Elders Poems - Poems about Elders

...Job was exceedingly blessed by God Blessings that could not escape The envy of the satanic one Cause anything close to God receives attacks God watched over him constantly He gave him light as......Read the rest...

...Born to a land unspoiled and free The mighty sequoia was on the ascendancy Ancient elders stood erect and proud Free from threats to pierce a cloud Out of nowhere came a destructive presence L......Read the rest...

...Atomic bombs are dropped on babies Humanity is thrown out of the door Humanity is dead. Humanity is no more There are too many aggressive and demoniac atrocities Wars are heartless, bestial, peri......Read the rest...

...as the political landscape changes and new blood shows up the flaws inherent in the collective psyche so my ingrained prejudices bubbled to the surface harming my interaction with my fellow man ......Read the rest...

...In a land where kings once ruled, a new voice emerges at dawn. It's a quiet call, but clear, a reminder of a duty reborn. A young person hears the echo on sacred ground, whispering stories. No lon......Read the rest...

...Voices in the field, They summon us from our abodes, Is it hell’s road? We take gentle and fearful steps to see what summons. The wind sighs and sings, The wheats dance to its rhythm, No on......Read the rest...

...My eyes were clear Despite the gray skies. We were to go to the temple today. I was to meet the rabbis and Jewish elders. To what end I don’t know. I implore love with every pathway. My Mothe......Read the rest...

...Inked Confession Innocence stolen Defending my elders extremism Fields of olives, roots never sowed by me Dagger dripping red Inch by inch the watermelons are mine Dancing in glee, I bury......Read the rest...

... Flowers under your feet, wander.. Age biological, wrinkled fleeting, mirroring, perplexing ......Read the rest...

...The young smile behind ice cream cones crying when they skin a knee. The elders puff up behind fine machines imploding when life has broken into pieces. Tranquility lies somewhere in between ......Read the rest...

...They sit around the table and a few will shed a tear Thinking about the kinfolk who are no longer here. The photos on the mantle are fading quickly with time, Just like all the m......Read the rest...

...Age cuts like a knife Wrinkled hands can't work forever The young need space soon I walk out of sight As a blizzard closes in My memory stays warm The night feels so cold Stars cannot pi......Read the rest...

...The ocean is a wild beast that I approach cautiously. I submit to its undertow. It makes me laugh expansively. I dive in, never turn my back, never quite relaxing. It wants to rush at me, my ir......Read the rest...

... Today I’m thankful for the wisdom of our elders… We should thank them ever day… while remembering: their wisdom does us no good unless we heed the words they say. ......Read the rest...

...It’s funny when we’re young and we think we know it all we don’t always listen to what our elders have to say… Often we don’t realize they gave us good advice…until we’re old and gray. And when ......Read the rest...