Category Archives: Aging

Book List

Posted on November 11, 2022 by sputterpub

My doctor recommended Elderhood.I purchased it and started right away.So far (at 10%) it’s very good –well-written and informative, I say.It mentions yet another book I maybe reading soon, for good of brain and bod.I never heard of it till … Continue reading →

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In My Head

Posted on November 6, 2022 by sputterpub

I hope it’s just some pollen-triggered phlegm,an allergy response in throat and head,and not a symptom, felt at 3 a.m.,that I’ve a cold developing. I dreadthe complications rhinovirus-led –bronchitis, narrowed airway, weariness.I’m recently too often in my bed –today the … Continue reading →

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Extended Nest Emptying

Posted on November 4, 2022 by sputterpub

I don’t remember sadness when the nestwas emptying – I had so much to do,there was no leisure for a heavy chest.The kids were old enough, and able too.I have some recollection of a fussI felt inside, when each was … Continue reading →

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After a Dream

Posted on October 27, 2022 by sputterpub

I wonder have I grown too old to like a peer, if I could meet one interesting? Perhaps my heart’s too callused now and sore, and throbbed too many times to sense the spike of Cupid’s arrow loosed while on … Continue reading →

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These Old Bones

Posted on October 26, 2022 by sputterpub

Restarting yoga after 17 days resting, testing to recovery, I understand the practice more, and mean to focus my intention with each breath. I took the floor right after some caffeine and poetry, and relished every pose. Although I’m not … Continue reading →

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Octad

Posted on October 24, 2022 by sputterpub

I’m trying not to think ahead too much — indeed that habit only makes me fret. While thoughtfulness is fine, I need to clutch the Covid lesson, so I don’t forget to live each day in present tense, and let … Continue reading →

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Lights

Posted on October 16, 2022 by sputterpub

I listened to the song you sent, and it demolished me. I understand just what you meant — it’s where I want to be.

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The End of an Era

Posted on October 10, 2022 by sputterpub

The day has come to put away my gear. I always knew with luck I would succumb to age, and now the time to stop is here. The day has come. I smoked so much when I was careless young, … Continue reading →

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The Uninvited

Posted on October 1, 2022 by sputterpub

Omitted for your politics?Your singledom? Or why?It might be something you could fix,if you’d admit a try.Instead I hear for all events,a reason to exclude.It’s not about intelligence,but nasty attitude.

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Significance

Posted on September 28, 2022 by sputterpub

I didn’t feel emotionally numb,but when my eyes began to leak, I knewsignificance. They didn’t flow, but fromsomewhere in me tears welled and brimming grew.I felt no grief or sadness. I stood dumb,and recognizing something seeping through.A little seam of … Continue reading →

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