Retirement Confusion Poems

I 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...

Read More

OLD AND NEW 2 : BOARDROOM 


Jackal preyed on dimpled dolls
smiling gold on slender wrist
nosing down a slippery path
scowling schoolboy promoted
beyond his mediocre castle


Mammals sat...

Read More

WHEN

When life review is an unconscious calling,
It is closure that’s invisibly in the room  

When muddling in the mire of memories,
It is evolution that’s...

Read More

UNFORSAKENED

It is I, you said, was God-send
I was oblivious to your retirement
That extra special event.

It is I, you told, "...was a nobody."
The day after, I...

Read More

Life as I Sip My French Viognier

With an Indy Blues melody softly playing behind me, 
I relax on my outdoor couch, tired legs stretched out,...

Read More

Somewhere on the darkest path 
A mature scream bellows a deadly wrath 
Give me your blessed young 
Evil words coming from an acid tongue 
We...

Read More

God of changing changelessness.
God of endless surprises,
confounding the confoundless.
You are the God of Paradox,
revealing to children, that,
which you hide from the learned.
Those mortals you touch,
utterly...

Read More

O.K.  I'm retired.  So, now what?
I could volunteer somewhere, but 
I'd like to get paid for working...

O.K.  I'm retired.  So, now...

Read More

The days speed by
   In a daze
The nights crawl along
   In a haze

The rest of the world plays
   You're...

Read More

A sweetly boring speech i gave
as i heard snoring  and voices with diverse pitch
hoping they would be calm and behave
then realised it's not my...

Read More

well worn

are words ever well worn, used up
their meanings no longer relevant 
tasks completed, comes retirement
set aside, ignored then forgotten

burned by the fire of speeches
grey...

Read More

Oh, what am I going to do, today?
I've got so much time on my hands that I
Will simply go mad if I don't find a...

Read More

A great and noble idea to improve many ways of life,
Fiasco from the start, too big was the beginning strife.
Fairness for all was never set...

Read More

He was always so happy
strong and bold.
He'd give you the shirt off of his back.
Tough.
Independent.
He had a rough life
growing up through the depression,
but like he...

Read More

P     aranoia permeates, etching itself into your fractured face,
A     cacophony of constant pressure; life remains a stressful...

Read More