Best Olds Poems
Ode To Sharon Olds
Dear Sharon, I see no end
To the rant of an educated mind
Once the pen is moving. I've seen A students
Butcher my writing. I remember the Fall
Of 2009, the poetry workshop at Stony Brook University,
The hipsters and emotional braggers
Eying my work and telling me what it was about
While the smirk on my face concealed
The howls...
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Categories:
olds, dedication, school, thank youme,
Form:
Free verse
Frisky As Two-Year-Olds
*Image of Conhece-te a ti mesmo (Know thyself) by Pinterest.
Frisky as Two-Year-Olds
HIM: Anything unputdownable?
HER: Yes, and you?
HIM: Lucky, we're here, we'll continue indoors ... and leave the book!
HER: Don't forget the kids, I'll carry Puddy-Tat upstairs ...
HIM: I'll persuade Pup-Tart outside.
HER: Meet you at the rendezvous!
2022 July 25
*3rd Place*
Short verse inspired by pictures
~~Lisa YY: Judged...
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Categories:
olds, inspiration, love,
Form:
Free verse
Russian Children's Verse Contest For Five Year Olds
RUSSIAN CHILDREN’S VERSE CONTEST ( FOR FIVE YEAR OLDS )
Oh, Ivan Ivanovich, your eyes are so blue and beautiful
And your mom is really cool and wonderful
If you want to come to my party Saturday
We can talk for ages and maybe even play
I’m writing this poem for you cos...
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Categories:
olds, satire, cousin,
Form:
Couplet
A One Year Olds Shoes
I lined them up there on the floor
One pair, two pair, three pair, more
Black and brown, white and pink
You can’t have too many shoes I think
Tennis shoes for running round
Dress shoes for a trip downtown
Sandals to show off my toes
And that is just a few of those
Some are flats, some little heels
I love the way...
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Categories:
olds, daughter, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Two Year Olds
There is nothing like two year olds
They are like robots, only repeating what they are told
we are often in awe of some of their sayings
some of their words stop us from turning pages
they jump, play and just run wild
we look at them with wonder and smile
they came from us, but we ask whose child?...
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Categories:
olds, childhood, funny, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
What You Say - For 15-Year-Olds
You tell me that I can't go out
or walk around alone,
'Cause 15 isn't old enough
to keep up on my own.
You say that judging character
is something that you learned,
But guess what? My respect
is something that is earned.
They say that being 15
is the hardest age to be,
Not quite a woman, or a girl,
but caught right in between.
So...
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Categories:
olds, angst, family, life, teen,
Form:
Quatrain
Ninety-Year-Olds Privilege
Untold laughter shaking her loudly
Diabolical and ruthless
Ninety-year-old’s privilege
Fooling almost no one
Delighting her cat
Smirking with mirth
Partner in
Friendship
Crime...
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Categories:
olds, age, giggle, happiness, joy,
Form:
Diminished Hexaverse
We Hid In the Cottonwood Tree
We hid in the cottonwood tree’s magic treehouse.
Spying on our neighbors.
Laughter rang out occasionally from the windows of some of their houses.
We clutched our stomachs and laughed.
Mr. Pete gave his wife a big hug at their house.
We all went, Oh, yucky!
We were eleven, and loved the height of our tree mansion.
Feeling like detectives, or FBI...
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Categories:
olds, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form:
Free verse
For 7 Yr Olds
Limericks
There once was a small rabbit from Siam,
Who always proclaimed, “I think I can”,
In time he did grow as white as the snow,
Now he gives auditions on the tram!
There was a smart fox with ginger fur,
Who was happy and started to purr,
No one could catch him,
No trap with a latched trim,
He outsmarted them each time...
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Categories:
olds, 2nd grade,
Form:
Limerick
Six Year Olds Prayer
A SIX YEAR OLDS PRAYER.
Dear God do you know who I am.
I am possibly your biggest and youngest fan.
I am not that old and I’m only six.
I know with you anything can be fixed.
This year has been hard so my parents have said.
Mom and Dad cry cause there is not enough food to be fed.
My...
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Categories:
olds, childhood, faith, family, hope,
Form:
Monorhyme
The Olds
All what old women own
for old men is well-known.
Volodymyr Knyr
2017...
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Categories:
olds, age, body, men, old,
Form:
Couplet
Acting Like Three Year Olds
Elmont was a good father
Children never a bother
Having two daughters years after he wed
Everything well planned not much debt
Rose and Susie were their names
Beautiful flowers blooming in a family picture frame
There was an incident long ago
With these two lovely does
When the red head got mad one time...
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Categories:
olds, age, day, holiday, horse,
Form:
Rhyme
Three Year Olds Thoughts: Merrymaking
Bright sun, puffy clouds , pinky fluffy candy floss,
Rolling on the fields lined with grassy, grassy green moss....
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Categories:
olds, cheer up, child,
Form:
Couplet
But They Dare Not Pull Gender-Bender Books For 8-Year-Olds
Removing the planes that hit the towers ~ censors no longer cower...
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Categories:
olds, identity, irony,
Form:
Monoku
Two Eight Year-Olds
Prince George is there at Wimbledon,
Between his folks, first row.
They’re sitting in the Royal Box
With hours left to go.
In suit and tie, though 8 years old,
He’s very well behaved,
Remaining quite expressionless
While both his parents waved.
I’m watching from the living room,
My grandson, 8, close by.
He paid attention for a while
In shorts and tee (no tie).
He’s...
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Categories:
olds, grandson, sports,
Form:
Rhyme