Retirement Farewell Poems

Listless on plate waited the farewell cake, 
So did most colleagues— eagerly to leave, 
‘Pon vouching polite words, bulk of them fake, 
I still recall...

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Retirement
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

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

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Quote By Writer   "Death is a one time visitor."   


Death always comes ~ sometimes quickly, some times slowly  


Date Written:2/7/2023...

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I looked out my window and what did I see,               ...

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It is now time for you to leave,                 ...

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You sell yourself for money
Hour lunch two coffee breaks 
To punch a card at 5pm
For a cheap watch and a cake
You live on autopilot 
A...

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Little did I realise when I swung
Into the car park at Calder Glen
That by the end of that week in August 2009
My days of teaching...

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I heard the news,                     ...

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 I am so hungry                                        ...

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I  Think that I  Saw You Today, Or at Least  a Version of Who You Once Were.

I am Trying Hard to Hold...

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F all is almost here.

A corns and pumpkins to roast.

R ed and gold leaves will soon cover the yard.

E ating the last watermelon, oh my.

W...

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Friendships that go bad    
Some even must decay  
I am still missing you   
I sit alone on the bay....

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I am writing this as vivid as a candlelight dancing in the dark ~
Portraying shadows of my greatest regrets.
There’s a battle going on around the...

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Bee ambitious.


We always seem to fly together;
I’m gonna fly out on my own.
I sure do like working with you,
But inside my heart I live alone.
Maybe...

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"One day while resting in the store,
I saw you striding through the door.
You seemed a kindly youngster who
Would know just how to treat a shoe.
Though...

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