Short Ageing Poems

In ageing bodies - adolescence still lives on...

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In ageing bodies - adolescence still lives on...

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Lines carved on ageing face

Skin starved of youthful grace...

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It used to be lust
but the passing years have forged
a mellow friendship...

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People are walking
for health
and exercising
to push back the clock
of ageing....

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Chilled musty air
Teasing ageing crag-
The Owl oblique.

© Harry J Horsman  2011...

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Memories are minds
with their own place and time
but as you get older
they become a faded line....

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Got old,
It's not so bad,
Wrinkle age, bucket lists,
Option far worse, naught to discuss,
No fuss....

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It’s not
That she’s
Getting worse
It’s just she’s depending
On you more and more
So learn to love it Mr....

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gravel-strewn steps
confront ageing legs -
path to secret
love-nest blocked -
let's just cuddle here...

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Morning; I awake
with stiffness in my
lank legs.
Yesterdays long run
has taken its toll
on my
ungrateful, ageing
body....

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a spice of madness-
                           flavours genius
as in ageing bodies-
                           adolescence lives on...

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Autumn

      Golden companion
      To the swiftly ageing year,
      Herald of Winter.

      Barry Stebbings
      25/04/2016...

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Staring at frayed picture of yesteryear
An old man lives with strangers
His caring son and wife
Date
Sept9 2016
Contest Kimo
10, 7 6...

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Derelict now cold
Mossed stones in sporadic spill
Ageing arms out spread
They, competing for the light
Sadly, both succumb to time




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Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger has two rubber lips,
His body is made of elastic,
Swivel and swerve those ageing hips,
Replaced from recycled plastic.



KS 13/9/18...

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Wildlife 49 

An ageing yet droll cockatiel,
Had plumage a bit down at heel,
He performed a sad song,
And the flock sang along,
For they knew his rendition was real!...

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creaking bones, a reality
death, inevitability 
yet our heart’s blissful attitude 
reflects prayerful fortitude 
flowing in geniality

23-April-2022...

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Invercargill New Zealand 1905

still life now ageing
suspended on a brick wall
no names of value...
polished up the frame glitters
soon in meltdown for its gold.

 © Harry J Horsman 2019...

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75 he sits in the park
He feeds the birds
says hello to passers bye
But no one stops to look him in the eye
With ageing bones and a broken dialog, he’ll
Be back tomorrow sitting in the park...

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He hides under a table,
afraid of meeting ageing,
illness, war, black magic……

He clings to the comfort
of his solitudeness;
“death might be near”,
he whispers with a shiver
in his heart....

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Orange, black, and white
Keep it pulled down tight.

Sits on my head with pride
Taking care of my uncombed hair
Ageing with daily wear
Threaded with the letters OSU
Eskimo Joe wears one too....

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sensing age related decline 
life journey as God does assign
let not God-connect zeal reduce
be joyous as bliss throbs seduce
even as love for love does pine

13-March-2022...

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Oh Lena, you set my heart on fire,
When I see you think of you,
What eternal power you hide,
What other men will feel I cannot inside,
Fire in my heart this winter, 
To warm an ageing poet,
Whilst the snow falls....

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I bid farewell to
the brash carnival of youth
and await the peace                     
that follows on from mellow 
age for all who earn that gift.




Jenish Somadas - sponsor
Let the pens flow... Tanka competition
02/22/20...

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