In praise of older women

poem in rhyming quatrains

 

In praise of older women

 

There is beauty in old age

 which younger girls can’t emulate

 As if the lady’s reached the stage

 where she need not dissimulate

 

She’s not afraid to let you see

 the lines that life’s writ on her face.

 Each wrinkle was earned honourably

 each laughter line has earned its place

 

Cosmetics may conceivably

 appear to slow the passing years

but only temporarily

 before you are reduced to tears

 

Youthful beauty soon fades away

no matter how hard you may try

by artifice to make it stay.

 In lucky ladies replaced by

 

A much longer lasting beauty

which shows through from somewhere deep inside

 without a trace of vanity

Though grace and dignity abide.

 

Old ladies can be beautiful

 and often turn a young man’s head.

Although they are quite comfortable

accepting compliments unsaid.

 

Admiring glances from young men

 who readily appreciate

The beauty of older women

is something youth can’t imitate.

 

Young women lack maturity

which older ladies can display.

Their youthful insecurity

somehow always gets in the way.

 

29-Jul-08

 

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Reviews

[Carole]

Ah, what a pleasure to read this morning, Poeticpiers. Blesses me beyond words. To be honest, at almost 50 I would not ever go back to those youthful years for the insecurity I felt back then. When 40 hit, or some where around that time, I stopped caring so much what people think and started living. At almost 50 I see through so much and I have only sympathy for those that are in this boat I once traveled in. You really know how to write for women. Thank you for the lift. Beautifully written and articulated. You have captured so much truth here.

Hugs, Carole

[T]

Older men will catch the eye
of young girls passing by
cause there' s something to be said
about the grey hair on their head
and the experience they bring
younger men don't know a thing
about what it means to be mature
that's why older men are such a lure

sorry couldn't resist.....loved what your wrote...

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

Thank you for writing this poem, it makes me feel graceful. Debileah