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S
scribbler
Jan 13, 2012 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

LIFE'S STAIRCASE

What sense does it make
that as the legs grow weaker
the steps grow steeper?

About This Poem

Style/Type: Structured: Eastern

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Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: South Carolina, United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Frost, Burns, Longfellow, Poe, and Johnson. I guess you've noticed these are all past masters. Other than folks on site I don't read any contemporary poets .

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S

scribbler

13 years 6 months ago

hi loved

just a question put in verse lol........stan

Ian.T

Ian.T

13 years 6 months ago

Stan

My dear friend, why do you think I live in a bungalow.
In my stupidity I put floor boards in the attic, and stored a lot of stuff up there in that other planet.
A land of bric-a-brac home to the odd creature that needs a place to go in the Winter LOL, great little piece Take care,Yours Ian.T

S

scribbler

13 years 6 months ago

hi Ian

Have built and lived in 2 houses with 2 stories. Present abode was designed and built with single floor due to old knees lol.....stan

S

scribbler

13 years 6 months ago

hi Mark

Haiku and rhyku come in handy for short thoughts don't they? thanks for dropping by...........stan

S

scribbler

13 years 6 months ago

Hi loved

Last comment still here but I don't mind a second one lol. I really wish cure for painful knees was that easy lmao......stan

loved

loved

13 years 6 months ago

All pain is

in the mind
we just feel it
and at times we are numb.
hope you shall find ,
a remedy soon ...

S

scribbler

13 years 6 months ago

hi loved

The remedy is total knee replacement which I am unwilling to endure yet but see having to do before much longer. thanks for your concern........stan

Roscoe Lane

Roscoe Lane

13 years 6 months ago

I have,

I have no answers, but agree whole heartedly,.Ha. Regards Roscoe...

S

scribbler

13 years 6 months ago

hi Roscoe

No answer really expected lol. thanks for visiting...........stan

Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

13 years 6 months ago

I felt the weight of the six silver buttons

And another one by a Norwegian poet- the gist of it anyhow :-

It was
when I felt the weight
of the six silver buttons
on my knitted jacket
as I went up the stairs
that I realised I was old.

Oh its beautifully expressed in the Telemark dialect and I haven't done it justice, but you get the idea Stan?
Luckily Erik and I walk every day and go fast through the woods brandishing our Nordic walking sticks, its a bit like skiing, some kindergarten children even said, look they have forgotten their skis! Erik is 87 and that's good going, no aches and pains in his knees or hips. We consider ourselves lucky. Wish I could stop your pain, everyone's pain.

Ann.

S

scribbler

13 years 6 months ago

Hello Ann

It's good to know ya'll are still getting around well. I have none to blame but my own carelessness for my aches and pains.............stan