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To my Old AgeI
Old Age, take me not as thy fugitive,
For long I’ve been thy earnest votary,
But now that approaches life’s fateful eve,
Ye oft make me rethink my loyalty.
Youth when slips by leaves a lasting footprint,
So, do...
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Categories:
age, old,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Oldest ToyThe world's oldest surviving toy, dating back to the Chalcolithic Period, approximately 7500 years old, is exhibited at the Mardin Museum in Turkey.
the world oldest toy
about seven thousands years
car made of good wood...
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Categories:
old,
Form: Haibun
The Silent GiantO I have yet seen a giant so great reveal its natural beauty,
with pride above all surroundings it stands,
constant but fairly moody.
Its eyes from high above they watch but not a word they...
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Categories:
old, beauty, imagery, magic, mountains,
Form: Rhyme
Dad Gum ItPity all those rest home fellows
Over time their hunger mellows
With no dentures in
All their meals begin
Sipping soup and slurping Jellos...
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Categories:
old,
Form: Limerick
Old Is GoldOld is gold, they say
Baobao lives a kilo years
Thousand years, Lord's day....
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Categories:
age, growth, old, spiritual,
Form: Haiku
Haiku Translations IIIThese are original haiku by Michael R. Burch and his translations of haiku by the Japanese masters Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Masaoka Shiki, and others.
Am I really this old,
so many ghosts
beckoning?
—Michael R. Burch
Sleepyheads!
I recite...
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Categories:
blue, life, night, old,
Form: Haiku
Gaslit MemoriesWhen I was younger, days moved softly,
an endless waltz of hours beneath the cherry blossoms
where I walked alone, convincing myself
that solitude was sweet, that love was for the others....
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Categories:
love, memory, old, psychological,
Form: Free verse
That was then, this is nowA brand new day
A brand new you
Thinking of something
I want to do
I visit a place of ages
Where voices speak to me
New voices and voices so
Old the breath they
Ride on is architecture
And old lawns
In...
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Categories:
old, change, city, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
O let my Old Age be MellowThou art to soul as sleep is to my strife,
The cheeks when look no more rosy and full,
Lips red, nor knees so sturdy of a mule,
The flesh when falters, wrinkles getting rife,...
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Categories:
death, life, old,
Form: Sonnet
Antiquarian Echoes: Time-Traveling through an Old Library's LabyrinthIn dust-laden silence, past the reach of day,
The mansion's library whispered of forgotten tales,
Its heartbeat echoed in the books arrayed.
Time's soft touch graced each spine and page,
Among them, Dickens stood with solemn grace,
Austen's wit lingered,...
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Categories:
books, nostalgia, old,
Form: Free verse
Grandma's StoriesGrandma's Stories
“Can I tell a tale? Well sit.I'm going to. Pull up a chair, or on the floor that will do.
I'm elderly now as things are reckoned, and i may forget the story in...
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Categories:
old, age, family, funny, grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
The Reason I Dare
Youngsters would be older
Seniors would be younger
Those in the middle work night and day
so the others won’t know hunger
Because it’s not...
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Categories:
care, old, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Odd Man OutThe pair should be headed for fame
Behind, in the draw’r, out of aim.
He was the one left,
Not right; he’s bereft.
The sock was not chosen for...
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Categories:
clothes, old,
Form: Limerick
The LibraryIn my dreams, I hear whispers and echoes from abandoned books
Begging for attention, from their old bookshelves and cozy library nooks
Ghostly pages full of dust, some damaged from water leaks and mice
Genres untouched for...
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Categories:
books, dream, fantasy, old,
Form: Rhyme
Legends of oldWhen little kids ask for stories
Regale them of our lore and its glories.
Listening with rapt notice
Tales of champions and menaces.
One and all exclaim with awe
Hearing about our Gods.
They don't die
Live within us and fly.
Burn like...
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Categories:
life, myth, mythology, old,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Old Poems
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