Short Oldster Poems

don't spit on my tail please
said rat with a summer cold
never saw children like these
brassy and so bold.

don't spit on my tail please
said oldster rat, scurrying away
never saw people like these,
never having even one good day....

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Lived eight years in a retirement community
Best eight years, so thankful for the opportunity
Elderly ladies clamoured around me
Best looking oldster they ever did see
Had to beat them off with a stick to avoid a mutiny...

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Lived eight years in a retirement community
Best eight years, so thankful for the opportunity
Elderly ladies clamoured around me
Best looking oldster they ever did see
Had to beat them off with a stick to avoid a mutiny

Never too old!...

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Legs propelling me off the edge
underwater.
Looking up, ceiling going by.
Diaphragm controlling steady exhaling,
arms overhead.
Then breaststroking, legs frog kicking,
air bubbling out my nose-
preventing water going in.
Maybe breath control is another benefit
granted an oldster
for playing clarinet 
as a youngster....

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Sorry officer, the old lady apologizes as she is stopped for speeding.
Her Chevy is rocking out to seventies music
A debonair old geezer in a sports car blows past them
going at least a hundred and ten
Officer looks exasperated.
Gets on walkie talkie
No answer.
Jumps on motorcycle and takes off
Woman texts her husband “Thanks sweetie!”...

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King of Sky

Regal
Eagle

Robin in Mourning

Sobbin’
Robin

Bird Snatcher

Robbin’
Robin

The Oldster

Blue Jay
grew gray

The Slowpoke

Wood Thrush
should rush!

Out of Nowhere

Pa saw
Macaw

Bird Encouragement

You CAN, 
Toucan

Nocturnal Hunt

Go prowl,
Snow Owl

Advice for a Proud, Sick Bird

See Doc,
Peacock

Such a Dear!

Darling
Starling
...

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Attention!  Attention!
We all want to be heard.
..... The Word .....
is as powerful out from you
as from me.

Listen!  Listen!
Hear the voice
that cries to be heard
from the moment of its birth.

Listen to the children,
hear the teenager,
the young adult, middle-aged
or oldster who all have
a voice of their time.

Silence!  Silence!
Within No Sound lies
a Voice Most Profound
that speaks to us all
if we but listen....

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They Know Who
(Has The Money)
By: Miracle Man
7/13/2023

I’m long past the age where,
those younger, look past me as if I don’t exist.
Some even dare to stare,
often I’m tempted to be surly, but I resist.

Sometimes they force a smile,
maybe say something I’ll think is funny.
But that’s better than being hostile,
when asking an oldster to donate money.


“The older you get the greater you were”
Lee Grosscup
...

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Bubble blowing penguin is the talk of the ice float
He’s so arrogant and puffed up, says a rather old goat.
I think he’s dreamy, say two twins who admire his throat.
They love also the way his stomach is smooth with a bloat.

Don’t you think he’s a bit pompous? The oldster asks them.
They giggle in unison, and stare. One replies, “He’s a gem.”
“I thought his name was Pete,” the old penguin says.
He’s talented I think, says the twin named Inez....

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#17
gray matter present
picture the hair on my head -
does that mean "I am?"

#18
"look!" old man reflects
"more cracks than I care to count -
how God's light gets in?"

#19
mirror shows oldster
more cracks than he cares to count -
how the light gets in?

#20
I have no answer -
do memories define me
or God's perception?

#21
fishing bob jiggles
hook plumbing the depths with bait -
men watch girls walking


Long Tooth
March 6, 2017...

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