Farewell Celebration Poems

Retirement
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Stop working now
For a hopeless boss
Who gives you no hope
That nine-to-five grind
Is over now
Retirement
Exit and excite
Up up and away
Banjo your mango
Man goes
Peddle your medal
On...

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A year has gone by, let it go,
Embrace the new year as it comes;
Past skirmishes, and slights, let go,
Let’s greet happiness in our homes;

Another year...

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As the clock strikes twelve, we bid farewell,
To the passing year, its tales we tell.
With champagne's sparkle, we gather 'round,
To welcome the new, with joy...

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In Christmas's glow, where dreams and joy entwine,
A tale unfolds, of Christ's birth divine.
In Bethlehem's cradle, a babe so mild,
The Savior, Messiah, the Holy Child.

Santa,...

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An old year is slowly winding down
Where every minute and second count
Don’t hold our breath, just count down
Gently and slowly. A new year, a new...

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“Today You Leave for College”
written by Michelle Lynn LeBlanc
2023/09/03


Today you leave for college 
We will certainly miss you so 
The years have gone by so...

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We gathered together to celebrate you.
Although you were not there.
It was something that we had to do,
having so much love to share.

We spoke of events...

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I cannot look you in the voice
Neither be thee my scent of choice
Cannot avoid thee in my sleep
Like a Rolls followed by a Jeep...

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Alas the rain did fall on me
Past the leaves heavens tears fell
Moisten is the breeze
Conditions raindrops falls drenching me
Above and beyond those withered leaves
Drowning those...

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"Love Weaves A Mysterious Magic Spell"                   ...

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Even though you're not here, 
I miss your morning meows
I've ignored you parting from me
But, you haven't gone anyhow. 

I remember six years ago, ...

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Gentlemen, I’m fifty-three!
“Now, can I still climb a tree?
Atop tree raise hands with glee
Repeating “Atop thee, Gee!”?
An Apt Gift for this Birthday!
Yet, for biggest cash...

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Farewell seems so final,  
like death.   
How does one say~goodbye,  
not easy for family and friends.  
A writer will always...

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My mind drowns in the sound of rain
Trying to focus, clouded with pain.

One step at a time, I follow the procession
Despite what's to come I've...

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The day is winding down and destiny is running around; the day is winding down and everyone is moving up and down the town, the...

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