Best Old Poetry

The Life Is …

The Life Is …
When I was young, there was no pain,
The only pain was to complain.
When I was young, I did not care,
Just as long as my love was there.
When I was young, my life was great.
But I was there a bit...

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My name is Gary Fields
And I am at the Poetry Convention
Their are a myriad of Poet's
They are all in contention
There are so many that I may
Want to mention'
So, pay attention
Fore they must do this
In abstention

At my table there are three
Their are four including me

The second...

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Not Today

When memories begin to fade
when I break promises I’ve made
and life no longer seems so gay
I shall be old, but not today.

For I have children I must hold
and many stories to be told
and much to see along the way.
I shall be old, but not...

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Younger wanting to be older
Older wanting to be young
Child wishing to be bigger
Bigger wishing to be thinner

Teen wanting a clearer face
Clearer face wanting a better body
People lamenting bad hair days
Bad hair days replaced with no hair days. . .

We diss what we have
Wish for what...

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Your love is thin
  it has no flesh
its a pretty face
  with no consequence,

so I tell myself
  go without the water
by summer the malt 
  will be in order
your love is thin....

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If we  senesce
                     in plain sight,
                  ...

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For many people outside the Myanmar poetry, it may come as a surprise that there is such a thing as language-oriented poetry contemporary poetry scene in Myanmar. The Poetry of the bourgeoisie and the "art for the people" left-wing poetry.
I feel like I have to...

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12/22/14



Props to the original Baggins
And his bravery towards the dragons
While he could've stayed behind with the wagons


Just a hobbit and quite the comic
But he should've watched it
And use all logic
Before trying to put on the ring inside of his pocket
Because another was unfortunate and lost...

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Heart o Silver, doth thou dither?
About the stars, or planets blither?
O grateful gods, become so weary,
Heart o silver, hast left thee teary.
Glaciated by wind and storm,
Nevermore, thy heart be warm....

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A stony path,
A little stone bridge,
A place full of history,
To feel the spirit of the ancient times,
Just to have a look on the antique lifestyle!
***
A stone masterpiece has crossed the centuries
A stone art piece is now proof of the savoir-faire of past
A stone bridge, a...

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A day of sadness a day of upset
My son another job, he did not get
Useless I felt there was nothing I could do
Impotent in all I could say and do.

My heart wrung for this son of mine
He had been used and abused in work for...

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Winter leaves 
And falling rain,
Darkness; wounds 
And growing pain.
"You used to say
That I was your inspiration...
From writing,
You could not refrain."

"There was a light in your eyes"
She said: "Now, your eyes are cold,
There's no more warmth in your hands;
You're getting awfully old!"

Winter leaves 
And falling rain,
Darkness;...

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I just started reading
or should I say re-reading
a book by the late, great poet
Kenneth Koch.

It's called "I Never Told Anybody"
and it's all about teaching poetry 
in a nursing home.
It's really good.

One of the poets who really shone
at the American Nursing Home
was a man named William...

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7/11/15

Go ahead laugh and cry
And if you'd like to ask me why

Don't let time pass you by
You have to try
Regardless of if you want the whole thing or less than half the pie
Remember you can't go back in time...

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Tranquil looking visages

Of trio in sepia,

Will remain forever .

-Ism...

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