Old

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IN PUBLIC

IN PUBLIC

Is it Pride you're not embarrassed?

Is it anger?

What makes you want to threaten on a...

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Medlar to Blet

Leave them to hang on the tree a while longer
and let them overripen there ..
After all, it...

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I Dreamed I Was Old

Villanelle

I Dreamed I Was Old

I dreamed I was old when I was a child,
The sun’s crimson hues died as moon was born,
To...

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I'll always be here in...

Ode to a mother

I'll always be here in the shadows mum

In the silent quarters of my heart,
where the shadows...

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ageless

In the twilight of years,
Where time's footsteps echo in a slow, steady cadence,
Memories...

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Old and Bitter

đź“· Fatemeh Mardani | Yamin

Old and Bitter

As I'm getting older
My Bitterness shows itself rapidly

Satisfaction, long away from my door...

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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG

Remember when we were very young
Paper planes and flying kites
Dressing up on Halloween night...

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The one who got

away

The one who got

See, I always knew I'd be the one who got away.
You think I'm cocky for saying that..but even you...

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she remembers

to Aunty Zoila, who makes old age appealing

she remembers

I smile and
listen carefully
to everything she says
every story
word by word...

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Threadbare Reality

Threadbare Reality

There are daze
when I feel overwhelmed
by things that were
once so simple only...

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A Reflection Upon a Youth...

Insidious Loss

Oh’ how
I grieve the loss of function ..
Oh’ how
I mourn the loss of form ..
...

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Draining the vein

Draining the vein

So much depends
on

Draining the vein
swiftly

When the prostrate
preys...

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White hair

White hair

I have white hair and it's not an issue.
It is a sign of the life I'm passing through.
It's...

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Old 78’s And A Young...

Happy Birthday Susan

Old 78’s And A Young Seventy-Eight

Old records from many years ago, were 78 RPM’s;
If you’ve lived as long as we have, you will...

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What happened to the black...

The demise of the black mind

What happened to the black mind?

The younger generation of black people has gone astray.
They have no respect for life, no morals, or...