Best Retirement Plan Poems

Retirement Plan

Dr. James E. Martin
©February, 2013

Now that I’ve reached a ripe old age,
I sit on the porch and sip sweet tea.
Some may question the wisdom...

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Everyone desires a secure future,
an ironclad plan, 
entrenched and unchangeable, 
without flaws or loopholes.

This one has everything;
it cannot decrease in value,
the terms never vary,
it’s bonded...

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Giving billions of pounds to banks that just squander
Sharing bonuses and gifts, as they internally launder

To Mr Cameron, an alleged Prime Minister for the people
You...

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"One day while resting in the store,
I saw you striding through the door.
You seemed a kindly youngster who
Would know just how to treat a shoe.
Though...

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I lost my job two years ago today
Unemployment ran out sometime in May
Saving cans you know
Still play the Lotto
My little retirement plan, per se...

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I retired a couple years ago
and decided to take a gardening class
because otherwise I probably would starve
even with food stamps,
given my retirement plan
was mainly to...

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You are growing up right before my eyes, no longer the little girl, always on my thigh.
I have implanted a foundation as your parent to...

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The American Dream?    
2014 is here its time to file  again,         
as the federal government awaits our hard 
earned dollars rolling in.     ...

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When I finaly draw my final breath
The darkness will runaway
And though I'll close my eyes in death
The light will guide my way

My pain and tears...

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The road from there to here I found not on a map,
Nor blueprint made to keep things mostly on a track.
It was early then, few...

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What do we know about corruption? I would say:
a lot and sometimes not enough. There nis corruption 
of children,prostitution and a lot of other things,...

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Watching my country deteriorate
Ethics and integrity they shut the door on
Seeing no common sense on the Supreme Court bench
Liberal leadership is an oxymoron
They’ve taken all...

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Beware of politicians whose active manifesto
Is always to speak ill of other candidates and opposition parties.
They are the real problems!

Beware of political goons and rumour-mongers,...

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Technology Running Amok 

By Elton Camp 

The newest electronic devices I really enjoy
At home and at work I always strive to employ
But when I met...

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Good Friends are Rare, Love’s Rarer Still!

Good friends are rare, are rarely known outside of family:
commitment’s lacking; expectations fade as if a fire dies down.

Some...

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