need to do,

I need to bungee jump from off a bridge, 
And leap right out of a plane,
I need to speed around in...

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P     aranoia permeates, etching itself into your fractured face,
A     cacophony of constant pressure; life remains a stressful race,
N     othing to hope for, no positives like promotion in the workplace,
I    ...

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A midlife challenge offered me its hand-
with careful thought, I took the challenge up.
This choice I made- some could not understand
why this endeavor would help fill my cup.

The cup of knowledge I was meant to fill-
to gather facts of which I never knew.
To read great...

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What is it?
Must we mark a calender,
and tell ourselves,
Okay, this is the midway point,
we’ve reached the summit.

From this point forward, 
we’re on a downhill slide, 
where the river’s bend
is transparent, purple turns
to gray, and summers char
your insides to ashes?

Do winters now
begin to freeze bones, 
crack...

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Midlife Blossoming ~ The Late 1970s

Age thirty-nine...kids, grown and out; 
   the empty nest, so stark and cold.
Two off to college, third, almost...
   glum days ahead can be foretold.

Just like a ghost town... home became,
   though hours at work...

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blind leading the blind of psychological holes in the plot
which tag to follow
can't tag the butcher
ignorance is bliss
as the game of life gets more complex the more we go
forgetting to keep it simple

A useful idiot
made out of my mistakes
ahead of myself
got sick trying to care
the...

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Upon reaching forty
and going
over the hill.

None of her dreams
had been fulfilled.

Malaise descended
on her like
fall in September.

Due to monotonous routines
from New Years'
to Decembers.

On the spur of the moment
longevity had it's wish.

She laid burdens down
for a 
small amount of bliss.

Some were frantic
wondering where
she had gone.

Twas learned a...

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Performing at a karaoke place,
he strode to the stage, such a mammal; oh!
That song he sang! Its words I can't erase:
" I want to f*ck you like an animal."
A pervert he and everything that's base,
yet strangely, I was feeling flammable.
He ambled off onto his girlfriend's...

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As youth flows out with middle age,
I find it hard to turn the page.
Life deals the cards and calls our name.
We ante up, or leave the game.

Working, saving, spending, craving

If success is measured by the things we own
By glorious deeds so widely known,
Then I must...

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Words perched on the tip
of the tongue not forthcoming
very frustrating......

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It's raining and the sun has returned home
although I am by myself, yet I am not alone
mind engages intellect, with time to consider
how this heart of mine, has grown so bitter

Not long ago, reflections of the past were a delight
then in a brief moment, my...

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Midlife Crisis, or so they say
They call it this when grown men play

They buy shiny cars and fly in planes
They chase young women to dull their pangs

They hang in packs and tell their lies
And find no truth in empty eyes

They take great voyages to find...

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Stuck in the middle
of one thing and another
I wait for something 
but nothing begins
I start it going
a crisis of my own
I like kids music
and pop TV
It's middle ground
between birth and death
Finally midlife comes to me...

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Midlife crisis

Is this just 
A midlife crisis
Or am I doing
 what I like
for I just went
and purchased myself
a  brand  new motorbike

is this just 
a midlife crisis
or am I just insane
for just last week
I went and jumped
Out of an aeroplane

Is this just 
A midlife...

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Life is a whirlpool
It drives you to the bottom no matter how hard your try to get away.
Life is a thunderstorm
It weighs you down and strikes down the proud.
Life is a blizzard
It is freezing cold and eventually buries you.
Life is a desert
It burns and offers...

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