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EntropyThe older I get
The weaker and slower
And more tired I get
(with, from, of)
And the less I care
(about, for, to).
When I was younger
I guess I saw this coming,
At least I saw it in old...
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Categories:
life, old, perspective, spiritual,
Form: Narrative
Old Fashioned TypewriterOld Fashioned Typewriter
Maybe I’m old fashioned?
Can’t make a mistake typing.
Just sending you a letter.
Just wondering.
Maybe your victorian?
An old soul.
One day with one.
We could be an antique.
You're my remedy.
Ink to write our journey.
Umbrella to shade.
The smile...
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Categories:
old, inspirational love,
Form: Rhyme
No truth tinged without trickeryThere’s no council without wise old,
Nor yet old vouching no virtue,
No virtue where truth’s not avowed,
Nor truth free from fraudulent hue!
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Translation |20.10.2024|assembly, old, virtue, truth, trickery
Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses...
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Categories:
mythology, old, truth,
Form: Quatrain
she liked her old housedressshe is wearing a bedraggled housedress
blue with enormously large red and yellow mums
it is faded now, but really soft, threadbare in spots
we surprise her with a new one for her eightieth birthday
she overly thanks us...
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Categories:
old, woman,
Form: Free verse
Old tavernThe ashes of a heartburned one bear no mark of the butterfly's wing,
Silk surrendered to fire knows no stranger's sorrow.
Binding one's heart to your tresses adds countless fervors,
A single loop of your chain lacks no...
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Categories:
old, life,
Form: Free verse
inner criticHe used to take his lectures with a cigarette and a
blindfold.
Can you publish a single sentence?
Didn’t work for James
won’t work for me
choclate sorbet
sunday
in the pipe playing
old mexican sweat
from an old tube amp
and how’s that...
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Categories:
old, age, anxiety, i am,
Form: Free verse
On Being OldAn Opinion
Does "old age" have its own rewards?
I have reached a point in my life when
I am inclined now to say: yes. Yes.
Often, old age is accompanied
by aches, in body and in mind.
Our youthful vigor...
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Categories:
old, age, angst, appreciation, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Old Cemetery
it was on a sunny day that sent me to exploring
and I found an old cemetery
inviting, sunlit and airy
...
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Categories:
old, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Of what useLamp duly doused, what use more oil?
Thieves absconded, what use vigil?
Wooing women, vim and verve gone,
Building bridge once water has flown.
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Translation |15.10.2024| lamp, thief, old age, woman, water, bridge
Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of...
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Categories:
old, water, woman,
Form: Quatrain
Betting on ageI fell to see the fairness indeed
Of a moment we live just to age and forget
When there is nothing less unless we give our best
We mostly remember inept
I want to know why we can't...
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Categories:
old, age, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Old GloryShe stands proud,
On mountain trail,
All tattered and torn.
Her stars holding fast
To the cloth she wears.
The Fifty stars she bears
Her strips bleeding ...
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Categories:
old, autumn, history, mountains, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Old Glory Has Something to SayOld Glory has Something He Wants to Say
By – Roger White
The dawn’s first sunlight crests over the eastern horizon. A midnight dark sky leisurely changes tinctures: blue becomes purple, bright azure and...
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Categories:
old, 12th grade, discrimination, freedom,
Form: Free verse
MY STORYYou know,
I am a restless woman
from centuries past,
Who does not know
the address of her home.
I am searching
For the address of my home.
The house where I was born,
Had wealth that was not my own.
I worked,
Toiled,
And...
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Categories:
birth, joy, life, old,
Form: Free verse
envious stretch
Starting with the toes,
Leaning from back to front.
Curling muscles across the back.
Never stressed,
Elongated.
Pushing out from nose to...
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Categories:
cat, dog, old,
Form: Rhyme
Fina's Coffee Shop, 435 Old Port Isabel RoadIs this a poem? -- I'd say so!
Near my home, convenient, clean
and comfy. Very low prices.
Varied delicious specials.
Slogans artistically painted
in strategically located spots --
poetic samples of our regional
colorful cuisine and culture:
"I like my cafecito...
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Categories:
old, appreciation, culture, food, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Old Poems
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age, beautiful, christmas, classic, death, depression, friendship, getting, humanity, life, love, nature,
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Definition | What is Old in Poetry?
Poems Related to Old
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