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Premium Member Some Danced Down Lanes, In That Hippie Holocaust
Some Danced Down Lanes, In That Hippie Holocaust

Thoughts of those days when so many felt all was lost 
some danced down lanes, in that "hippie holocaust".
O' horror, long hair and showing too damn much skin
with...

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Categories: older than dirt, america, creation, dance, freedom, growth, nostalgia, youth,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Each Night He Heard Steps of Death's Forward Guard
Each Night He Heard Steps Of Death's Forward Guard
   (Stand Back, I Got This One His Muse Cried)

He was now old, ancient, older than dirt
even his tired bones ached, everything hurt.
Those bad dreams,...

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Categories: older than dirt, appreciation, art, creation, imagination, muse, passion, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
The Creepy Sneak
He's older than dirt and should be dead
but yet he keeps walking around filling us with dread
wears the same dark hooded outfit everyday
showing fashion is not quite his forte

You would think he was a track...

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Categories: older than dirt, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Older Than Dirt
Older than dirt, 1932 in May
long before I saw the light of day, 
The Moon Rocket was published, stellar piece. 
staccato was its mark of expertise.

I was three in 1947.
At the top of the stairs...

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Categories: older than dirt, 11th grade, me, mom, music,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Disciplined Way
It's gotten really tough to find an entire family that's genuinely "tight" - and a BIG part of the problem is texting rather than calling ones loved ones. 


Never exposed to determinant issues that typically...

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Categories: older than dirt, family,
Form: Rhyme



Knowing Is Silly
If dust could age it would be dirt
And dirt becomes us in ways we are so dirty
If our minds could grow would it burst?
It would be called mind-burst a quaint little idea
Introverted thought
Comes inverted 
Little...

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Categories: older than dirt, change, confusion, environment, fun, life, metaphor, word
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Old and Holding Aces
Old And Holding Aces

I am old, youth lost does so deeply hurt
no more whiskey drinking brawls,
now slow and tired, feeling older than dirt
I no longer chase the pretty gals at all.

I am old, bad knees...

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Categories: older than dirt, age, funny, journey, old, sad, symbolism, word
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Older Than Dirt
When I was a young lad in the prime of life
Never thought I'd still be around
When my driver's license said, “older than dirt!”
And my mind was no longer sound

But I can get away with a...

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Categories: older than dirt, humorous,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member My Dad Loved Me Forever
My Dad Loved Me Forever

I asked him why this and why that
he would smile and adjust his old hat
Answer all my questions and be pleased
with questions he could use to tease

Why do clouds have funny...

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Categories: older than dirt, best friend, dad, death, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Older Than Dirt
When I was a young lad in the prime of life
Never thought I'd still be around
When my driver's license said, “older than dirt!”
And my mind was no longer sound

But I can get away with a...

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Categories: older than dirt, old,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Older Than Dirt
When I was a young lad in the prime of life
Never thought I'd still be around
When my driver's license said, “older than dirt!”
And my mind was no longer sound

But I can get away with a...

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Categories: older than dirt, age,
Form: Rhyme
Never Too Old
My sons are always telling me that they can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Since I’m older than dirt myself, I guess I’m living proof of that. But just because I know how to...

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Categories: older than dirt, poetry,
Form: Haibun

Book: Reflection on the Important Things