Poems About Aging by Top Critiquers
#aging
dimpy
dimpsmoon
dimpsmoon
Poem Published
16th Sep 2024 6:26pm
16th Sep 2024 6:26pm
the last stop
in the greed
of becoming young,
my childhood
got captured
in this mirror,
when the evening
of my life arrived,
the deficiency
of vitamins increased,
when there was
no one
to smell my fragrance
and
no one
to listen to my loneliness,
then this childhood
stood by me
it came into my silent life,
by becoming the shape of words...
of becoming young,
my childhood
got captured
in this mirror,
when the evening
of my life arrived,
the deficiency
of vitamins increased,
when there was
no one
to smell my fragrance
and
no one
to listen to my loneliness,
then this childhood
stood by me
it came into my silent life,
by becoming the shape of words...
#aging
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13 Comments
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
14th Dec 2024 2:06am
14th Dec 2024 2:06am
Ringside
Tracy takes me to Ringside Steakhouse the day before my birthday
We get our entrees at 9:30 PM.
I've flown from Phoenix to Portland
Spent Thanksgiving with my sister
Then taken the train to Tacoma to visit old friends
By the time a bus gets me back to Portland, it's late and I'm not very hungry
I haven't seen Tracy in 14 years
and it's only the second time seeing him in almost twenty
He's not on social media, so I didn't know how to age him in my mind
I never thought of him as fat,
but he's lost something like 50 pounds
and...
We get our entrees at 9:30 PM.
I've flown from Phoenix to Portland
Spent Thanksgiving with my sister
Then taken the train to Tacoma to visit old friends
By the time a bus gets me back to Portland, it's late and I'm not very hungry
I haven't seen Tracy in 14 years
and it's only the second time seeing him in almost twenty
He's not on social media, so I didn't know how to age him in my mind
I never thought of him as fat,
but he's lost something like 50 pounds
and...
#aging
#boyfriend
#travel
66 reads
5 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
Yesterday 00:51am
Yesterday 00:51am
think nothing of death
old man sits at his desk
with his cigarettes, his papers, his books
and his scotch, but
no clocks, no timepieces
whatsoever to remind him
of the time he has left
with his cigarettes, his papers, his books
and his scotch, but
no clocks, no timepieces
whatsoever to remind him
of the time he has left
#aging
35 reads
2 Comments
Grace
IDryad
IDryad
Poem Published
25th Nov 2022 11:20am
25th Nov 2022 11:20am
Lonely Alone
quiet contemplation
surrounding deaf to his thoughts
life shunted him a vacuum
nothing seemed right
his heart wasn't ticking
his thoughts were scrambled
he didn't know the time
nor did he care
he lived in his nothingness
once in a while
he reached up for air
painful photographs of her
surrounding deaf to his thoughts
life shunted him a vacuum
nothing seemed right
his heart wasn't ticking
his thoughts were scrambled
he didn't know the time
nor did he care
he lived in his nothingness
once in a while
he reached up for air
painful photographs of her
#aging
190 reads
4 Comments
Samnash
Sam Nash
Sam Nash
Poem Published
26th Jul 2024 7:55pm
26th Jul 2024 7:55pm
Don’t Tell Me
#erotic
#LifeStruggles
#SelfDiscovery
#aging
#sex
168 reads
20 Comments
Adelphina
Poem Published
25th Aug 2024 9:04pm
25th Aug 2024 9:04pm
In the Grey
I'm in the middle
of night and day
one foot in
one foot out
of my grave
I'm in the middle
of thunder and
miles of rain
where all the color
is washed away
You'll find me
in the grey
Colorblind
and that's okay
The clock
has her hands
filled with time
too busy to
pay any mind
My roots have
turned to stone
from my head
I grew a throne
to sit and wait
Weathered and dry
when it's time to die
keeping my cool
where all the color ...
of night and day
one foot in
one foot out
of my grave
I'm in the middle
of thunder and
miles of rain
where all the color
is washed away
You'll find me
in the grey
Colorblind
and that's okay
The clock
has her hands
filled with time
too busy to
pay any mind
My roots have
turned to stone
from my head
I grew a throne
to sit and wait
Weathered and dry
when it's time to die
keeping my cool
where all the color ...
#aging
#inspirational
376 reads
27 Comments
BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2023 6:17pm
3rd Feb 2023 6:17pm
Bad decisions at 55
It wasn't up to you
it was up to me
turns out there was A LOT of falling
drank too much
smoked too much
really over did it on the folly
still here I am
full of ego and piss
the cracks are deeper
my bruises lie in wait
not as quick to calamity
at least that's what I tell myself
though I can still throw my lot in with the wineos
so go ahead twist that top or pull the cork
let's get on with it
i’ll pay for it tomorrow
it was up to me
turns out there was A LOT of falling
drank too much
smoked too much
really over did it on the folly
still here I am
full of ego and piss
the cracks are deeper
my bruises lie in wait
not as quick to calamity
at least that's what I tell myself
though I can still throw my lot in with the wineos
so go ahead twist that top or pull the cork
let's get on with it
i’ll pay for it tomorrow
#aging
#choices
485 reads
14 Comments
CasketSharpe
Poem Published
7th Jun 2022 1:13am
7th Jun 2022 1:13am
Cotton Fields
#sex
#aging
359 reads
6 Comments
moon_bather
Poem Published
1st Oct 2024 4:36am
1st Oct 2024 4:36am
Lovely Mistake (in that life can swallow you whole before you see anything coming but next thing is they got you)
this stupid little life
in this
stupid little house
in this
empty soulless city
means (absolutely)
everything
to me
in this
stupid little house
in this
empty soulless city
means (absolutely)
everything
to me
#aging
#freedom
#happiness
#MyInspiration
#passion
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0 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
23rd Apr 2024 8:53pm
23rd Apr 2024 8:53pm
staring down 73
My mother's 72
had a couple of mini strokes
a few years back
needs a lot of medication
just to stay alive
She has newly made plans
for a once in a life time
trip next year
and my first thought
when she told me
was please don't die first
had a couple of mini strokes
a few years back
needs a lot of medication
just to stay alive
She has newly made plans
for a once in a life time
trip next year
and my first thought
when she told me
was please don't die first
#aging
#family
134 reads
5 Comments
Green_Arrow
Poem Published
25th Mar 2023 1:02am
25th Mar 2023 1:02am
Between A Man And A Dog
Okay, Pooch. What am
I supposed to do with you
now? Take you back to my place?
Funny you should ask,
Old Timer. Must be better
than within foggy weather.
I supposed to do with you
now? Take you back to my place?
Funny you should ask,
Old Timer. Must be better
than within foggy weather.
#friendship
#dogs
#fiction
#dialogue
#aging
268 reads
0 Comments
eightmore
Poem Published
16th Aug 2024 5:04pm
16th Aug 2024 5:04pm
Curosity Part II
#aging
#sex
190 reads
3 Comments
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