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THOUGHTS OF THE ELDERLY--poems
Poems describing the thoughts of those in the evening of their life
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Those who have given their life to the community and the nation spend the evening of their life in neglect, often in old age homes, lonely amidst others, away from their own. These poems describe their plight and thoughts
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SOLD TO DEATH  [ASR]   0.8 KB
The saga of old age.

LONELY OLD MEN  [E]   0.8 KB
Old men are often lonely, helpless and silent in their suffering.

POLLUTED WORDS: a sonnet  [E]   0.8 KB
When the young pollute, the old quit.

SHALL I THERE BE PERCHANCE AGAIN?  [E]   0.8 KB
The old village road, remembered in old age.

SHADOWS: a sonnet--award winner   [E]   0.9 KB
Shadows of gloom, haunted by memories.

A TIRED GAME  [E]   0.9 KB
What is life but a tired game, in pursuit of name and fame?

WISHING FOR DEATH--award winner  [E]   1.1 KB
An old man feels it is no more worthwhile to live.

THE BEREAVED—a sonnet  [E]   0.8 KB
The grief of one bereaved is tended best in loneliness.

A DISTANT MEMORY--award winner  [E]   1.6 KB
Memories of the lost life partner.

GETTING OLDER BY THE MINUTE:award winner  [E]   1.4 KB
As I get older, I wait for His call, walking His path.

ROAD TO WINTER  [E]   1.0 KB
Travelling on life’s one way street.

WINTERS OF LIFE: a sonnet—winner  [E]   1.1 KB
Winters in various stages of life.

EMPTY CUP: a sonnet  [E]   0.8 KB
When life’s cup is empty and can’t be filled.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, THROW ME A PENNY  [E]   1.0 KB
A poor old man, wishing happy new year.

MAKING WAY FOR THE YOUNG: a sonnet  [E]   0.8 KB
It is true that the old have to make way for the young.

WHY I LIVE?  [E]   0.7 KB
Why I live, for whom I live, why should I live at all?

WHAT YOU MEANT TO ME  [E]   1.1 KB
Memories of one gone.

AN OLD MAN’S SAGA  [E]   0.7 KB
Don’t be wary of the old. They want to give. Take it.

MY TODDLER DAYS  [E]   0.8 KB
An old man is not much different from a child!

SUMMERS AND WINTERS: a sonnet---winner  [E]   1.0 KB
Winters in the winter of life are harder than in the summer.

INTO THE VOID  [E]   0.8 KB
Preparing for exit from this world.

THE SONNET OF THE OLD  [E]   0.8 KB
The old are slow but sharp.

BIRTHDAY THOUGHTS: a sonnet-award winner  [E]   0.9 KB
A birthday does not bring much of a cheer to an old man.

SOLACE  [E]   0.7 KB
Musings about youth in the evening of life.

FINAL MOMENTS—a ghazal  [E]   1.5 KB
The growing feeling of growing old

OLD MEN  [E]   0.9 KB
Mild satire about the way the young perceive the old

HEAVENLY COUPLE  [E]   1.7 KB
Husband and wife meet in heaven.

WINTER OF LIFE  [E]   1.0 KB
Thoughts in the evening of life.

PHANTOM DANCE  [E]   1.3 KB
The spectre of an old man in his last moments

HAUNTED MANSION  [E]   1.3 KB
Ruminating musings of old age when the heart is an abode for ghosts of memories.

LONG WALK HOME  [E]   0.9 KB
Prayer to God in the evening of life.

FINAL GOOD BYE--a ghazal  [E]   0.9 KB
No more woes or desires are left at the end of life, except getting the peace of the Lord.

LIVING FOR MYSELF  [E]   1.2 KB
Having lived a life for others, one decides it is time to live for oneself

GONE WITH THE WIND  [E]   1.1 KB
Memories of a life partner.

EVENING OF LIFE  [E]   1.5 KB
Memories, loneliness, infirmity and the call of death, in the evening of life.

DISTANT SHADOWS  [E]   0.9 KB
Dark shadows of thoughts in the evening of life

AN OLD MAN’S WISH  [E]   1.1 KB
A father beseeches Death to pay him a visit.