Being Old: The Advantages And Disadvantages....... [(See The Title): Long; Personal? ; Humour? ] Comments
For my poems, my friend Valsa George has a hunger.
She’s over fifty, but, compared to me, she is younger.
She suggested I write about ‘the advantages of being old’.
It’s a challenge, but, Valsa, on this idea you have sold......
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One faces a lot of difficulties at this stage of life. However, a wise person can realise the beauty of life through his or her acquired experiences and knowledge...a brilliant poem
It a life story. Old people wish they were still young, young people pray God to grant them long life to be old someday. But anytime I read Mr. Edwards, he is just a five year old kid with many years of experience. That's why he will never die, because we will read him forever.
Stop, Koffi, STOP! ! My wife sometimes says I'm 5 years old, but she's 70 years off in her estimate. NOW, if I could only go backwards all the way back to my childhood, my 1st one. I might skip the marriages.
Thanks to....ALL READERS and commenters of my poem, PAST, PRESENT, or FUTURE. Special thanks for HONEST comments, bri : )
You had a job where you had to worry about being fit? Were you a model? A star? An Actor (do they ever retire?)
Why, anais, you thought I was writing JUST about ME? ? ! Well, I had to be fit enough on my job, but I didn't wear makeup. ;) bri
I enjoyed this write, it reminded me of one I did some time ago called 'The perfect specimen' As we grow old we think of these things. I liked the flow of the poem its rhyme and the positive and negative aspects.
Clicked on the Five Stars icon and PH said I cannot vote because I already did. Ah well, you didn't mention memory fading out a bit being an issue so maybe it's just me!
I'm only eighty, so I'll let you know when I start getting old.
Life after retirement is very leisurely. It's not easy to have a good day.
Well go buy a TV! ! ! And eat ice cream every day, four times per day! ! !
Great poem! I enjoyed it very much. I’m nearly 69, almost as OLD as you are, so I can empathize. Thanks for noticing the missing quotation marks. Yes, I did the wood cut as Mike King.
Very good one different sides of a coin makes it complete not incomplete Keep writing
The poem is a a clear mirror of advantages and disadvantage of old age though a satire
I am over seventy and i agree with your advantages and disadvantages of being elderly. Being overweight is more of a problem for me now. My face is changing, going by what I see in the mirror. At least I am not the only one.
Yes, I guess 'not being the only one' could be SOME CONSOLATION. Perhaps one should share one's casket/burial chamber/funeral pyre with another? ? ?
You have me hook from the start and laughing at the end a wonderful poem abt aging . Ty
I KNOW IT IS A 'wonderful poem'. But, thanks for reinforcing my opinion. : ))))
A brilliant right that just goes to show the fors and against of getting old CAN be humorously told? ......good one Buddie!
Brilliant! I’m 78..Everyting nowadays is in slow motion. Keep your’e pen moving. Best regards Sally.
Sally, I wish I felt I had the time to send you a message and to read one of your poems, but if you were 78 in 2018, you are PROBABLY DEAD now, so why should I bother? ? ? ? ?
The last line should be: Be happy and live till you die, -nilly. (Report)
Well done. Good humour. I totally agree with you. Live and let others live. Don't stay in anybody else’s way and you'll be safe and sound. Be happy and live till you die, - nilly.
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I see comments today form 53? poets. THANKS TO ALL. : ) AND THANKS TO PH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE ON THIS SITE. bri : )