Poems About Aging by Top Critiquers
#aging
goodwolf1966
jimmy
jimmy
Poem Published
28th Nov 2024 00:32am
28th Nov 2024 00:32am
of freedom
i am
in mind
younger
than
in body,
so many
thoughts
possible
like sunsets,
such wisdom
to bless,
adventurous,
a dreamer,
sometimes
i take
my chances,
leave myself
open-minded,
nothing
shameful,
embarrassing,
i am not
opposed
of freedom.
in mind
younger
than
in body,
so many
thoughts
possible
like sunsets,
such wisdom
to bless,
adventurous,
a dreamer,
sometimes
i take
my chances,
leave myself
open-minded,
nothing
shameful,
embarrassing,
i am not
opposed
of freedom.
#aging
#determination
#dreams
#happiness
#wisdom
55 reads
8 Comments
summultima
uma
uma
Poem Published
16th Dec 2018 1:43pm
16th Dec 2018 1:43pm
the essence of absence (everything & nothings of newness~nothingness)
sanctum's reminiscing memory papillae
still stuck hard in revolting astringencies
of million brewing theobromine crisis
had but just caved in again and again
to indelibly imprinted submissions
of passion smeared wine red lipsticks
over and beyond the woven ranges
of once fluttering fabric herbarium
in pleated cottons to crinkly punks
now idly under hermetic enclosures
that do dare out a little here & there
in hung remnants of trivial traceability
whilst the basic principle of the active you..
yes...
still stuck hard in revolting astringencies
of million brewing theobromine crisis
had but just caved in again and again
to indelibly imprinted submissions
of passion smeared wine red lipsticks
over and beyond the woven ranges
of once fluttering fabric herbarium
in pleated cottons to crinkly punks
now idly under hermetic enclosures
that do dare out a little here & there
in hung remnants of trivial traceability
whilst the basic principle of the active you..
yes...
#love
#memories
#aging
#mystery
#passion
519 reads
8 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
2nd Sep 2024 10:41am
2nd Sep 2024 10:41am
Cutaneous
Love is a hasty and curious affliction,
an allergy that defies all predictions.
A perpetual shiver, such a cunning shiver,
a touch that lasts, an endless euphoria.
It's like an itch you can't scratch,
a feverish blush, a maddening departure.
A sweet allergy you never want to cure,
an eternal chill, such a pure emotion.
Love is a sneeze that catches you off guard,
a tickle in the heart, a breath of fresh air.
A rash that spreads with every glance,
a chronic condition, a risky dance.
So here's to love, that capricious...
an allergy that defies all predictions.
A perpetual shiver, such a cunning shiver,
a touch that lasts, an endless euphoria.
It's like an itch you can't scratch,
a feverish blush, a maddening departure.
A sweet allergy you never want to cure,
an eternal chill, such a pure emotion.
Love is a sneeze that catches you off guard,
a tickle in the heart, a breath of fresh air.
A rash that spreads with every glance,
a chronic condition, a risky dance.
So here's to love, that capricious...
#aging
#fate
#love
105 reads
8 Comments
Styxian
Poem Published
13th Mar 2023 1:56am
13th Mar 2023 1:56am
Made It To Thursday
No, Elaine.
You can't come in the bathroom.
I've soiled myself.
I told you last year
that you'd never see me like this.
Please, go on to bed
while I clean myself up.
I will then go rest on the couch
and see you in the morning.
The coffee will wake me up.
I promise.
Think of it as practice.
Probably soon,
you'll be sleeping alone for good.
Remember last Friday,
we thought I was a goner.
And the boys came over
when you called them.
I heard y'all, as I woke up.
I love you...
You can't come in the bathroom.
I've soiled myself.
I told you last year
that you'd never see me like this.
Please, go on to bed
while I clean myself up.
I will then go rest on the couch
and see you in the morning.
The coffee will wake me up.
I promise.
Think of it as practice.
Probably soon,
you'll be sleeping alone for good.
Remember last Friday,
we thought I was a goner.
And the boys came over
when you called them.
I heard y'all, as I woke up.
I love you...
#sadness
#death
#aging
463 reads
21 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
15th Oct 2024 6:44am
15th Oct 2024 6:44am
Retrogenesis
She taught me not to fear death
It’s just part of living
Now every time that I go and visit her
My soul hurts and heart sinks
She’s waiting to cross that bridge
Gone are the stories she used to tell
As far back as 1936
All the great details she could recall
Are now but soft flashbacks of mystery
I kiss her cheeks and forehead
Her smile and childlike eyes know who I am
The skin on her hands is paper thin
Soft and warm under blankets
Fighting the impending cold and darkness
An internal silent battle is raging ...
It’s just part of living
Now every time that I go and visit her
My soul hurts and heart sinks
She’s waiting to cross that bridge
Gone are the stories she used to tell
As far back as 1936
All the great details she could recall
Are now but soft flashbacks of mystery
I kiss her cheeks and forehead
Her smile and childlike eyes know who I am
The skin on her hands is paper thin
Soft and warm under blankets
Fighting the impending cold and darkness
An internal silent battle is raging ...
#aging
#family
#grief #parent
#grief #parent
237 reads
19 Comments
deliabear
Debbie
Debbie
Poem Published
26th Nov 2023 12:15pm
26th Nov 2023 12:15pm
A Mangled Mind
The night seized prisoners of sleep.
Even those with the mangled minds.
Put to slumber the mutilated memories.
Their persistence will be sure to further torture me.
The dark enveloped and swallowed her yearn to weep.
There is ecstasy of quiet
after her disillusioned screams
I wish her bed was a prison of a cocoon.
To metamorphosis back in time.
To the days she had a healthy mind.
Those days are gone, vanished, never to return.
But the candle of my love for her continues it's fight to burn.
Even those with the mangled minds.
Put to slumber the mutilated memories.
Their persistence will be sure to further torture me.
The dark enveloped and swallowed her yearn to weep.
There is ecstasy of quiet
after her disillusioned screams
I wish her bed was a prison of a cocoon.
To metamorphosis back in time.
To the days she had a healthy mind.
Those days are gone, vanished, never to return.
But the candle of my love for her continues it's fight to burn.
#aging
172 reads
6 Comments
AspergerPoet56
Poem Published
29th Apr 2023 1:55am
29th Apr 2023 1:55am
Growing Old Comes With Baggage (It's Unhealthy)
feel so tired ~ can't sleep
body aching all over
old age catching up
body aching all over
old age catching up
#myself
#aging
#senryu
384 reads
7 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
10th Apr 2024 9:06pm
10th Apr 2024 9:06pm
Moonlapse
What symptoms are you noticing?” he asks.
And I fumble with words,
trying to shove the frayed thread of them
through the needle’s eye
of all the awkward ways that I am
dissatisfied and
confused and
just generally itchy
in both my psyche and
in parts he can’t comprehend
And clear as day I can read his thoughts
as they float in a massive midair speech bubble:
“please let her mention something
that I can order tests for…”
But there is no test for the way
my soul has stopped fitting in this body, ...
And I fumble with words,
trying to shove the frayed thread of them
through the needle’s eye
of all the awkward ways that I am
dissatisfied and
confused and
just generally itchy
in both my psyche and
in parts he can’t comprehend
And clear as day I can read his thoughts
as they float in a massive midair speech bubble:
“please let her mention something
that I can order tests for…”
But there is no test for the way
my soul has stopped fitting in this body, ...
#women
#frustration
#aging #NaPoWriMo2024
#aging #NaPoWriMo2024
110 reads
6 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
8th Aug 2024 6:18pm
8th Aug 2024 6:18pm
Young Hearts Run Free (Straight Talk Live)
I have been getting out of my bed, checking my voicemail before the crack of dawn to make sure none of my nursing staff has called off and me rushing around to find a replacement, or pay someone time and a half to cover, or the last resort of my passion, me filling in, passing out medications, checking Traches, draining colotomy bags, making sure patients who are bed ridden are rotated, assisting a Patient Care Assocaite or a LPN with bathing, giving insulin injections, then between the clinical duties and checking in my office to make sure no calls from Medicare for services reimbursement,...
#aging
#identity
#peace
#philosophical
#wisdom
256 reads
5 Comments
I_IS_ME
Poem Published
23rd Jul 2024 1:21am
23rd Jul 2024 1:21am
Aging Beautifully
#aging
#erotic
#sex
310 reads
11 Comments
Phantom2426
Poem Published
31st Jan 2021 6:56am
31st Jan 2021 6:56am
Loner's 50th Birthday
Today is the
Loner's Birthday
He wants to enjoy
the women but
with all that is going on
he chooses to stay
safe in his bubble
He might be over the hill
and can't get it up
no more he might
need the blue pill or
Nugenix to get his
shit in order to
become the Incubus
he's meant to be
So Happy Birthday
To the Loner
Loner's Birthday
He wants to enjoy
the women but
with all that is going on
he chooses to stay
safe in his bubble
He might be over the hill
and can't get it up
no more he might
need the blue pill or
Nugenix to get his
shit in order to
become the Incubus
he's meant to be
So Happy Birthday
To the Loner
#brother
#women
#men
#birthday
#aging
447 reads
3 Comments
adagio
Poem Published
23rd Nov 2023 9:16pm
23rd Nov 2023 9:16pm
Silence Washing Upon The Shore
Silence washing upon the shore,
disharmonica è la luce, light is
disharmonious
with the scent of your perfume
heavenly sedated with memories,
wandering in silence
listening to the haunting, crawling,
in your shadow's space, whispering,
into my ear
and then the gray of a Gothic stone
collecting the effigy of my forgotten
from the catacombs of silence
washing upon the shore
disharmonica è la luce, light is
disharmonious
with the scent of your perfume
heavenly sedated with memories,
wandering in silence
listening to the haunting, crawling,
in your shadow's space, whispering,
into my ear
and then the gray of a Gothic stone
collecting the effigy of my forgotten
from the catacombs of silence
washing upon the shore
#aging
#hypocrisy
#philosophical
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