Old Poems

Old Sins Cast Long Shadows

As the Moon rises in the east
barely showing its face above the horizon
the Penumbral Eclipse takes form
heralding the full weight of the time
a new Shadow was about to be cast over me.
Dark has cloaked my deeds up until now.
The Blood Moon enchants with its splendour
and ultimately the reflected light from the Sun 
is embraced by

Our Claim to Fame

What am I doing? 
I'm waiting to die.
My years are behind me
So, don't ask me why.

When I was young,
It was often said,
You're never too tired;
You can sleep when you're dead.

Now that I'm old
And ready to rest, 
I trust in my savior.
My Lord knows me best.

I've journeyed for miles
And the years have flown by.
I leave a

Time was when

Words vouched for my good
Made me sulk, feel very bad
In days of childhood.
Today, things do make me sad
Which, in cool silence I brood.

We call it old age
When we subtract more than add
Things on life’s last page,
Dwell on few days we feel glad,
Days not, in muted hush mad.
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Tanka (Senryu + couplet) |06.09.2025| childhood, life, old age,

Tangibles

What’s hiding in the attic
Nothing but dusty boxes of sentimental relics
~ past I can’t let go



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2025

Old And New Stars

Ashes scattering
As new flames are igniting.
I am no longer
Fleeing nor hiding from stars
Of my old constellations.

Retired

There once was a fellow retired,
Whose freedom his wife much admired,
She urged, “Go get social,
Plan trips—don’t be glacial!”
But he’d nap in his chair, as desired.

A sentance to avoid'

Be aware of a verb, thats emerging..From an Aussie, it has been formed, And  its Now surging.' Quite
Descriptive and gritty, Aimed first off at canberra
City, where the originals (are said to be spawned?)
You don't need its description, its scar is real hard old friend' a strong
Valediction.' Of how low? You are thought in your

Morphed Memory

On wrinkled canvas winter spider 
weaves senility web,  
grief of loss instilled in hedonist psyche. 
Memory morphs into metaphor 
for the past panorama dislodged,
captured in snapshot of narcissist framed. 

With A Gentle Hand, Mystic

In her eighties, she still groomed – clipping nails
Her hands, soft and warm to the touch, tender as the rose
Petals weeping as they melt the summer dew who trails
Along the glistening lights, softly playing as grace flows

In her final years, she still loved – heartfelt and true
Her eyes glittering with azure lights, healing hearts, twinkling
With

A Practical Tip for Brain Health

         A mind craves stimulation
           especially as it ages

         Without a kick in the head
           (once in a while)

My Old Chevy Camaro

Way back in 1983,                                                   

Old Maid Someday

I'm walking on a tight rope on poles so tall.
Don't know who will catch me when I fall.
Don't know who'll dance at my wedding ball.
Don't know if I'll even ever have one at all.

BEE

B = Be sweet as honey is what we are told
E = Every child as you buzz around so bold
E = Every adult no hiding in a hive as you get old

Old Man

Old Man

Old man asleep on the floor, does he dream of all his years from before.  When in his youth he ran wild, digging and being the guardian of the farm where nothing dated go near?  Or perhaps of escaping to only go to the pound, were they knew him by name, because

Old Man

Old Man

Old man asleep on the floor, does he dream of all his years from before.  When in his youth he ran wild, digging and being the guardian of the farm where nothing dated go near?  Or perhaps of escaping to only go to the pound, were they knew him by name, because

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