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Old Poems | Examples of Old Poetry

Old Poems - Examples of all types of old poetry to share and read. This list of old poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of old poetry. This list of works about old is an excellent resource for examples on how to write old poems.
Premium Member Party Hat On
Old age is a gift from God no different than a newborn’s Learn to feel, probe, explore Party hat on ~...Read the rest...
Categories: fun, god, old, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The last verse is not the song
Jack 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...Read the rest...
Categories: change, freedom, life, old,
Form: Lyric
Suffering Your Guilt
He 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old, abuse, betrayal, for him,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member As We Grow Older
Growing 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...Read the rest...
Categories: age, old,
Form: Free verse
My Grandfather
Garrulous old man Who chattered like a magpie Is my grandfather....Read the rest...
Categories: age, engagement, humorous, old,
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Getting Older
There'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...Read the rest...
Categories: age, old,
Form: Free verse
To my Old Age
I 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...Read the rest...
Categories: age, old,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Oldest Toy
The 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old,
Form: Haibun
The Silent Giant
O 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old, beauty, imagery, magic, mountains,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dad Gum It
Pity 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old,
Form: Limerick
Old Is Gold
Old is gold, they say Baobao lives a kilo years Thousand years, Lord's day....Read the rest...
Categories: age, growth, old, spiritual,
Form: Haiku
Haiku Translations III
These 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...Read the rest...
Categories: blue, life, night, old,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Gaslit Memories
When 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....Read the rest...
Categories: love, memory, old, psychological,
Form: Free verse
That was then, this is now
A 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...Read the rest...
Categories: old, change, city, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
O let my Old Age be Mellow
Thou art to soul as sleep is to my strife, The cheeks when look neither rosy nor full, Lips red, nor knees so supple of a mule, The flesh when falters, wrinkles getting rife, In...Read the rest...
Categories: age, death, life, old,
Form: Sonnet

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