Retirement Dedication Poems

In halls of learning, wisdom's crown,
Stood a dad with love profound.
His days of guiding minds are done,
But memories bright, they'll still be spun.

With patience vast...

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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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At Eighty-One I Smile
Written: by Miracle Man
1-20-2020

The thing I’ve most liked about being retired,
no longer in debilitating stress am I mired.

Obsolete is the day planner...

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while atop the surface of planet Earth humanity
     all abustle skittering
     to and fro, hither and yon
engaged...

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A glass, a sip
A chardonnay
Winding down after the long day
Leave it behind
All forgotten

Retiring soon
One day coming
Passing the baton, the madness
Years of abuse
About to end

Put up...

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A little girl I stand, awakened early morning hour.
The sound of shuffles preparing, for coffee one will scour.

Muffled voice all too familiar, for only one...

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Li Na Tennis Champion

Asians in general sat up to take notice when from the vastness of China arose a tennis great…
Never mind it was a...

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When A Teacher Retires....

Beloved students they suffer a loss and feel deep regret..
For the loss of accumulated knowledge they can no longer get...
It pains me...

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It all started when I took a typing test
I did 95 words per minute and made two errors
The requirement was 50 or more words
Human Resources...

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Days and nights napping to sleep.
Night after night to day again, life is becoming shorter and shorter.
Day time naps seem to be getting longer and...

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GTF

Wizened skin like burnished leather
Thin, grey and long, disheveled hair
Clear, sharp blue eyes that seem to stare
Through sun scorched face, alert, aware

A ‘lived-In’ face that’s...

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Lupita…forgive me, 
For I would never sin from these 
lips, 
Such words that would spoil the beauty 
of your existence;
But if you requested such a...

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From solo artist, to way back in his days with the Fab Four,
the public adores Mr. McCartney, and always comes back for more.
He has to...

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I hereby retire from this website, poetrysoup.
Thank you so much for reading my poems through
the years, and the awesome comments. I have fulfilled
my obligations to...

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You would ask me what I think of you
And I'd respond with a simple 
"I love you"
But there are things in that "I love you"...

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