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Oldness Poems - Poems about Oldness

Oldness Poems - Examples of all types of poems about oldness to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for oldness.
According To W H O
...Cookies, embedded, snacks are cancerous, drinks, soft drinks, hot dogs are dangerous. Dirty air, causes illness, living over causes oldness, dying saves lives, according to WHO......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, allusion, analogy, health, hilarious,
Form: Limerick



Life
...Pay attention to the birth The birth is the most perilous beginning of all Now dangerous is just the thing To get me wondering if the birth is precarious Pay attention to the longevity The lon......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member We Age Differently
...My mirror shows me my dancing seventeen-year-old self When I wanted to be called woman, frowning at the term girl I am going to go roller blading today, I sing out to my husband He has allowed him......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, age, humor, humorous, marriage,
Form: Prose Poetry
Birthday
...Time is too old Space, the great emptiness, nothingness- too old all are Amorphous, Shapeshifting, decaying to vanishing This world, the solar system, the universe, galaxies- one to another All a......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, birthday, time,
Form: Free verse
The Ages of a Man
...I walk through the ages of a man seeing and experiencing the trials and pain of what it means to live, Over and over I will love only one for the rest of my life, Over and over again I am newly bor......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, allegory, blessing, imagery,
Form: Free verse



Her Life Had a Lot To Tell Her
...That was the day for the members, to gather in a room in the local library The knitting club has one weekly day, past noontime to the evening session That was the usual day for them to join togethe......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, life,
Form: Free verse
The One You
...You are so beautiful.. That sparkling smile That heart-wrecking tears That bursting anger That glowing idea That sickening freight That widened exclamation That thrilling surprise That skippi......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, confidence,
Form: ABC
Premium Member Aging Graciously
...Inevitable occurrence Affirming life stage-permanence Challenging wellness of its real consequence Oldness evidently attacks, confronting my denial’s insistence… Now, I must be ready mids......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, age, appreciation, blessing, character,
Form: Carpe Diem
Life Goes On
...Why living in darkness, If you have the shine at your side? What is this rag for? this cloak of sadness You have the wonderful cape. of joy at your disposal? Why do you live crying final tears......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, allusion, life, prayer, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Did Not Anticipate Aging In Advance
...Heartburn riled me up smartly, Woke me up and slammed me on the floor Before acid reflux could … Oops. Too late! I ran for the bathroom. Arthritis laughed and made my feet whimper It felt like......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, age,
Form: Free verse
Life
...Ever since the creation of mankind Life has puzzled the human mind Has anybody ever questioned its origin? Poets, philosophers , sociologists are still behind the margin The first man's compani......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, age, creation, games, life,
Form: Rhyme
Melancholic Motes
...Drawn to his whistling we’d skip along that path, Locked onto the shed’s old wireless; tinny and taught with his tune, Dust waiting for our arrival by the door, yet Now you wouldn’t even know it ......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, age, childhood, grandchild, memory,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member X Continues Marking Many Spots
...X Continues Marking Many Spots by Odin Roark Anonymous living suits many, gypsy fever of the brain. Seldom hiding in the shadows, the glare of klieg-light attention ......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, age, innocence, life, poetry,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Infection Sublime
...Infection Sublime by Odin Roark with his lone return on this New York street in middy’s humid heat he did see shutters closed behind antique glass whose reflection reminded ......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, nostalgia,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Toddler Sky
...-Toddler Sky- Down where I sleep, You hold me, embrace my every way The Marks up on my skin You caress, taking away from the ugliness Watching the simple breath, when I breathe Breaking th......Read the rest...
Categories: oldness, blue, body, childhood, how
Form: Free verse

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