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Old Poems | Examples of Old Poetry

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Premium Member Entropy
The 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...Read the rest...
Categories: life, old, perspective, spiritual,
Form: Narrative
Old Fashioned Typewriter
Old 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old, inspirational love,
Form: Rhyme



No truth tinged without trickery
There’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! ______________________ Translation |20.10.2024|assembly, old, virtue, truth, trickery Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, old, truth,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member she liked her old housedress
she 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old, woman,
Form: Free verse
Old tavern
The 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old, life,
Form: Free verse



inner critic
He 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old, age, anxiety, i am,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member On Being Old
An 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old, age, angst, appreciation, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Old Cemetery
it was on a sunny day that sent me to exploring and I found an old cemetery inviting, sunlit and airy ...Read the rest...
Categories: old, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Of what use
Lamp duly doused, what use more oil? Thieves absconded, what use vigil? Wooing women, vim and verve gone, Building bridge once water has flown. _______________________ Translation |15.10.2024| lamp, thief, old age, woman, water, bridge Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of...Read the rest...
Categories: old, water, woman,
Form: Quatrain
Betting on age
I 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old, age, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Old Glory
She 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 ...Read the rest...
Categories: old, autumn, history, mountains, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Old Glory Has Something to Say
Old 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old, 12th grade, discrimination, freedom,
Form: Free verse
MY STORY
You 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...Read the rest...
Categories: birth, joy, life, old,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member envious stretch
Starting with the toes, Leaning from back to front. Curling muscles across the back. Never stressed, Elongated. Pushing out from nose to...Read the rest...
Categories: cat, dog, old,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fina's Coffee Shop, 435 Old Port Isabel Road
Is 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old, appreciation, culture, food, tribute,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Old Poems

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