Best Seniors Poems

Got an ice cream cone in one hand
While typing with the other
Why does ice cream make us seniors
Keep on begging for another!

Isn't ice cream only for kiddies?
Wow! That's surely not the case
Seen old folks down a chocolate sundae
Beg for more with a messy face!

Maybe it...

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SENIORS OLYMPICS

Images of fearsomely fit youth everywhere,
healthy people, all bronzed, featured
by the second, on screens and public spaces : 
fit and flash, but always  young, Olympians.

I protest, for we seniors are just as sporty;
we recycle daily, suffer running noses;
fallen archery’s no problem at all...

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debt ceiling
raised

seniors, 
their children
and grandchildren
joyfully 
jumped--
touched ceilings
in homes




*Septolet contest...

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Monsters all around yet it's only Friday.
A ghoul or two were my expectations but to my surprise they had imagination.
A ghoul there were none but Waldo a many.
Halloween isn't for another two days.
I wonder how many I'll see on Sunday.
Tall and scary, short and funny?
There...

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I have another piece that's too long for here - so it's in "Short Storries."

It's called "Seniors" - about a High School graduation party

I know I could take things out - but then it's not what I wanted to say *shrug*

Here's the link
URL:  https://www.poetrysoup.com/short_stories/seniors_9476

I...

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seniors
eighteen, eighty
graduate, retiree
pursuing opportunities
seekers


February 10, 2020
Contest: Modern or Traditional Cinquain
Sponsor: William Kekaula...

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Speed dating if you're a senior , can be an ordeal.
But it would be so nice to have someone to share a meal.
So we get gussied up and head for the venue
and wait for the first gentleman to come into view.

And the first to sit...

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I like senior citizens
They know what I do
We sing words to our songs
And the ‘F’ word is few

When talking about history
Youth think ‘King’ is a rank
Mention Kennedy’s death
Their faces go blank

Teens dance as ‘tho injured
Having spasms suggestive
Missing the closeness
Of waltz - ever festive

Their ears carry...

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As they say, there goes the neighbourhood
A nefarious group of seniors, up to no good
Swearing and cursing
Belching and coercing
Causing distress for all the young girliehood...

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Gerry Coombes and April Showers have their families in a spin,
being ninety-two and eighty-nine; planned their new life to begin.
They’ve announced they’re getting married before they get too old,
and of course there is resistance, but they won’t put the day on hold.

And Old Gerry laid...

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Goodbye is always not easy to say
Especially when someone is going away
Today finally the day arrives
When we split apart
In the directions of our choice

From being together 
In every obstacle
To establishing a friendship
Which is loveable
We created a lot of memories
Which will be the remedies
In the life's...

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Golden years in time of summer and autumn;
gilt leaves turn into their color artwork.
The cool ushers the night's drawing in warm fires.
Days smile at withered scarlet blossom wreaths.
Dreary days bring them here both together;
since children, brothers not in blood, but in bond.
They sit warm on...

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Friday Night Check-ins


The days have been calm and collected.
The guests have been happy, content.
The weekday staff scurry out from the hotel
To avoid the upcoming event.

Weekend receptionists tremble
As the Friday night check-ins approach,
Fearing the tsunami of wrinklies
On their three-day excursions-by-coach.

The first vehicle’s brakes squeal their warning
As...

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Who Cares?

Who cares…
When loved ones with dementia go missing and resources caregivers lack
When the poor are given a handout, not a helping hand to get on track
When lying scammers and telemarketers, seniors cannot hold back 
And one bad decision results in suicide or homicide following...

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Once I was young, 
now I'm an oldie;
Once I was shiny, 
now I'm all moldy....

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