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Whittling Down

As we age, we whittle down
The things that we can do
Or the ways that we can do them
So we last the whole day through.

I’ve whittled down my exercise
And how much I can drink.
My energy’s been whittled 
And my brain’s begun to shrink.

I’ve whittled my acquaintances,
Though some were not my fault
And my memory’s been whittled 
Or

Categories: whittling, age, change,
Form: Rhyme

Just Sitting and Whittling

    just sitting and whittling
      whittling and sitting
    is patience a virtue
      or time infinite

    a figure takes shape
      imagination sparks
    is it possible that

Categories: whittling, destiny, fantasy, imagination, innocence,
Form: Free verse

The Benefits of Whittling

Whittling can bring blood pressure down,
Whittling can bring your wood pile down,
Whittling can bring the noise level down,
Whittling can bring the number of negative thoughts down,
Whittling can bring the cost of a whistle down,
Whittling can bring others who need an excuse to sit down.

Whittling can bring the number of positive thoughts up,
whittling can bring the

Categories: whittling, addiction, analogy, art, character,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Whittling

The time has finally come, at last,
To start to whittle down the past.
I comb the closets and each drawer
For things I don’t wear anymore.

My tennis shorts for younger thighs;
My Reeboks worn for exercise.
My wide-leg jeans so full and loose
I’d be accused of style abuse.

My denim skirt with matching shirt -
My love for them won’t reassert.
An

Categories: whittling, clothes,
Form: Rhyme

Whittling My Wardrobe

I’m whittling down my wardrobe
Just a little at a time.
It’s hard for me to let things go
I wore when in my prime.

But some clothes are out of style
Or don’t fit the way they should
And just hanging in the closet
They aren’t doing any good.

If I donate them, then maybe
Someone who might be in need
Could make use

Categories: whittling, clothes,
Form: Rhyme

Whittling Poems

I drew out a pen knife
and whittled insomnia
into this little poem

Categories: whittling, writing,
Form: Free verse

Whittling

Souls standing in line
As the world pulls out its knife
To whittle them down 
Carve up their lives

Does it have an idea
An insatiable need
As it keeps whittling
On them endlessly

You do have to wonder
What it truly sees
As it carves on you
And whittles on me

Like an old mountain man
By a cool mountain stream
With Father Time standing by
The world

Categories: whittling, today,
Form: Rhyme

~ Awhile Sat Whittling ~

Yep I reckon I'll go out, about a bit to roam, and talk a while 
and ponder I will, yep, set here and talk some alone with God 
of the many a sorted thing, and I reckon to run in fun still, I might 
with the wind, but as well, in a while I reckon,

Categories: whittling, inspirational, life, love, passion,
Form: Verse