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Getting Old Poems - Poems about Getting Old

Getting Old Poems - Examples of all types of poems about getting old 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 getting old.
LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE VII
...LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE VII Fair Elle was an eely lover who squiggled beneath the covers ... She was hard to pin down! When I did it, she’d frown, then wouldn’t do none of my druthers! ......Read More
Categories: getting old, fun, funny, giggle, hilarious,
Form: Rhyme



A careful style of begging
... Some days we go there to beg: Ten kilometers for each leg. We aren’t greedy as we beg: Never asked Givers for egg! This week we’ll be there to beg, Our backs to their palm wine keg: A cha......Read More
Categories: getting old, absence, change, cry, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Got a Minute to Write
... Could I have written novels How about short stories... Perhaps non-fiction could have been my forte True adventures, riveting biographies... Really, I don't think so; I'm gett......Read More
Categories: getting old, books, humor, old, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Happy Summer Love
...Grab my glow sticks dig out my old whistle And my 1 and only white right hand silk glove And faded black and yellow smilly face t-shirt from the back of my cupboard And please take me back one ......Read More
Categories: getting old, age,
Form: Free verse
Like Romeo and Juliet
...Like Romeo and Juliet By Michelle Morris 21/11/2021 Like Romeo and Juliet, we were warned; Our love was like a fire and we'd get burned. Completely forbidden by our feuding families; Som......Read More
Categories: getting old, blessing, emotions, family, inspirational
Form: Lyric



Battling Depression
...Breath! This is getting old. How can I catch something I’ve never had? I can feel myself grow cold, Just pretend everything is okay, I’m not allowed to be sad. How can I catch something I’v......Read More
Categories: getting old, depression, time,
Form: Pantoum
Hand Me A Crape, Myrtle
...As the garden grows… This one is For Sythia Rose may not agree She’s the one who seems to think That “Everything’s for me!” Their beauty is so petty T......Read More
Categories: getting old, flower, fun, funny, garden,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When I am 80 years old
... I do not have any inkling for a topic of a poem to write on, When I am 80 years old, it will be a nice poem to say that I am old, With the lost muse, everything will be come on. When I am slow......Read More
Categories: getting old, old,
Form: Terzanelle
Premium Member A Time
...A Time I came to your home, to work with you thru the hard times ahead. I had no idea, that you would come to mean everything to me. I love the way you laugh, and tell jokes I have......Read More
Categories: getting old, absence, age, angel, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lonely Child
...Lonely child Dwelling under this roof that use to be bullet proof I sit out here lost home alone With visions of you that I carry when you were still at home I await daily to feel your love ov......Read More
Categories: getting old, absence, family, lonely, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Corner
...Hey you out there Life hasn't been fair I see you, This is something true On that street corner you stand Need a hand This corner is important at this point of time in your life. So much str......Read More
Categories: getting old, angel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hey you
...Hey you out there Life hasn't been fair I see you, This is something true On that street corner you stand Need a hand This corner is important at this point of time in your life. So much str......Read More
Categories: getting old, angel, april, bangla,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Am I Really a Poet
... Am I really a poet? I don’t know, maybe a would-be poet, not quite there yet? I keep writing what looks like poetry, at least to me. But then, it’s only my opinion, and what ......Read More
Categories: getting old, how i feel, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Love in a care home gone
...If the only thing after all is said and done I have left come that fateful day I am predestined to meet my end Is I get to fall into your arms upon my final long decent down As for all......Read More
Categories: getting old, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Foreshortened Perspective
... The years had been generous to him, more than he could have imagined. Many of his generation already had their names cleanly etched on headstones. Too much of anything is wasteful, anyway......Read More
Categories: getting old, life,
Form: Narrative

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