Same Old Poems - Poems about Same Old

A child as grows enjoys rainbow of joys, Many a marvel in a wondrous world, Joys mingling with his toys get newer buoys, A world of birds, butterflies gets unfurled. Comes as his youth, what change are only toys, Rewards of life innocent stay no more-- Boys chasing girls, and girls giggly at boys, And soon...

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under the shade of a cyprus my lover whispers sweet and tender nothings revealing glimpses of a splintered heart where wounds are still fresh ~ a healing process underway AP: Honorable Mention 2025 ...

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The old young man has had a dream Of how he had traveled far. I wouldn't say he was in the past When he found himself in place. Was that afar as far as the far If the life had shown him more, As well as far and afar from far And the Cuban Missile Crisis was also...

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Remember the message  on video home system tapes "Be Kind, Please Rewind", Though VHS tapes are an invention of the past Kindness still has to last; "Be kind, please rewind" Keep the next person in mind "Be kind, please rewind" Consider the next person in line VHS tapes are fading from memory but don't you forget the saying: Be kind, please rewind......

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The young tend to push love away gravitate toward a pale blue loneliness then quietly slip into the grate. Maybe they're just preparing for old age the age where anything you've ever loved bumbles away-like a tumbleweed looking for a sliver of shade. When your very old the sheets run yellow-gray and so very- very cold. Even the plastic flowers...

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I would have clobbered him, one said. you should have smashed his face in said another two violent women who have never wed More advice for the young bride, Terry. You should have pulverized him, I would have. Expert advice from two women who would never marry....

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Pretty brick-a-brack on the old shack across the porch all the way to the back delighting Zack who has a design knack next to the door was a fire place plaque I looks like rickrack said my cousin Mack There was no slack, or any décor lack The fine snack served seemed a bit out of whack I kept one of these...

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a cracked building sighs a century's worth of deep secrets veiled inside...

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we know more now than we knew then . we were younger smiles came easy and memories were made like spun cotton candy and one pony carousels . there were fewer reasons to cry more seasons to fly and the red in red roses seemed never to fade away . it was easy to laugh and run into the forest golden with morning to lay for hours watching clouds and...

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"Grievance upon you, My mere mortal kin. You didn’t try hard enough, Now sit with your sin" I’ve sat here before, And I know your game. You feed on my sorrow And wear it as shame. "You...

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What is this ridiculous obsession ~ perhaps a case of simple vanity? There's so much more to life than warped arrogant narcicism. I'm obviously more than these pesky extra pounds around my waist and few deep wrinkles on my face yet still it manages to monopolize my moods and daily thoughts. I seem to spend my time reminding mirror and self, much like repeating a mantra, that...

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If you can't live longer, live deeper....

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Enough is as good as a feast....

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I find the world doth pass me by Shall I give it one last try The young don’t share my point of view They’re not upset by unverified news ...

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Sometimes as we age…as we hit the downside of our prime we have a tendency to forget things…occasionally to lose track of the time. And even though our memory becomes something we can’t always seem to manage there are those days…those moments…when we can use this to our advantage. The other day I woke up convinced that is was...

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