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"You cant make a silk purse out of a sow's ear,"
my grandma would opine.
So was I a fool for trying?
So many ears, so little time!
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"If wishes were horses,
then beggars would ride,"
when I wished out loud
Grandma would chide.
But life without dreams
I could not abide.
How is it I wound up
always a bridesmaid
and never a bride,
with a '92 Toyota for my ride?
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They thought I was an imbecile.
I dare not ask if they think so still,
especially as the years go on,
and more of my brain cells are gone.
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"Look at those old fools," scoffs callow youth,
his baggy pants slung below his bum.
"They're ancient. They dont see the truth,
they must not know they look so dumb."
I chide him, "Look through kinder eyes,"
(It will take him decades to grow wise),
impart my lesson, dutiful:
"Love at any age is beautiful."
(and this part isnt foolishness!)
some random thoughts for Susan's Mid Week Motif: Foolishness
As it turns out, this might also qualify for Hedgewitch's prompt at Real Toads: Folly
As it turns out, this might also qualify for Hedgewitch's prompt at Real Toads: Folly
"Love at any age is beautiful!"
ReplyDeleteResounding, yes!! Love your poem, Sherry!
Oh Sherry this is a lovely poem..! :D
ReplyDeletewhen I wished out loud
Grandma would chide.
Reminded me of my grandmother.... may she rest in peace.. :)
xoxo
Yes I can attest to that: "Love at any age is beautiful." You've written some really clever lines here Sherry. I had fun reading them. Now I'm off to sew my purse. You're right there's so little time.
ReplyDelete"Love at any age is beautiful!" Exactly! As for the callow youth: we mock the thing we are to be!
ReplyDeleteLots of fun here, Sherry--I smiled through the whole thing, even though you do end on a more serious note. I think your grandma and mine went to the same cliche school. ;_) Thanks so much for bringing your sense of humor to our Follies.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet.. I think foolishness is all relative.. wonderful take.
ReplyDelete"love at any age is beautiful" -- amen to that.
ReplyDeleteI'm smiling, Sherry! Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI like the message here, Sherry. First of all, it will take some youth a while to look at the elders with compassion and kindness.. I remember when my mother (who was blind) was still alive. I was helping her to cross the way in a store parking lot. Some impatient young man in a car HONKED at us, as we were walking too slowly. I shouted at him, "You too will be old someday!" And, yes, love at any age is beautiful indeed.
ReplyDeleteGood gravy! A continent away and we had the sme sayings growing up! You have taken the sting out of them here. "So many ears, so little time" Haha! That's the spirit! I nearly bought a '92 ford--a few steps down from your Toyota--but was saved by a $75 a month lease which has me in a 2015 ...If you are an imbecile, that's what I want to be when I grow up and fall in love! Thank you, Sherry.
ReplyDeleteFunny and yet so very wise at the same time - perfect!
ReplyDeleteI like every stanza, Sherry. And can identify with them all. When Mrs. Jim and I got married I wanted her to have a low mileage 'good' car. Hers was a Chevy Malibu with 107K miles. So I bought her from our company a previously leased yellow hatchback 1972 Ford Pinto. 'We' drove it until our flood of 1979 put water over the roof.
ReplyDeletePronouciation: do you pronounce the letter "i" soft or hard;
this, "Look through kinder (window) eyes,"
or this, "Look through kinder (ice) eyes,"
..
The doggerel verses, so much fun. But the final stanza is the point of it all. Love the pants "under the bum," and ain't that the truth? The lower the pants, the more opinionated kids are, I don't know the exact formula. Just sayin'! The response speaks volumes to the idea of embrace of The Other. Transcends the moment. Lovely. xo Amy
ReplyDeleteWhat I take from this is someone seeing the best in everyone. A genuinely kind person. Sadly kindness is mistaken for foolishness in our world...so as for the ears...give up on the sewing and try a work out with boxing gloves instead :)
ReplyDelete"love at any age is beautiful" yes it is. It is easy to tear someone down, but it takes so much work to rebuild him/her.
ReplyDelete"love at any age is beautiful"...aah..this is manna dew...drinking with my eyes...
ReplyDeleteI am smitten with the folly that you turned into a life full of grace~ Bravo!
ReplyDeleteWe should never judge other people, baggy pants or no. We have a very narrow view of the world when looked at from just one pair of eyes. Love is precious at any age.
ReplyDeleteFoolish it may be, but fun to read — and I so agree with your conclusion.
ReplyDeleteA fun set of reads Sherry. Oops, I see Rosemary said the samething, (sorry Rosemary) but it's true Sherry! :D
ReplyDeletethe folly of youth. at least my teens don't baggy pants... though they do, of course, know *everything* ~
ReplyDeleteFor so much 'foolishness' in your stanzas, they shine with wisdom and compassion. Have read these little stories several times, not wanting them to end!
ReplyDeletePoppy
Thank you for the smiles, I need them today. Looks like some time before I'll have a puter again. Thanks for sticking with me, and I believe there is some wisdom in each of the verses you wrote.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
All hail the wisdom that one day, if we're lucky and live long enough, comes from folly. Yes!
ReplyDeleteSuper super sweet and fun. I really enjoyed these Sherry--especially the so many ears so little time--that is so original and clever! Thanks. K. (Manicddaily)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely progression you have here - and funny yet poignant too. Fab!
ReplyDeleteFar from an imbecile and definitely a silk purse ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat poem.
ReplyDelete"I chide him, "Look through kinder eyes,"
ReplyDelete(It will take him decades to grow wise),
impart my lesson, dutiful:
"Love at any age is beautiful."-- Gracious lines...and I love love love the concluding lines, Sherry!!
Young people often make the mistake of thinking that the way to excel is to tear everyone around you down until you are the only one left...Older people understand that politeness costs you nothing and gains you much. :)
Agreed with all the views expressed hereinbefore, and then some!
ReplyDeleteLoved it, Sherry!
ReplyDeletesome nice ones revisited (◕‿◕｡)
ReplyDeletemuch love...
But life without dreams
ReplyDeleteI could not abide.
I hear ya Sherry, dreams are meant for living..
We all must dream.
ReplyDeleteI worry about the youth but haven't the elders always worried?
I really like your poem
Love these. They made me smile.
ReplyDelete""If wishes were horses,
then beggars would ride,"
when I wished out loud
Grandma would chide.
But life without dreams
I could not abide."
Amen to that!
Awww Sherry, I love this!
ReplyDeleteHi Sherry,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to let you know that Sanaa Rizvi wrote a guest post for The Seeker's Dungeon and she mentioned Poets United as a turning point in her life. If you'd like to take a look you can find it here: http://theseekersdungeon.com/2015/04/17/phoenix-guest-post-sanaa-rizvi/
Sherry,
ReplyDeleteI love your llively aspects of foolishness, though mainly viewed through eyes of great wisdom; yours!! Those old phrases and ways of our wise grandparents, always resonates with sense, even today...As for the love issue, I like that you are keeping your otpions open Sherry!!
A most enjoyable read, late this Friday afternoon.
Eileen
from opening to finish... made me smile
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