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Retirement Depression Poems

These Retirement Depression poems are examples of Depression poems about Retirement. These are the best examples of Depression Retirement poems written by international poets.


Premium Member meltdown madness
We might as well stamp license plates
Government work makes us inmates
When assigned tasks inane
In asylums insane
We'll search for retirement dates...

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Categories: depression, mental illness, political,



Forced Retirement of Some African Military Generals After the Coup of Gabon Yesterday
some African presidents  forced  the retirement
of  some military generals and others removed them
 from some key posts  yesterday 
After  the coup...

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Categories: depression, fear, political,

Premium Member Getting Older
She’d been depressed at seeing how her parents had aged in just a couple of years. She hadn’t really contemplated time much before, it had...

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Categories: age, angst, boyfriend, depression,

Premium Member Glory Be, Retirement
the days all blend together
    no pole to which to tether
  daylight hours mostly a blur
    nighttime now,...

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Categories: death, depression, friend, life,

Alone
Alone in this world
Alone in this society
Alone in love
Alone in life
Alone in fatherhood
Alone in my time of need
Nobody to help me
Nobody to care about what...

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Categories: anxiety, dark, depression, father



On the Way Up
I was oh so foolish
I finally got my way
I scraped and stepped 
on people, just let them lay
a sociopath they called me
I could only grin
they...

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© Ruth Martz  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: angst, bereavement, career, depression,

A Champions Retirement
His retirement the champion announced,
After he was in their fight trounced,
And like a tennis ball bounced…
On him had his challenger pounced,
His strength not letting him...

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Categories: celebrity, courage, death, depression,

Premium Member I Am the Grease Jar
Of glass I started at a shop,
But then they filled me up to top.
And day by day, I would decrease,
But now I serve just for...

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© Jd Maxwell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: depression, emotions, food, funeral,

Premium Member Unforsakened
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...

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Categories: conflict, confusion, depression, family,

Never Get It Back
Those few hours in the morning, when you’d like to be forgiven
You never get them back
Those few hours in the morning, when you want to...

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Categories: absence, depression, destiny, how

Introduction To the Poet
Hello. I am a 20 year military veteran with a service connected disability and I don’t work. 
I was born in a very small rural...

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Categories: anxiety, appreciation, change, depression,

Retirement
I am in a mood
I don't mean to be rude
My body is weak 
My brain is tired
I don't feel inspired
I think it's time, I should...

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Categories: depression, retirement, stress, work,

The Dear Retirement of a Beloved Pastor
Oh, how my initiative has flustered,
for I assumed of years before we separate
I sigh through dear retirement of a beloved pastor.

What stinginess imposed no access...

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Categories: angst, anxiety, depression, leaving,

Premium Member Greeting People
Where are the golden years I've  heard about,
those worry-free years, I looked forward to?
Now when friends call, they practically shout,
and actors I knew are...

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Categories: depression, 12th grade, age, angst,

Realistically
Dreaming dreams is silly.
Realistically you well be working a dead end job where you work for hours with a pay that is only slightly above...

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Categories: depression, 9th grade, dark, deep,


Book: Shattered Sighs