I read your comment on the NYT opinion column “How to be Old.” I love your poem. It is quite clever. Thank you for sharing it with us NYT readers. Because you did, I now have a new poet to follow on Substack!
Thanks so much! I never thought I’d get a subscriber or two from my NYT comment. I write in so many ways here on SS. I hope you enjoy and that we stay connected.
HA! I loved this. You nailed my knitting group to a tee, and I'm one of the biggest participants in the recital. Thank you for the laughs in lieu of epitaphs.
Lea!! Such great rhymes. Maybe you should record it as a rap! Senior replacement-hip-hop. I also read the excerpt from Roger Rosenblatt's cute editorial (a good friend, Phyllis Theroux knows him so I always read him) and it brought me here. Bravo! I sent it to several friends. Keep a'goin'! (If you're free, I think my work rings a little with yours, esp the dark/absurd humor.) From a LeE.
I read your comment on the NYT opinion column “How to be Old.” I love your poem. It is quite clever. Thank you for sharing it with us NYT readers. Because you did, I now have a new poet to follow on Substack!
Thanks so much! I never thought I’d get a subscriber or two from my NYT comment. I write in so many ways here on SS. I hope you enjoy and that we stay connected.
I, too, am 83. My 2 favorite ages of life, so far, have been when my 3 children were young and now, during my ) (lovely old lady years).
You might want to check out this post I wrote, in honor of us! https://lealane.substack.com/p/breathtaking-old-ladies?r=45ufqc&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
HA! I loved this. You nailed my knitting group to a tee, and I'm one of the biggest participants in the recital. Thank you for the laughs in lieu of epitaphs.
Like your last line -- could have used it!
Use it with wild abandon.
Absolutely brilliant!!! I forwarded it to friends.
Yes, lots of us identify with this.
Lea!! Such great rhymes. Maybe you should record it as a rap! Senior replacement-hip-hop. I also read the excerpt from Roger Rosenblatt's cute editorial (a good friend, Phyllis Theroux knows him so I always read him) and it brought me here. Bravo! I sent it to several friends. Keep a'goin'! (If you're free, I think my work rings a little with yours, esp the dark/absurd humor.) From a LeE.
Just subscribed. Nice to connect!
Hilarious slang term
Funny and sobering. As long as you're talking, you're still breathing. 🌱
That's my viewpoint.
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So clever . . .and so true!
It gets worse and worse, but then there is the alternative ....