Elders Poems - Poems about Elders

A long time ago when our first grandson was young - I think around the age five or six - there was a phone call we made to him to say hello and talk with him for kicks. We'd tried to make it short because of his attention span. He’s a kid who later became a not-too chatty young man! I...

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I cry for the boys who just need to be left to be themselves To play and explore, take risks and learn the hard way With peers, and fathers and grandfathers Getting the role models they need and deserve From actual males and not the nurturing females Who are now head of almost half of all households And more than three...

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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 pierce this storm Waves hold no favor The fish were hungry All that will take must give back I smile, winter feast Fat fish make good food No one...

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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. ...

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THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IT WAS AN HONOUR TO SPEND TIME WITH MY GRANDPARNETS, TO LISTEN TO THE MANY STORIES THAT THEY HAD TO TELL ALWAYS WITH AWE AND AMAZEMENT. BUT AS I HAVE BECOME A SENIOR MYSELF AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH MY AGING MOTHER, I LOOK AROUND ME AND I AM...

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Berqueeta decides to sage evil from the wind She is warned by her elders it has not been done Because people did not believe, she informs them Chanting her love song into the wind, she changes its direction It ebbs and flows, finally landing at her feet, begging forgiveness Belief is everything, she tells the astonished elementals who witnessed it...

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Like a mage fight they pray, Using different spells watch closely to what they say, Some using pictures to chant at your achievements, Some saying I wish you to fail can you believe this, The children said truce but the men were too far along, Just like the Bible said too much evil they be gone, I know I asked for...

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Elder's wrinkles--antique lace, Taking selfies is a disgrace, We're the sperm who won the race, Staying positive is a grace, Now put a smile on your face!...

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I chose to be an evangelist At my own cost, three years now In this land South of the equator Anti-biblical things pass for therapy A couple had trouble being honest To many silly secrets, even church visits Caused weekly disagreements They sought help from their church elder Long story short: Elder D tried to separate, isolate, "purify" the couple In church, at home,...

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I wonder if there are Elders wise or more perennially surprised who, looking back at their youth, regret all their erotic time invested in having peak experiential sex, And wish they had, instead, done something, most anything, more left brain dominant, more theoretically politically correct, more economically prominent. I so hope not. Better off, I feel sure, invested in abundant splatters of messy, sometimes musical, health Than overly divested away from EarthTribe's...

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Excerpts from the compilation: “Prayer” 6: Time for our Elders I wish that we take Time for our Elders, Even before some of them slowly slip away. And that we can forgive and let go Of some of the ineffective, inappropriate and unsuitable Beliefs and lessons that they received And passed on to us. And that we can understand That they need...

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OH THAT COLOURFUL DESIGN… That colourfully designed paper that can make one insane… Crazily sought after by young and old, Humans live on it till they die Always throwing men into mayhem. Preferred above nature Preferred above love Preferred above the beings Even above the universe. Religious houses,homes,society are in trouble, Can make you powerful with it And hopeless without it. A scarce tool which everyone...

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Curious, isn’t it? Tentatively pacing Down this narrow path When what solely surrounds you Is without form And shapeless Yet such an environment Can only be gradually forged With each grand step taken On this very trail Often you meet with A harsh fork in the route And feel yourself unnerved By knowing you can only choose But one side to follow You may rest assured, however, As those...

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In the circle of life it is vital we peacefully co-exist…which means our children and our elders should never be dismissed. Children, who are at the beginning of life, and elders, who are nearing the end are equally important and come with their own dividends. Our children remind us there is wonder and hope…around every corner…around every...

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