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Saturday Afternoon
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Fervent redbirds began to croon,
As onyx shadows danced in tune,
Idle afternoon of peacock plumes,
amid greenness and floral fumes.
Saffron sunshine forever resumes,
with memories of pale, pink moon.
Gardener's pride, flowers maroon,
seeking the usual golden fortune,
under skies of lost purple balloon,
and mystery clouds, leaving soon.

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Ageing
by Ruth Fainlight

Since early middle-age
(say around forty)
I've been writing about ageing,
poems in many registers:
fearful, enraged or accepting
as I moved through the decades.

Now that I'm really old
there seems little left to say.
Pointless to bewail

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The Old Man In The Chair
by Leo Warne

That old man in the chair
with the still, spotted hands
hunched over on his porch
and gazing into nowhere.
His youth has ran,
on the ground he lands.
No one seems to care,
and onto them, his dead eyes stare.

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Reflection
by John Stetson

Though my world view become tarnished with age,
Let my imagination not so follow.
May its memory burn bright with the vigor of eager youth,
Happy to confront the dichotomy of discovery,
Which doesn't comport with my upbringing, my schooling, or my experience.
Only then will my self-worth meet the expectation of my promise.
Only then will I fulfill the destiny that Providence allows.

That pool can magnify, fool, and obscure.
But down at the bottom, that pool can cure.

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Poems about Age, Aging, and Getting Old
by Michael R. Burch

These are poems about time, poems about the process of maturation, poems about aging and growing old, poems about life's journey and its destination...



Learning to Fly
by Michael R. Burch

We are learning to fly
every day . . .


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Recent Aging Poems
weird girl vs orange cat in the wild
by Ella Sophia

dear diary . i am turning twenty . there is nothing that i want , but to go back home .
to the village i grew up in , playing with friends , socks pasted with dirty sand . i am
not in despair , i spend my time thrifting clothes , jewelry that fits the color of my skin ,
footprints that i follow as i walk outside . i am full of sliver , tattooed on my skin , left
arm filled with bruise . i feel bad as i look at myself — how i ended up looking like a fool .
cigarettes tasting good as it never did like before , cherry wine ; i swallow it , like a glass
of water that i consume when i was seven . i see, an orange cat in the wild . i want to be
free just like it . running , feeling the breeze , sun being paired with my pale skin . i do not
know what to do . i do not want to turn twenty . i am scared . take me back to being a kid ,
simply enjoying the life that i never knew i had of me .

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Reflection
by John Stetson

Though my world view become tarnished with age,
Let my imagination not so follow.
May its memory burn bright with the vigor of eager youth,
Happy to confront the dichotomy of discovery,
Which doesn't comport with my upbringing, my schooling, or my experience.
Only then will my self-worth meet the expectation of my promise.
Only then will I fulfill the destiny that Providence allows.

That pool can magnify, fool, and obscure.
But down at the bottom, that pool can cure.

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Faster ‘Round The Sun
by Michael J. Nappi

Sweet recollections of youth,
tiny giants in immense world.
When days were lite and slow,
birthdays scarce and Christmas distant.

Knowledge... perspective
mortality, brutal realities
swelling with years
shrinking the world.


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Only A Moment
by Michael J. Nappi

A scowl...
With hands on face
We are marked,
Stalked… and prey

Ticking away in escape
It cannot be saved
Moments pass behind us
Now becomes then


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Growing Pains
by Gus Krueger

Achy bones like brittle tree bark
Stretching skin ripping like paper
Numb tendons lagging behind
Emotions mixed like soup on a cold day
Confused in finding a footing
Changes etched in aging eyes
Renewed perspective aching with stretching numbness
Growing up means experiencing new Pains.

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  • Michael J. Nappi
    Michael J. Nappi (2 poems about Aging)
    February 9th, 1964 - Brooklyn, New York
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    Brian Cowan (1 poems about Aging)
  • axox axox
    axox axox (1 poem about Aging)
    January 01 - USA
  • Oliver Nalder
    Oliver Nalder (1 poems about Aging)
    July 18, 2000- Utah
  • Bob Wolff
    Bob Wolff (1 poem about Aging)
    February 19, 1956 - New Jersey
  • Angel Wilson
    Angel Wilson (1 poem about Aging)
    December 28th, Minnesota
  • Gus Krueger
    Gus Krueger (1 poems about Aging)
    January 25, 2001 - Texas
  • Ella Sophia
    Ella Sophia (1 poems about Aging)
    March 18, 2005 - Philippines