Best Second Childhood Poems

Hold the trod, limit the space
The offspring's of Tuareg Cowhead cut my heels
The breaks on the hind been slammed
I break to a halt, he breaks...

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befuddled bewildered,
memory muddled;
perplexed then puzzled
as clarity contracts
and cataracts...

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Marriage is like your childhood
And learning to tie your shoe
Your wife is like your mother 
Telling you what to do

She picks out your clothes every...

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Mr. Franklin "coined" that old saw, "A penny saved is a penny earned!"
I mused upon that fabled adage and for the olden days I yearned.
Then,...

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You tell me what to do,
You tell me who to be,
You tell me all the things to feed you ego and delete me.

You tell me...

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I. Lyric Written in 1958 at Age Eight
Sung with Friends on the Schoolyard 
to the tune of "Curiosity Killed the Cat" 
from Peeping Penguins (1937)

There's...

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Weighted now with ancient mystery
she stands among serenity 
in full bloom of twilight's sigh
with abundant bouquets
of wild sage and thyme 
that makes aging
possibly
worth the
wait

nights
weighted
with dead...

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Early in the morning, I dutifully sat down, as Dragon thoughts began to swirl.
I was entering my Utopia, as Dragon from around my legs did...

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Brand new stadium dome
Buzz of sporty flings;
Grass from a nightmare

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Watch TV celebrity
Poignant role-play moment;
Crisis survivor

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So much to say
Time lapse photography;
Sweet honey rhymes

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Sensorial feel
Disturbing nightmare;
Sudden awakening

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Seek...

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Believing in Santa 

By Joeysguy

At home it was just my mother and me
When I was a child we had a Christmas tree

That tree was about...

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Twenty eight years and still when I wake
It is my new day he always does make
A cup of coffee he has set there for me
He...

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Where have those years gone?
In ninth decade when I brood,
They’re here on their own—
As my life’s second childhood—
In memories all marooned!

Wish I’d not grown up,
There...

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I was in grade school, we did something rare		
Dad took the family to the Texas State Fair			
On display was GMC’s first Corvette				
Someday I said, that’s...

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Inevitable happenings
Old age ushers
All sorts of pain


Awkward movement
Cloudy second childhood
Forgetfulness


Body in decline
Constipated feelings
Too much flatulence


Out of shape torso
Awkward motor response
Cracks and flaws unmask


Fear insinuates
Rigid obstinate...

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In time we forget
All things end, even memory

Start with a child's mind
Too soon curtains fall
On vivid knowing,
Second childhood ushers

Passage through dry woods
Nothing stays the same,
Such...

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