Old Time Poems - Poems about Old Time

THE CUP OF WINE My life is drowning in sorrow, tears rollover my face every time I look at the difficult situation I have to go through, I have so many battles to fight in the meanwhile a war at hand, I ask myself will I win. So am left with no option but to lift...

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When your steps have changed their measured stride And I can’t seem to uncover the ways love brings its soft light When your heart beats in silence, all worries aside I feel your song, rhythmic and graceful as the autumn night When your mind wonders and you can’t remember a thing Know that I still love YOU – whatever this...

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what should i do without you the sound of silence kills me those precious moments gather dust life stands still in darkness apple pie comes unmade, roses wilt, bourbon becomes water i am waiting for you leaves fall, my door locks It draws near as i drown in memory, my pen fades and the ceiling lowers i rot, i sink ...

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I must have been in a coma Not to see time passing by So can you explain to me The mysterious reason why How did it happen? What’s my excuse? Did I suddenly go blind? Was I really so obtuse? I wasn’t prepared for this It must be a dream Tomorrow I’ll wake up And stifle a scream As I look in my mirror As I wordlessly behold That...

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old time religion knee slapping hand clapping songs the old rugged cross when the saints came marching in the best kind of praise indeed...

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The sands of time will take its toll To crystallize a weathered soul And when each life is then no more Then washed up on a distant shore Just one of many that abound With crashing waves the only sound And with the sands of time will bleach Each grain along this sandy beach...

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Quote By Poet "Time is a funny thing. It is here, it is gone. Never to be found again." As l get older, I find the same word has different meanings. I ask myself, how can that be? As a child I played by myself, I was just rambling around to kill time. When I started working, the work day went rambling along. As...

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Time and time again I have made it here, Said goodbye to the old And welcomed a new year No top hats, no noisemakers No champagne or wine, Just the purest notes ... Of 'Auld Lang Syne' So, what am I doing ... New Year's, New Year's Eve?, Celebrating the little things ... I did achieve Staying awake comes easily Until the midnight hour,...

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One day when I was sitting by a bubbling brook a nostalgic scene of my childhood time flashed in the visage of my mind. I saw the sparkling stream that bedecked our house with an ornate garland, glided with glistening liquid pearls of elegance, flowed with the flamboyant facade of silvery splendor. On its rippling...

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"Dead leaves lay still until the wind takes them here and there: even the last flower is withered: yet there is a beauty in decay " ...

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thick hair, no hair, wow young man, then older man now ... it snuck up on us 3/18/2023 Poetry form: Senryu Photo credits: Billion Photos via Canva Pro At times like this, I'm drawn to the lyrics of "A Hazy Shade of Winter," written by Paul Simon and recorded and released by Simon & Garfunkel in 1966: "...Funny how my memory...

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Louder than the silence Heard beyond my heart’s echo, Darker than the shadows Secreted where feelings bled Through the delicate colors Hues of hopeful, fresh Young faces in delicate light, Smiles alive, aware – so bright Louder than the stillness, The hush beneath the calm, Quieting the heartbreak Feelings bleeding through The dark, where an echo glistened, Calling for the earlier times, The breathless moments History, flowing in the thoughts Reminiscing,...

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Then and now what did I find, ...

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We in Brazil we were from time of instantaneous inflation... ! Prices varied by minutes... We would "steeplechase" inside of the markets, chasing of the price remarker and its machine...! We had to run faster than everyone...

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Another old friend has passed on, May he rest whereever he's gone. Once you're a year above eighty thoughts of life's transience are weighty. but here were good times to think upon. Old friends, I'll see you anon....

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