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Best Retire Poems

Below are the all-time best Retire poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of retire poems written by PoetrySoup members


Night Comes
Softly and sadly
Up on the knoll;
The vesper bell
Begins to toll.

Lock all the doors
Blow out the light;
The hour is late
Sleep comes with the night.

Close all the...

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Categories: retire, time,
Form: Rhyme



An Eulogy of Sorts, That, Hopefully, Lends Itself To Daver
Do not vainly look in those remote
Places,
That, once, were acquainted with a 
Small part of me;         ...

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Categories: retire, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
The Tower Rebuilt
I shall resolve to leave this
Place now...
And steadfastly search out,
Nestling between ridge and bluff
Amidst the folds of a foreign 
Land,
Several acres of unkempt ground
Fallow and...

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Categories: retire, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mountain Serenade
This oversized wooden chair feels oddly comfortable as we snuggle up on the raised deck of our cabin at the summit of an anonymous mountain...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: retire, nature, romantic love,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Santa Goes Electric
Now Santa is getting eccentric 
His sleigh is now fully electric
He made Rudolph retire
Pressed the red button - ‘Fire’
His world then went totally hectic

He searched...

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Categories: retire, christmas, humorous,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member The 4 Seasons
Winter is very cold 
the wind is bold 
snowman made the centerfold 
brown snow is old. 

 

Spring is in the air 
flowers now blooming...

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Categories: retire, animal, cool, fun, snow,
Form: Rhyme
How About This For Veterans Day
How About This for Veterans Day

A monthly Monday morning military meeting
Would be great for them as way of greeting
Talking about things happening another day
Of past...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: retire, patriotic,
Form: Couplet
Sunrise Breaks On a Morning Camp
It’s been a long day beneath hot sun,
with sunset looming and daylight done,
came across water with a stand of trees,
deep in shadow with a zephyr...

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Categories: retire, bird, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member One Life
There have been those who said,                   ...

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Categories: retire, food, green, home, jobs,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member My Hero
I hear them say,                                          ...

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Categories: retire, food, snow, war,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Writers Write To Write
Quote By Poet "Art can come from anywhere. 
Paint with paint or paint with words." 


Writers write to write with pen or computer in hand,       ...

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Categories: retire, bird, computer, day, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member God
Does God have more than one name,
in the bible many names can be found.
In Exodus Moses said,
"The LORD Is My Banner."
Jehovah Shalom,
"The LORD our Peace."
Then...

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Categories: retire, bible, faith, god, heaven,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Retired
Throw me high, higher still
Let me breathe again, 
Let me gain
height, I will
Live, smile, laugh, be filled
        ...

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Categories: retire, dance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member New Year 2024 - POTD
Now the year is
Ending
With a toast to

You and yours may
Every dream come true
As you
Roar into the bright New Year~2024...

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Categories: retire, celebration, new year, peace,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Nameless
"A mother's love is made in heaven." Quote Written By Poet

She was a young and beautiful bride,
then her handsome husband died.
The fast car came out...

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Categories: retire, baby, happy, mom, parents,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs