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1893

children of my friends
so grown up and radiant
now I feel my age

May 4, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, children, elderly, haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1689

a goodwill bargain
my first cane— in a moment
I’ve aged thirty years

February 16, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, elderly, haiku, poetry, senryu

1687

chasing the grandkids
around the playground
—— hope it’s angina

February 16, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, children, elderly, haiku, senryu

1642r🏞

how old I am, hmm—
more than some redwoods
younger than some hills

February 3, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, senryuTags: aging, birthdays, elderly, haiku, senryu

1622🍰

three helium balloons
left over from her birthday
wrinkled and nodding

January 29, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Family, haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, family, haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1614⌛️

one hundred and one
living in the same care home
as her youngest son

January 28, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, family, haiku, poem, senryu

1489

blank movie marquee
letters long gone— ghosts
smelling of popcorn

December 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, haiku, poetry, senryu 1 Comment

1406

traversing along
a cane in each hand
she heads for the mall

December 1, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, haiku, senryu

1287r

my age?
older than some redwoods
younger than some hills

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1077

the struggle hooking
her buttons and necklace
my fingers sausages

April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Catnap Revue, haiku, senryuTags: aging, buttons, elderly, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

998

grizzled lion
daydreams of the chase
gazelle chats him up

January 30, 2017January 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: chase, elderly, gazelle, haiku, lion, senryu 1 Comment

965

old ladies bang
apart crocodiles
of shopping carts

December 30, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senyruTags: aging, elderly, haiku, senryu, shopping 1 Comment

902

Marshall Dillon
and Ben Cartwright
babysit my mom

October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Family, haikuTags: elderly, haiku, mother, senryu, television 7 Comments

789

lipstick tastes
like jitterbug days–
an aide holds a mirror

May 31, 2016May 31, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: aging, care, elderly, jitterbug, lipstick 4 Comments

665

salt and pepper
on my barber’s floor
–mostly salt

 

 

April 2, 2016April 2, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryuTags: aging, barber, elderly, haiku, pepper, salt 1 Comment

642

frail, old woman
pulling a dog along
pulling her along

March 23, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Dogs, haiku, poem, poems, poetryTags: aging, dogs, elderly, haiku

502

my aunt’s manor house
lit by a 30 watt bulb
her one indulgence

六十六

January 11, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, elderly, Family, haiku, Rokuju RokuTags: aunt, economy, elderly, frugality, haiku

449

my aunts sheer terror
feds coming to arrest her
phone message says so

November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, poem, poems, poetryTags: elderly, grifting, haiku, phone fraud, scam

312

latest android app
how you will look elderly
what were they thinking??

July 27, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, haiku for cats, SenryuTags: aging, android, app, elderly, haiku, old age 1 Comment

Elderly Chinese Couple Exercising in the Park

In a hidden glen they mimic
Waking swan and soaring wren,
Slowly raise their arms to bright
New coins in the treetops.

Each day they eat less,
Take less room and trudge
Together tenderly as if lost
In a high pavilion garden
Where a thousand flowers bloom.

September 21, 2014September 21, 2014 by brucejewett Categories: Family, Health, poetry, RelationshipsTags: aging, Chinese, couple, elderly, excercise, flowers, love, loyalty, park, poem, poetry

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