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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
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GETTING OLD TO FAST
GETTING OLD TO FAST My life is going by so fast Sometimes I'm forgetting a lot about my past I do have lots of concerns Maybe because of all my nerves Sometimes I look back on when I was twenty-one A...
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Tony Speranza
Categories:
getting old,
age, feelings, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Getting Old
It’s easy to feel old when you get older, little things like aches that linger, work days that feel done after just a few hours, sleep that feels done well before the sun will rise, but being around my 3...
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James Moore
Categories:
getting old,
age, grandchild, grandfather, relationship,
Form:
Narrative
The Fear of Getting Old
Oh old weed Thy feet weathered Like that of a tree Like a child Always carried Thy beauty left behind Trembling feet What a painful joy Scattered teeth Grandchild taking thy as fun Knoweth not that...
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George Ojuku Momoh
Categories:
getting old,
anger, animal, assonance, beach,
Form:
Villanelle
Getting Old
Getting Old I used to look so young and slim I could wear anything I chose now I buy from tent shops it's the only way to get clothes I can't rise without a noise the ground feels so far away my...
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Helen Roberts
Categories:
getting old,
age, body, change, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
When You Are Getting Old
When you are getting old grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, picking up this book, And slowly reading, dreaming of the soft look Your eyes had once, of their shadows deep; Many of loved moments...
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Yvonne Livingstone Kania
Categories:
getting old,
dream, love, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
I Am Getting Old
I am getting old Old of these days A repeated pattern of emotions and feelings These can't stop ending The tear filled nights The lonely mornings The lost hours Lost in thinking I am getting old...
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Dania Punjani
Categories:
getting old,
10th grade, addiction, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
On Getting Old
My mother played solitaire, Dozens of varieties, With a miniature deck of cards That traveled with her When she visited her children. She lived with me, but She couldn’t hear well And smoked a LOT, so She stayed in her room...
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Barbara Peckham
Categories:
getting old,
age, analogy, family, parents,
Form:
Free verse
Am Getting Old
Am getting old yet heart’s aglow Bliss thunder throbs within Way of life, tranquil stillness slow Wrinkles adorn my skin Mind not life scars and pain Now, no bondage, no chain As wisdom, I ingrain My hands feel cold Am getting old 14-January-2022 Quietus ...
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©
Unseeking Seeker
Categories:
getting old,
age,
Form:
Rhyme
Getting Old Is Fun Not Funny
I cannot wait to drive a sports car I thought! Now I have a red one, it took me awhile. Guys race to see what I look like. From the back I am sure I look young and...
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Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
getting old,
age,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Getting Old Is Getting Old
I've grown a bit slower, I've grown a bit fatter, my mission each hour: relieving my bladder. When I was a youngster, I had no idea old coots who eat fruits will just get...
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©
John Watt
Categories:
getting old,
age, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Getting Old Together
Getting old together There is an unspoken acceptance you share in silence No need to be entertaining you are boring if you tell the same story twice. Yet, you do. They say there is much to learn from soap...
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©
Jan Hansen
Categories:
getting old,
death, faith, family,
Form:
Blank verse
I'M Afraid of Getting Old
I'm afraid of getting old When my body will be so weak and won't be able to resist what it's resisting as of my youth I'm afraid of getting old When my movement will be restricted...
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Ojo Opeyemi Victor
Categories:
getting old,
age, old,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Getting Old
Getting old Reading the papers this morning was a sad affair, so many of the famous stars of yesteryear had succumbed to old age. They were as I´m in their eighties and I felt their death as a sting in...
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©
Jan Oskar Hansen
Categories:
getting old,
best friend, celebration, growing
Form:
Blank verse
Getting Old
Getting Old Getting old sucks, and it's plain to see Mother Nature's having fun tormenting me. Sitting in a chair enjoying a snack, I start to get up, and there goes my back. Sitting on my porch, watching the world...
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James Micules
Categories:
getting old,
humor,
Form:
Couplet
Behind a Window Made of Glass
It is said life is one big circle which begins with our first breath the circle then completes itself the moment of our death Many of us begin our circle…when but a little time has passed in a...
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Jim Yerman
Categories:
getting old,
age,
Form:
Verse
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