Short Older Poems

Short Older Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Older by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Older by length and keyword.


Getting Older

He sits in the nursing home confined to a wheechair for the rest of his life, still able to think, a prisoner in his own body.
age
Form: Haiku


Older and Bold

i was young and dumb
i say this with a thump
i love rum
and a good fruit plump
no longer  am i a folder
an
OLDER AND BOLDER

As I'Ve Grown Older, I'Ve Found

As I've grown older, I've found,
that my body has gotten more round,
as I try it,
another new diet,
I always add another pound.
Form: Limerick

As I'Ve Grown Older, I'Ve Found

As I've grown older, I've found,
that my body has gotten more round.
As I try it,
another new diet,
I always add another pound.
Form: Limerick

When I Am Older I Want To Be a Fire-Engine

Would a world full of talking cats every speak to each other
or would a world full of dogs be free to bark
I don't own the world
or even claim a spot


Premium Member Getting Older

'Living with an angel
That's so true
She makes my life
Worth going through!

I'm getting older
But that's not sad
I'm eating ice cream
On a heating pad!
Form: Epic

Premium Member Older and Wiser

It may be a truism to surmise
That as we get older
We get wiser.
It may also be equally as true
That as we get older
We simply run out of
Stupid things to do.
Form: Verse

As I Get Older

Life just speeds on by with a new Mercedes-Benz. 
I sit here in a Model-T. 
Not knowing where I am, 
Or where I’m going. 
All I know is, 
Life moves faster than I do.

The Older I Get

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSkIiji_P58
if they found the fountain of youth I wouldn't drink a drop and that is the truth
Form: Lyric

Older You Become

"Older you become
Further back is your back seat
Take to everything."

James Horn



"When you fight a fight 
You are fighting for or against 
It as recognized."

James Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member older is not always wiser

older is not always wiser
a saying proven wrong many times
I have met many wise children
they recognize the power of love
whereas dementia is often overlooked in elders who were never wise
age

Premium Member little lambs watched by older lambs

lovely lively lithe lambs leaping
making merry without peeping
nurtured by nature’s natural safekeeping
older sheep’s aged joints are creaking
pleasure in seeing little lambs, they’re seeking
Form: Monorhyme

to my older sons

how times fly
how quick you had grown
then you flew the nest and had
little families of your own
i know you are busy and dont stay in touch
but no matter what happens
your always welcome home
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Older Shoes

Seeing an immature fellow acting the fool Say it like it is, “got shoes older than you” Smarten up me buckeroo Your jeans are full of poop It's been suggested you go back to school
Form: Limerick

Poet Young Older

Poet Young Older
Sat on a Rock
Musing
Swaying
Chiming
Thinking In-to
Thinking Out-of
Time, Space, and Breath
From where Children Bolted
From where Old Men Slept
Poet Young Older 
Sat
and Wept.

Premium Member Getting Older

Oh my fellow mortals,

Shouldn't we stop complaining for getting older

When

We very well know, that it is the only way for us

Alive to stay?





© Demetrios Trifiatis
        01 July 2019

Premium Member Here's One For the Older Soupers

Last week my foot was hurting
The next day was my neck
after that my shoulder
I've sure become a wreck
Currently my knee hurt 
but I know it won't for long
It's sure to be forgotten 
as a new pain comes along
Form: Rhyme

Older

when lights are dimmed and sunsets turn opaque
who’ll be there to tell you “i told you so”?
i know i’d win crying contests 
and all my mind does is protest
“why did i wish to grow older?”
now i’m scared that i’m older

Premium Member GROWING OLDER VS GROWING OLD

There is a way to tell if we are just growing older
or truly growing old…  
or so I have been told….

If we’re still having fun each year we are just growing older
when we stop having fun…that’s when we grow old.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
age
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Older Witches Use Buckets

Older witches use buckets along with their broom
It’s the best way for them to safely dive, glide and zoom
They sometimes come in the window and fly around the room
sometimes hitting people in the head with their wayward broom
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Aging Is Exhausting

Aging is not easy, some days one feels like a sloth; lethargic. Sometimes one feels as though eating is, a dreaded and exhausting chore. But, one day you’ll realize, that bump on the log, is yourself!
Form: Sijo

Growing Older

For I am growing older you see
It's not easy to be me
Now that I am sixteen
I'm not gonna waste my time
On lost endless rhymes
I'm gonna free myself
And say what I want
For writing poetry is my passion
And what I can't live without
Form:

Premium Member What Is A Mother's Love? - CM


A mother's love, wings of a dove, will cover me.
Starting my life, with a midwife, a baby cries.
Growing older, always for me, loving shoulder.
Life without you, I cry daily, so very blue.
Form: Haiku

Getting Older

Time ticks,
age sticks.
Forever growing,
never slowing.
Getting older,
feel it too,
oh youth, if you only knew!
Been there,
done that,
wrote the book.
It's there to see,
just take a look.
I've made my mark,
done my time.
Getting old is not a crime.
age
Form:

Premium Member African Sunset

AFRICAN SUNSET

Watching the sun sinking into a golden horizon,
My heart’s glad as I watch the evening sky siphon,
The scorching heat from an African day,
Giving reprieve to all life that may,
Rest until the morrow, now a day older and wizen!
Form: Limerick

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