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Elderly Poems - Poems about Elderly

Elderly Poems - Examples of all types of poems about elderly to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for elderly.
Premium Member Wobbly Legs
... When I was younger and thought of old age Thought we all became senile at this elderly stage It appears I was wrong, I can still go potty And able to dress this tired old body Try......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, age,
Form: Double Dactyl



Premium Member gilded
...This happened last Fall, during Thanksgiving break. Lisa and I were at the MET (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), with her family, at an exhibit of Art Deco sculpture. Lisa and I came out of a gall......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, art, dad, daughter, fashion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member WANNABE ACE ROTHSTEIN THE CARNIVAL BOSS
...YOU CLAIM TO BE ACE ROTHSTEIN A BOSS COMMITING HIEST ON DISABLED ELDERLY PERSONS BREAKING INTO MOBLE HOME GOLF CARTS AND MEDICATION BOXES RETRIEVING ANTIDEPRESSANTS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDIC......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, freedom, remembrance day, spoken
Form: Free verse
Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 2
...Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo. CHIYO-NI POEMS ABOUT WOMEN AND DESIRE How alarmin......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, desire, flower, mother son,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Magdalen Christmas Eve Mass 1984
...Busy time very frustrating watching my husband and ciro gargano go over the blue prints over and over again during the 1984 elections for lake county Daniel Furlan Bobby Thompson Ernest Fishe......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, america, christmas, city, evil,
Form: Free verse



Almighty God’s Son
...He visited Simon's mother-in-law, who had a fever. Did he do so because she was kin of his disciple? The elderly needed care. He knew this as a healer. Wasn't their psyche more than their physique......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Mountebank
... Written: April 25, 2024 For Edward Ibeh Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Young souls stalked by predators at night, They aim to inflict chaos upon an elfin si......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, analogy, bereavement, future,
Form: Rhyme
the last viking
...The Last Viking There had been a storm, that uprooted  an old oak that exposed a gave the grave of the last Viking, a rusty  sword beside him its grip was made  fallen stars, he had been a chief......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, adventure, deep,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Charleston Merman
...We were vacationing in the state of palm trees and seashore in September's mild loveliness. Me, a sexagenarian widow, hobbled by arthritis in my knees. As my family enjoyed the surf, I sat cont......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member wooden spoon worn smooth
...wooden spoon worn smooth calloused hands’ enduring tool sleeps in a drawer......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, age, metaphor, remember,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member SPECIAL AGENT ALAN KING FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS
...YOU ARRIVED ON CUE I SUPPOSE RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS DAY ARSONS MURDERS PROCLAIMING MY LIFE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ARSON MURDER 8 ELDERLY PERSONS PARISHES PROCLAIMED MY EX HUSBA......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, chicago, city, i love
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Aftermath of Flood
... Damaging winds whip and slash, whirling wild, drenching rain, Roads decimated come to standstill, as gushing floods reign, Inundating swollen terrains, roiling deluge of a tenebrous day, As tree......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, grief, natural disasters,
Form: Rhyme
IT WAS CALLED SENILE
...Many decades ago, You would rarely here Anything about or see An elderly person Act up, they use to Call it senile but this day And time, it is hard to believe That so many people have come ......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, education, food, how i
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Two Things at Once
...Like a typical elderly woman or man, I play back the scenes of my life in my mind’s eye - To yesterday and today from the time love began. At successes I smile, and at failures I sigh. It see......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, age, love,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member That Sound
...It’s a sound that can’t be spelt A sound not uttered by the svelte A sound like when your grandpa knelt It’s worse with every year you’re dealt A sound made rising from a chair When pulling u......Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, age, pain,
Form: Rhyme

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