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Graying Poems

Graying of the Artist

time frosted the eyes
put buck shot to his voice box
they still came in flocks

the stage grows smaller
into yesterday they walk
hearts become fluted

Categories: graying, age, art,
Form: Haiku

Graying Ponderings


Proverbs 16:31 (KJV) The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Our time has come to know the grief,
Of losing friends, losing those things – we held onto,
The past, the last hopes, the quiet assurance…
That our time is still in the present, today,
Echoing like silent shadows, abiding…
Youth

Categories: graying, age, christian, death, death
Form: Free verse

This Old House


Against gray walls, soft light reflects
Her memories, her endless quest
For contentment, not so complex
Her gentle soul always felt blessed

She recalls all the times of hope
Against gray walls, soft light reflects
Faith is with her so she can cope
Joys come, beyond what she expects

Love is the thing she still respects
She thinks of the pleasure she’s known
Against gray

Categories: graying, appreciation, house, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Quatern

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Graying of Greatness

The gait, a step slower
  Ambitions, now lowered

Yet the heart is still spry ~
  Proud voice, shakes the skies

Categories: graying, age, heart, strength, voice,
Form: Couplet

Graying Darkness Awakes the Night

Graying darkness awakes the night; 
       Nimbus reflecting restless sea. 
          Beyond implausible horizon sight.

   Graying darkness awakes the night 
      Unattainable utmost breadth height,

Categories: graying, night,
Form: Triolet

The Graying of a Hummingbird

They move in fast- dazzling with their beauty
and sunsplashed energy-
they are a complete mystery to us
we wait for them to tell us something
about ourselves
to tell us a secret about the universe
to take us to their bejeweled city
far away from the mundane.
but things rapidly change
turning back into something familiar to you..
all the while sucking you dry

Categories: graying, analogy,
Form: Free verse

Mane of the Graying Lion

Song Of Songs 8:10: I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.

MANE OF THE GRAYING LION

God molded the figure of a woman - her curves and sultry skin;
and the eyes of beholden man,  to search out the strongbox.

The jewels pure, as

Categories: graying, love,
Form: Verse

The Graying Mind

To find solitude in a helpless mind
A silent new world from its judgment found
To ponder this curse unreasoned and blind
Anger is pressed when arguments abound
To find a crack in mirrored perfection
Where prideful instructions will intercede
With memories of the mind's reflection
Now old and failing and meant to mislead
Tethered to distress from the mind's mire
Trapped in its

Categories: graying, memory, mental illness,
Form: Sonnet

Two Graying Doves Make Music

two graying doves make music


they were sitting at a bar, 
two graying doves
she kept looking, 
he kept looking
she then asked him, 
what's he looking at
what's cooking hon?
he had to think fast, real fast
he had to say something for his heart was a beating,
angels were playing his harp
and his horses were neighing, too
and ... let me

Categories: graying, longing, love, romance, ,
Form: Free verse

Notes of a Graying Rock and Roll Fan

I remember the Beatles 
   and the first
time I heard 
  Sergeant Pepper's 
I remember the Doors 
   and associate them 
with my sexual awakening 
The Association, the Turtles and the Happenings
   made such sweet harmonies
I have now expanded my tastes 
  and listen to classical, folk,

Categories: graying, age, memory, music,
Form: Free verse

The Graying of Days

The graying of days

Devouring of food becomes the filler !
Days healing rays, it’s light ever shorter !
Misty moments are becoming thicker !
Fog hangs heavy, becoming ever denser !
The rut I am in, becomes ever wider !
The grove I am stuck in, cuts ever deeper !
The abyss I am sinking into, ever bleaker !
The black hole

Categories: graying, introspection,
Form: Rhyme