Retirement Couplet Poems

Our brains, the experts do opine,
Have a left side, a right side, and a dividing line –
But that daunting corpus callosum
I fear to cross it...

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the days all blend together
    no pole to which to tether
  daylight hours mostly a blur
    nighttime now,...

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On porches bathed in brilliant sun
enduring friendships are begun.

On moonlit porches, arm in arm,
sweethearts display romantic charm.

On countless porches you will find
retirees resting weary minds....

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She claims that when she was a child,
all that she craved mocked and beguiled.

The cool kids wouldn't play with her;
the others--she did not prefer.

In school...

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Some days are up, others are down
    Little setbacks wear a big frown
  Every ache or pain, magnified
   ...

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For fifty years I went to work
    Minimum wage; was I a jerk
  I'd slave away every day
   ...

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Time Past.

 I thank those horse owners today,
 that gave me a job and a place to stay.

 A bed in a barn or a...

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God only I now sadly blame
For my playing banking game

He did not give me guidance
Though I relied on providence

I suffer daily severe torture
Even ready for...

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Can't get to sleep
    Wake up too late
  Afternoon snooze
    Mealtimes confused

  Yet when I get up...

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Never expect any favor from anybody
To follow Justice, you be always ready

Do the task that is to you allotted
Do the same by being to it...

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You’re only as old as you feel some say.
How will it feel on your eightieth birthday?

Everything’s quieter and harder to see.
Not everyone, just seems like...

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My zealous passion for marathons, had me in frequent races,
Striving always for that finish line, and touring many places.

I always seemed to come alive, with...

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Once an alien with eyes like LASER
Greeted me with a green TASER
He told me he was registered as a WASP 
And after retirement would join...

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My favorite President is yet to be
  He may well not go down in history
For he'll do what really needs to be done
 ...

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Those were such happy days, for I had lately been deeded a farm,
My aunt and uncle were retiring, so tillage had lost its charm.

Since they...

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