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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
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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...
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Regina Mcintosh
Categories:
elderly,
age, heart, inspirational, journey,
Form:
Kyrielle
The Elderly Prefer AI
Overheard a couple elderly gents Discuss artificial intelligence One said to the other If I had...
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Gershon Wolf
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...
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Desire Agbeyiwa Agidotan Ikoyo
Categories:
elderly,
adventure, blessing, deep, education,
Form:
Epic
wooden spoon worn smooth
wooden spoon worn smooth calloused hands’ enduring tool sleeps in a drawer...
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Robert Sidwell
Categories:
elderly,
age, metaphor, remember,
Form:
Haiku
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...
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Chetta Achara
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...
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©
Eric Ashford
Categories:
elderly,
poetry,
Form:
Free verse
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...
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Regina Mcintosh
Categories:
elderly,
age, christian, death, death
Form:
Free verse
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...
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Clive Culverhouse
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...
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Sam Russell
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...
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Ilene Bauer
Categories:
elderly,
old,
Form:
Rhyme
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...
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©
Regina Mcintosh
Categories:
elderly,
appreciation, house, memory, nostalgia,
Form:
Quatern
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...
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Regina Mcintosh
Categories:
elderly,
age, autumn, future, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
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....
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©
Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Categories:
elderly,
age, angst, anxiety, death,
Form:
Lyric
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...
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Caren Krutsinger
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...
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Reason A. Poteet
Categories:
elderly,
11th grade, blessing, hair,
Form:
Free verse
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