Best Old Fashioned Poems

there is a path leading to a journal of time, 
it reveals beauty within verses of fine rhyme- 
it shields her pain when she desires her lost love, 
and releases her sorrow like an ivory turtle dove. 

her quill meets her parchment and it lingers,...

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It’ll be an old fashioned Christmas,
with Santa due down the chute.
I bet he Purells his reindeer, 
and Lysols his hazmat suit.

It’s an old fashioned Christmas.
We’ll all have on our masks,
and our muffled yuletide carols,
will be just like seasons past.

We’ll observe all the guidelines.
We’ll eat six...

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What Happened To GOD’s Old Fashioned Women?

Women who were careful how they spoke and didn’t use
profanity to get their thoughts across.  Who loved their
husbands and children and their GOD.  

Stay at home mothers raising their children well and respected 
their husbands and worked...

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He poked the sleepy fire 
Then sat back in his chair
Removed his reading glasses 
Brushed back his cotton hair
A quick glance out the window 
Wishing for a reprieve
Hoping someone might drop by 
On this lonely Christmas Eve

He heard some people caroling 
Strains of "Oh Holy...

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In an old fashioned garden behind a stone wall
Hollyhocks and sunflowers growing so tall
Red rambling roses drape over a fence
Old fashioned flowers with colours intense.

Lupins and larkspur in lilac display
Buddleia blooming where butterflies play
Surrounding moonflower whose petals unfold
A bright splash of starburst, marsh marigold

Herbaceous borders,...

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The snow fell gently on a quiet street
Neighbors walked in without knocking
There was a feeling of joy in the air
As each child hung up their stocking

There was a coal fire in the heatrola
Which took a little while to start
O Come All Ye Faithful on the...

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With my heart wide open
I wait for you to appear.
I'm tired of being all alone
as I face another year.

I have a lot of love to give
I've stored up through the years.
Waiting for you to find me
and dry up all these tears.

I know somewhere there has...

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It’s an old-fashioned
Bell - a silver-tingling, it’s a-ringing
The choir’s singing
Their wrists a-swinging, up and down

It’s an old-fashioned
Carriage ride, abiding on the crunchy snow
Fresh and new
Flakes still falling, silently blowing

It’s an old-fashioned
Popcorn string, winding ‘round the pine
Some popped
Into cherub mouths, those kids grinning

It’s an old-fashioned
Reading of...

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Old-fashioned parloring. Dreaming
of friendship with tea and cakes.

Feathered fascinators, blooming hats,
all dressed like a bountiful bouquet.

Chatterbox of lovely talk, liveliness
in eyes and lips. Excitement of togetherness.

A cozy of ladies is the best. Dress us up,
kiss us with tasty treats and sips of chai.

Such is the...

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With  flair


Astaire ....

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We gather on the streets
Lining up in the cold
Waiting just to see them
Remembering days of old

The harnesses made of leather
Their bells are colored gold
Horses pull their carriages
And prance into our souls

Here come the Christmas carolers 
But Santa steals the show
As the children gather candy
Look how...

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An Old Fashioned Pastor...

I once had a pastor who preached 
on holiness and sin.
And preached on what it
 means to be born again.

He had a deep conviction and
 passion in his voice.
Whether you came next Sunday--
This was your choice!

His number one goal and deep ambition.
Was...

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Hard to tell with the movies these days

What's real and really what's not

It's totally amazing what they now can do

Yesteryear it was always the plot

For old guys like me it's hard keeping up

Changes are happening so rapidly

Thankfully though, my guru-like son

Helps me and quite happily

My...

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Love, love, the old fashioned way

With courtships that lasted more than a day

This new modern age of total free love

Has its appeal but missing the hugs

It's straight to the bedroom on the very first date

Never a thought of perhaps we should wait

Back in the day...

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I'm an old fashioned guy with old fashioned ways
Hard getting used to the fast pace of today
Need to take a breath
Eliminate the stress
By singing “Swanee River” as my hair turns grey!


© Jack Ellison 2016...

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