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Elderly Poems - Poems about Elderly

Elderly Poems - Examples of all types of poems about elderly to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for elderly.
Premium Member Listen
There is a story in her eyes Listen to her, before she dies past dreary storms of pain and loss her soul’s been made whole by His cross there is a time for gentle words timeless truths serenade like birds listen...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, age, heart, inspirational, journey,
Form: Kyrielle
Premium Member The Elderly Prefer AI
Overheard a couple elderly gents Discuss artificial intelligence One said to the other If I had...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, age, humor, judgement, technology,
Form: Limerick



AN ELDERLY ADVICE
On this faithful evening! I was very curious about, The issues and affairs of life. I was walking on the street, With thoughts of growth all over my mind. I came across a very old man, Who's old enough...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, adventure, blessing, deep, education,
Form: Epic
Premium Member wooden spoon worn smooth
wooden spoon worn smooth calloused hands’ enduring tool sleeps in a drawer...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, age, metaphor, remember,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Elderly Man and His Speach
The elderly man we call leader Would shout as if our ears couldn't hear, Then whisper with the expectation We would agree to adhere to his Foreign invasion~ Ten million strong from every nation. Who was that girl, he could...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, political,
Form: Political Verse



An Elderly Man Reclines
His wife dies. You have seen it all before, you can tell what will happen next. He will recline in the home that she has woven around him. He will let the ivy of their long years together coil around his somnambulant...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Graying Ponderings
Proverbs 16:31 (KJV) The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. Our time has come to know the grief, Of losing friends, losing those things – we held...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, age, christian, death, death
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Know An Elderly Lady
I know an elderly lady At her window she sits She's always there when I go out watching the world and people about She waves and I wave back an exchange of smiles given I exist and she does too It's good...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, deep, depression, life, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
Abuse
How can you look into the eyes of a child, and find their fears arousing, How can you raise your hand to a woman, and call your self a man, how can you control someone’s behaviour, by being...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, abuse, anxiety, bullying, child
Form: Free verse
Elderly
Please do not call me “elderly.” My age may make me old And if you met me, someone “senior” Is what you’d behold. Yet “elderly” implies, to me, A person who is frail, Who’s stuck in bed or couldn’t walk, Unaided, on...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, old,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member This Old House
Against gray walls, soft light reflects Her memories, her endless quest For contentment, not so complex Her gentle soul always felt blessed She recalls all the times of hope Against gray walls, soft light reflects Faith is with her so she...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, appreciation, house, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Quatern
Premium Member Retirement
"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.” –Mark Twain Gray strands, falling over crinkly skin Where once was reflected beauty and approval, Now there is merely old age, a has...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, age, autumn, future, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Old
I'm old, I'm old I'll die if I catch cold I tried to skip But snapped my hip I'm old I'm old I'm old....Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, age, angst, anxiety, death,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Ode To Elderly Snail Man
Elderly snail man with a wrinkled body and face You are aging out fast, without delicacy or grace Your eyes are squinty now as if they are full of mace. At least the old women in the complex...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Strangely Satisfied
retired beautician arms, elbow deep in shampoo volunteers daily at the local elder care residents line up three doorways deep down the hall waiting their turn at free furbish she donates time and energy knowing that she may be the only outsider they've seen or heard...Read the rest...
Categories: elderly, 11th grade, blessing, hair,
Form: Free verse

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