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Wise Old CompanionWho knows who he is; how old he is?
He is older than me, I know that:
He is an ancient being. I am certain
He must be omnipotent and omnipresent;
He knows all (omniscient).
He is from the age...
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Categories:
age, old, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Party Hat On
Old age is a gift from God
no different than a newborn’s
Learn to feel, probe, explore
Party hat on ~...
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Categories:
fun, god, old, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
The last verse is not the songJack sits in the wheelchair in the grass
a rebel nerd, he thinks of the time
when he cycled up Teton Pass
by a stream through walls of pine
Obsessed, this viewpoint vampire
his memory full of hill and vale
A...
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Categories:
change, freedom, life, old,
Form: Lyric
Suffering Your GuiltHe gets so angry when I dare call out his ways
Like, despite that I'm the one who's body shivers from the cold
Of being untouched and on my own
I'm the one to blame
I've explained that his...
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Categories:
old, abuse, betrayal, for him,
Form: Rhyme
As We Grow OlderGrowing older is a carousel
of highs and lows, each spin a memory, each turn a change.
It’s the morning ache in places you never thought could hurt,
the pizza you once...
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Categories:
age, old,
Form: Free verse
My GrandfatherGarrulous old man
Who chattered like a magpie
Is my grandfather....
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Categories:
age, engagement, humorous, old,
Form: Haiku
Getting OlderThere's more rust in my joints than ever.
My bones sound like an old screen door,
and my knees predict the weather
better than any app.
Give me elastic waistbands, soft slippers,
and the creak of a recliner
that groans every...
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Categories:
age, old,
Form: Free verse
To my Old AgeI
Old Age, take me not as thy fugitive,
For long I’ve been thy earnest votary,
But now that approaches life’s fateful eve,
Ye oft make me rethink my loyalty.
Youth when slips by leaves a lasting footprint,
So, do...
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Categories:
age, old,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Oldest ToyThe world's oldest surviving toy, dating back to the Chalcolithic Period, approximately 7500 years old, is exhibited at the Mardin Museum in Turkey.
the world oldest toy
about seven thousands years
car made of good wood...
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Categories:
old,
Form: Haibun
The Silent GiantO I have yet seen a giant so great reveal its natural beauty,
with pride above all surroundings it stands,
constant but fairly moody.
Its eyes from high above they watch but not a word they...
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Categories:
old, beauty, imagery, magic, mountains,
Form: Rhyme
Dad Gum ItPity all of those rest home fellows
Over time all their hunger mellows
Without their dentures in
All their meals will begin
Sipping their soup and slurping Jellos...
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Categories:
old,
Form: Limerick
Old Is GoldOld is gold, they say
Baobao lives a kilo years
Thousand years, Lord's day....
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Categories:
age, growth, old, spiritual,
Form: Haiku
Haiku Translations IIIThese are original haiku by Michael R. Burch and his translations of haiku by the Japanese masters Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Masaoka Shiki, and others.
Am I really this old,
so many ghosts
beckoning?
—Michael R. Burch
Sleepyheads!
I recite...
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Categories:
blue, life, night, old,
Form: Haiku
Gaslit MemoriesWhen I was younger, days moved softly,
an endless waltz of hours beneath the cherry blossoms
where I walked alone, convincing myself
that solitude was sweet, that love was for the others....
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Categories:
love, memory, old, psychological,
Form: Free verse
That was then, this is nowA brand new day
A brand new you
Thinking of something
I want to do
I visit a place of ages
Where voices speak to me
New voices and voices so
Old the breath they
Ride on is architecture
And old lawns
In...
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Categories:
old, change, city, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Old Poems
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