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Old Timer
by George J. Carroll → (All Poetry by George J. Carroll)
Tuesday, August 15, 2017    Rated "G" by the Author.
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It seems I've run the course

And a few laps more but still

There is more to do.

Gotta get off my ass more.

 

Old time friends keep dying

Till there ain't any more around.

My day getting closer, I think

But I'll let God call the shots.

 

Still in fair shape for an old timer.

50 lbs over my fighting weight,

But you can't have every thing.

Close to knocking a poem out every day.

 

 

 
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 Reviews of "Old Timer"
Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on August 18, 2017

well said!
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on August 17, 2017
OLD TIMERS DON'T FUNCTION BY THEIR OWN STRENGTH AND WE COME TO THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE WISE ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE AND ACCEPT THE FACT THAT WE NEVER DID. SO WE 'LEAN' ON OUR MAKER, RELYING ON 'HIM' FOR 'ALL' THINGS- EACH MOVEMENT, EACH BREATH...EACH POEM. THANKS FOR SHARING, GEORGE...PRESS ON! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on August 16, 2017
If you can keep writing poems, you can't be that old. Keep at it, George. You've got a few years on me, but I am following close behind. John
Reviewed by Jane Noponen Perinacci
Reviewed on August 16, 2017
I'd say you are doing wonderfully, George!!

Love ya!

Jane
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 16, 2017
"Knocking out a poem a day" sounds like a pretty good plan for routine that you kept up for many years and will probably keep up for many more. As long as it doesn't become a burden to your already narrowing lifestyle, this part of you will thrive.

Keep on keeping on and producing these interesting, thought-provoking, gems of wisdom.

Ron
Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on August 16, 2017
When I was younger, an old timer told me, When you're young, you go to birthday parties and weddings. When you get older you go to funerals. As I've gotten older, I have found his words to spot on.
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