Retirement Age Poems
These Retirement Age poems are examples of Age poems about Retirement. These are the best examples of Age Retirement poems written by international poets.
The Alarm Clock’s DegreeYour decree has expired
You used to force me since I was a teen student
You kept forcing me during 16 years of flying
You ordered me to...
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Categories:
age, future, heart, life,
Could have Should haveI could have been their time,
It should have been their time,
With the kids now in their own time,
And retirement giving them the time,
To take their...
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Categories:
absence, age, analogy, angst,
GETTING OLD TO FASTGETTING OLD TO FAST
My life is going by so fast
Sometimes I'm forgetting a lot about my past
I do have lots of concerns
Maybe because of all...
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Categories:
age, feelings, old,
Empty Nesters
Children leaving home
Starting a life without us
time to turn the page
A fresh coat of paint
brings fresh opportunities
making things brighter
Each stroke of the brush
Unleashes a memory
Tears...
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Categories:
age, poetry,
Guilty PleasureIt’s that one cigarette, I allow myself
after the wife leaves for work.
The sixteen-ounce coffee I walk to
the corner Bodega for every day,
I’m not supposed to...
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Categories:
age, retirement,
The Senior City CenterWhen I entered the City Senior Center
with my Open Mic proposal
to increase resilience
and decrease apartheid dissonance
I could hear no music,
see no dancing.
The quilting room
and the...
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Categories:
age, america, community, education,
Imagination
My mind sets in motion,
words that will come alive.
Creativity needs to be added,
then mix imagination with creativity.
Coming alive within...
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Categories:
adventure, age, emotions, feelings,
The outingRetirement home museum trip to see relics under public care....
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Categories:
age,
Country Living
an actor he was typecast
a soldier hit by a blast
but as of right now
he milks a sad cow
farming a dramatic past.
...
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Categories:
age, autumn, farm, happiness,
Thinking Outside the Box When It Comes To PensionsAm I really the only one thinking outside the box,
When it comes to pension costs,
Regardless of whether people are able to work or not,
With some...
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Categories:
age, appreciation, autumn, blessing,
The Empty HouseThe Empty House
My first recollections of our life here
Will always be the tropical landscape,
The endless rows of swaying palm trees,
The miles of impressionist...
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Categories:
age, retirement,
The Passage of SummerA veil of clouds
ghosts the front lawn
and soft fall of rain
patters—
the passage of summer.
Leaves cling
onto branches-
and in reflection
I wonder
how long
before they
drift to the ground.
My ears...
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Categories:
age, allegory, autumn, nature,
Retirement PlanTaking my old Town-Car out for a little spin,
never suffer through rush hour traffic again.
Now we have time to see all those places we’ve never...
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Categories:
age, poetry,
Getting OlderShe’d been depressed at seeing how her parents had aged in just a couple of years. She hadn’t really contemplated time much before, it had...
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Categories:
age, angst, boyfriend, depression,
I'M Gonna Strech Out My LifeI WANT TO STRETCH
OUT MY LIFE
LIKE A LONG
LIMOUSINE
DISAPPEAR
OFF THE EDGES
OF A CLIFF
IN A SCENE
PUT MY TRUST
IN A THRUST
TO CHEATS DAYS
TO CHEAT DEATH
LIKE A HERO
WITHOUT HALO
DODGING...
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Categories:
age, career, longing, motivation,