Short Ripe Old Age Poems

When we get to the ripe old age of 80 plus
Our memory can deceive us without much fuss
Remember diddley squat
Frustrates me a lot
Oh to be young and virile with charm surplus...

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Send her victorious, happy and glorious
LONG may she reign over us, she sure took is serious
She's close to a century
Ain't done yet evidently
If I live to her ripe old age, I'll be delirious...

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Send her victorious, happy and glorious
Long may she reign over us, she sure took that serious
She's close to a century
She ain't done yet evidently
If I live to her ripe old age, I'll be delirious...

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To renew my driver's licence at this ripe old age
Need some distractions, “Hey look at the fuel gauge!”
“Almost outta gas!!!
Did you see that ass?
How's the wife and kids? Have you ever been raped”???...

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Send her victorious, happy and glorious
Long may she reign over us, she sure took that serious
Must be close to a century
And she ain't done yet evidently
If I live to her ripe old age, I'll be delirious...

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LIFE IN A NUTSHELL

Now that I've reached
The ripe old age of eighty-six
It's all clear to me now
What life is all about
WE'RE BORN
WE struggle
WE become old and cranky
THEN WE DIE... SIMPLE?

LOL...

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In all my years as a graphic designer
At this ripe old age, there's nothing finer
Than to still be in the loop
And cooking up graphic soup
Better than wasting away in my old recliner


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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It's December 21st and the days are getting longer
Won't be long before this damn winter is conquered
Had one too many
That's more than plenty
At my ripe old age each one's absolute torture


© Jack Ellison 2016...

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Still designing stuff at this ripe old age
Keeps me going, keeps me still engaged
On the top of my game
No fortune, just fame
Who woulda guessed I'd be still be all the rage

(tongue in cheek lol)


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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My Dad at the ripe old age of sixty-one
Rode a one gear bike farther than most have done
Proving at his age, though retired
Could ride over seven hundred miles
Needless to say, a hero of mine and everyone

(Montreal to Toronto and back)...

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this is not a poem but I might be coming to Cincinnati in about a week because my grandmother's last sister has finally passed....she Lived to a ripe old age and was very Loving and caring....the few times I have seen her in my Life, only Love was shared....she will be greatly missed.......

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We will all live
to a ripe old age.

If not here,
then probably
over there.

If not over there,

then defiantly
someplace else.

The mind is
everywhere
at once.

Experiences vary.

When I die in one place
the others simply
move on.

We will all live
to a ripe old age....

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Grandma you are gone
As you died in your sleep
At the ripe old age of ninety-six
You were always so healthy
Except at the end
You helped my mom raise me
To me you were like a mom
You were never lazy
And worked so hard as a nurse
For those suffering from throat cancer
In Houston
Yes, you were a beautiful grandma
You will be dearly missed...

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I am learning about a new me!
I am working to REINVENT David D.
It's a work-in-progress so you know
It's almost as if I'm putting on a new show!
But I'm a rookie learning about life again
I haven't felt this way since I can't remember when
Are my years a factor since I've reached a "ripe old age"?
Where it's very difficult to turn a new page!...

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Aunt Judith was the only tea drinker in the family;
Camomile brewed from bags - no loose tea leaves for her to read - 
her future was foretold at birth: heart defect and early death.

The wise doctors were sure she would not live much beyond thirty,
but with faith and determination she surprised us all -
Joyfully, she left this world at the ripe old age of fifty!...

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Retirement Plan

Dr. James E. Martin
©February, 2013

Now that I’ve reached a ripe old age,
I sit on the porch and sip sweet tea.
Some may question the wisdom in this,
My response is simply, “It works for me!”

Jealousy is undoubtedly fostered in some,
For that matter anger may surely arise.
I simply continue in my well designed plan
And know that many my life they despise....

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We sit silently in the crematorium

You are in a box, a large spray of white lilies placed on top

I hold my breath for to say goodbye is too much

How will I cope with such a loss?

I reason with my self, you lived to a ripe old age

Inside I cannot control the sadness tears roll out of my eyes

I watch as the box begins to slide

Getting up placing my hand on the box I say goodbye...

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My family was celebrating my birthday number sixty-five.
Grandson Zachary, who as I recall, was about the age of five,

Asked me after I'd finished blowing out the candles galore,
"Grandpa, how old are you today?"  His retort has become family lore!

When I replied, "Zach, today I'm the ripe old age of sixty-five!"
He became very serious and said, "Well, at least you're still alive!"

Entry for Nayda Ivette Negron's "Birthday Party" Contest (27 Jan 2016)...

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