Life Old Poems

        Older age

being old is always ten years ahead: meanwhile
I’ve decided to embrace my present age positively

I walk,...

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Written By:  D. Collins 5/9/24



A triple-knee crack and a hip not ready to move.
Are signs an OG (old guy) should hand over his tools.
Don't...

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How about some delicious tea
I want it with crackers and brie
Honey is very sweet
Better than sweaty feet
I got bit by a yellow bee



That bee just...

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The picture stared down at the old man

Good times, friends for life

The decomposing body was in its second year now

The dust and webs had cloaked...

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Now you have gone away,
I have not much to say.
Remembering sitting on the bay, 
even when the big clouds were gray.
I know you could not...

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I went for my early morning run,
just me and my young son.
It was to be a lot of fun,
then home for a hot cross bun.
We...

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Tim was the new judge in Deadwood Flat
Not really qualified, just a rancher at that
He first case was of the outlaw, Horace Slade
Caught red handed...

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Nervous I sat,
waiting to be called.
I wasn’t sure what it was he said,
but it meant a lot to me.
Then I realized,
he was not talking to...

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The she instructed him to say to Mordecai,"All of the kings officials and people of the
royal providences know that for any man or woman who...

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Come on guys I really need to go.
My inside are about to blow,
This line is way too long,
No time to sing a song.
I am filled...

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Deborah and I feel blessed to be optimists…
to be able to find a bright spot in every day.
Blessed because we have never had to work...

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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love." Sophocles, Greek Poet 

How is the tender word love...

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There's more rust in my joints than ever.
My bones sound like an old screen door,
and my knees predict the weather
better than any app.
Give me elastic...

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I love the end of the day,
when the sun wants to climb into bed.
The moon will be rising soon,
showing off it's big bright face.

 

The...

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We grow up bonding 
we become inseparable 
share dreams and hopes together 
waiting to explore life on our own 
then in a blink we graduate...

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