{"id":1220,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1220"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Cranky-Old-Man-Poem---Hoax-Slayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1220","title":{"rendered":"Cranky Old Man Poem &#8211; Hoax-Slayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"inner-post-entry\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This story was first published on July 25, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"noMargin\">Outline<\/h2>\n<p>Message circulating via social media and email claims that a touching poem about growing old called &#8220;Cranky Old Man&#8221; was found in the possessions of an old man who died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"noMargin\">Brief Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>This is an Australian version of several older stories that have circulated in the United States and the UK for many years. The stories attached to this version of the poem are fictional. The scenario described in the message did not happen and the poem was not found in the belongings of an old man in a nursing home as claimed. The poem itself has a long and somewhat obscure history. The original version featured an old woman rather than an old man and is sometimes attributed to English nurse Phyllis McCormack who reportedly penned it in the 1960&#8217;s. The &#8220;old man&#8221; version of the poem was apparently adapted from the original by David L. Griffith of Texas and can be seen in its original context on the poet&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"noMargin\">Example<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p>When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.<br \/>\nLater, when the nurses were going through his meagre possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man&#8217;s sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.<\/p>\n<p>And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this &#8216;anonymous&#8217; poem winging across the Internet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cranky Old Man<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?<br \/>\nWhat are you thinking .. . when you&#8217;re looking at me?<br \/>\nA cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,<br \/>\nUncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?<br \/>\nWho dribbles his food .. . &#8230; . . and makes no reply.<br \/>\nWhen you say in a loud voice . .&#8217;I do wish you&#8217;d try!&#8217;<br \/>\nWho seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.<br \/>\nAnd forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?<br \/>\nWho, resisting or not . . . &#8230; lets you do as you will,<br \/>\nWith bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?<br \/>\nIs that what you&#8217;re thinking?. .Is that what you see?<br \/>\nThen open your eyes, nurse .you&#8217;re not looking at me.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,<br \/>\nAs I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,<br \/>\nBrothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another<br \/>\nA young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet<br \/>\nDreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he&#8217;ll meet.<br \/>\nA groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.<br \/>\nRemembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.<br \/>\nAt Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.<br \/>\nWho need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.<br \/>\nA man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,<br \/>\nBound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.<br \/>\nAt Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,<br \/>\nBut my woman is beside me . . to see I don&#8217;t mourn.<br \/>\nAt Fifty, once more, .. &#8230;Babies play &#8217;round my knee,<br \/>\nAgain, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.<br \/>\nDark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.<br \/>\nI look at the future &#8230; . . . . I shudder with dread.<br \/>\nFor my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.<br \/>\nAnd I think of the years . . . And the love that I&#8217;ve known.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.<br \/>\nThe body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigour, depart.<br \/>\nThere is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.<br \/>\nBut inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,<br \/>\nAnd now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells<br \/>\nI remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.<br \/>\nI think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.<br \/>\nAnd accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.<br \/>\nSo open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.<br \/>\nNot a cranky old man .<br \/>\nLook closer . . . . see .. .. . .. &#8230;. . ME!!<\/p>\n<p>Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too!<\/p>\n<p>PLEASE SHARE THIS POEM (originally by Phyllis McCormack; adapted by Dave Griffith)<\/p>\n<p>The best and most beautiful things of this world can&#8217;t be seen or touched. They must be felt by the heart!<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/cranky-old-man-poem.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/cranky-old-man-poem.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story was first published on July 25, 2012 Outline Message circulating via social media and email claims that a touching poem about growing old called &#8220;Cranky Old Man&#8221; was found in the possessions of an old man who died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town. \u00a0 Brief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}