Showing posts with label poems about aging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poems about aging. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Grandfather's Vespers - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Grandfather’s Vespers His rocking chair pendulums in the dusk His coffee cup’s half-empty, what’s le...
Saturday, March 4, 2017

Collateral Damage - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Collateral Damage His final defensive perimeter Room 304 in The Plaza Hotel Convenient to the bus s...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Discharge Papers - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Discharge Papers Now trudging up the creaky courthouse steps He ran and skipped up forty years ago...
Monday, May 16, 2016

The Eternal Complaint of the Elderly - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol. The Eternal Complaint of the Elderly Old men don’t seem to recognize the world Its shifting cultural exp...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

Two Drowsy Old Dogs - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Two Drowsy Old Dogs The adventures are pretty much over now And the field gear was turned in long ago...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

Listen to the Moon - A Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Listen to the Moon When you are very old, speak to the moon, Just as you did when you were very young...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Who is That Absurd Old Man? - a poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Who is That Absurd Old Man? Who is that old man in the looking-glass That absurd old man with ...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

This Moon is not Eternal

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   This Moon is not Eternal   This moon is not eternal; it only seems To b...
Monday, August 4, 2014

Some Other Planet

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Some Other Planet A youth in his curiosity wants To fling himself in a swift silver ship To wander s...