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Tag: aging

. Peaceful / Life / Metrical / Rhyme
The Last Drop

The Last Drop

Never want to leave that sunset Value every single ray Though the brightness of the sunshine Spent its youth and …

 #acceptance #aging #Jim Loft #joy #sunset
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. Nostalgic / . Romantic / Metrical / Rhyme
Ivory Keys and Silent Pleas

Ivory Keys and Silent Pleas

The old musician plays a soulful tune; his fingers floating over ivory keys while thoughts of her, like leaves, are …

 #aging #loss #Mark Vincent #Regret #villanelle
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. Contemplative / . Nostalgic / . Pensive / Life / Metrical / Rhyme
The things I have lost

The things I have lost

Roaring flames of treasure blaze Sparked by distant memory days Of pirate ships and ferns for spears Of splashing streams like …

 #aging #childhood #Jim Loft #memories
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Love / Metrical / Rhyme / Sentiment
Once Soft and Smooth

Once Soft and Smooth

Soft, soothing hands would rock a crying son To sleep; would clap and cheer when he would run;  Then work …

 #aging #children #hands #Mark Vincent #mother
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. Pensive / .Lonesome / Fixed Form / Life / Loss / Love / Metrical / Sentiment
The Old Man in the Mist

The Old Man in the Mist

A lonely path through clouded memories his fading mind once sharp and clear, now lost in hazy fusion, time betrayed …

 #aging #dementia #Helen White
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. Romantic / Free Verse / Life
canvas on a warping frame

canvas on a warping frame

I didn’t know oil could crack. But new fissures open in sunflowers, gladiolas, the black and grey of the background. …

 #aging #character #growth #love #Rebecca Kerr
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. Introspective / Life / Metrical / Rhyme
The Tracks of My Years

The Tracks of My Years

I feel like a crosstie beneath rusted rail, awaiting a weight that will never return. The years that I prospered …

 #aging #change #Mark Andrew J. Terry #reflection
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. Peaceful / Fixed Form / Love / Metrical / Rhyme
As Seen by the Heart

As Seen by the Heart

A true love knows no age, no bound’ries rise to fetter or confine the bloom that grows. A true love …

 #aging #beauty #faithfulness #Sharon Anderson #sonnet #soul
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