Today
\nby cricketjeff on January 1, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nAn age they say when folly’s passed me by
\nAnd wisdom sits where impulse used to rule
\nYet still I dream that I can learn to fly
\nI’m older but at heart I’m still a fool.
\nI cannot say what change has come to me
\nPerhaps I’m rounder than I used to be<\/p>\n
I try to play my part in many ways
\nI’ve learned some useful tricks across the years
\nI’m not so old I’m counting off my days
\nInfirmity and age are not my fears
\nThis age of man seems comfortable to me
\nI’ve found the time to write some poetry<\/p>\n
My hair may show a tendency to grey
\nI run a little slower for a bus
\nBut I have learned contentment in a way
\nA little love is worth a lot of fuss
\nI’m middle aged but always young at heart
\nToday is when the future has to start<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nThe form is the “Venus and Adonis stanza” 6 line stanzas, sixains, of iambic
\npentameter rhymed ababcc apparently invented by Shakespeare for his epic poem
\nVenus and Adonis.<\/p>\n
The prompt is from Shakespeare’s seven ages of man …<\/p>\n
And then the justice,
\nIn fair round belly with good capon lined,
\nWith eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
\nFull of wise saws and modern instances;
\nAnd so he plays his part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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