Get Your Premium Membership

Retirement Narrative Poems

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


Premium Member The Ledger of A retired Nurse's Life
Tapestry of Life**

In the intricate tapestry of life, vibrant memories weave their threads, each one shimmering with its own hue. The echoes of past workplaces...

Read More
Categories: anti bullying, encouraging, giggle,



Premium Member Stages of Accomplishment
When I was young I didn’t think 
In terms of accomplishment 
I guess my ego wasn’t developed enough
To have the perspective and appreciation
To consider it...

Read More
Categories: introspection, life, perspective, spiritual,

Premium Member Thanksgiving for Me
It is the only time I have a real turkey, and I look forward to it.
No one in my family except me likes it.
This is...

Read More
Categories: thanksgiving,

Premium Member Coming to Peace
Peace is like a shadow that follows us
Trailing in the wake of busy lives
Elusive if we chase it
Unrecognized when we finally come to rest
Sitting right...

Read More
Categories: peace, retirement,

Premium Member The Last Day
Gene stood. Skyscraper demanding. Cold steel.
Thirty-five hard years. Over now. Just like that.
Corrugated box. Family photo. Timex watch.
Bitter coffee. 
Stale sweat.
He walked out. Sun blaze....

Read More
Categories: grief, jobs, loss, psychological,



The Illusion of Wealth
The Illusion of Wealth

In vaults of paper, riches lie,
Where bankers print and fortunes fly.
Our mothers sold dreams wrapped in gold,
While the rich just watched, growing...

Read More
Categories: betrayal, corruption, depression, devotion,

Premium Member I have been talked into Crystal Bridges
my girlfriends have talked me into a vacation
at Crystal Bridges in Arkansas, a four hour drive
I kept calling it Ruby Bridges, getting it mixed up...

Read More
Categories: friendship,

Premium Member She is a Celebrity and a Delight
She is a Celebrity and a Delight
Today I went to the retirement office.
Bozo One was helping someone.
Bozo Two was playing video games.
A woman came in...

Read More
Categories: tribute,

Premium Member power animal reassures me
I spent my first day of retirement chopping down small trees.
Renegade brambles full of ivy and poison vines, Kansas kinds.
Tripped on several of them, landing...

Read More
Categories: work,

Premium Member pretend I am dead
The social committee came to me in the form of Mrs. Breast Pump.
Mrs. BP has been taking advantage of many of us for months now.
She...

Read More
Categories: work,

Premium Member Walk Tall
I was born and raised in a little town by the name of Calder
That was just twenty miles south of the Canadian border
As a boy I...

Read More
Categories: america, death, drink, drug,

Premium Member They Are Paying Me Way Too Much Money
I did not hesitate for one second.
I am an elementary school counselor.
I get to play with children.


They uplift me, and delight me.
I do my best...

Read More
Categories: me,

Premium Member Classified Ad a Satire
*** Classified Ad — “Position Wanted” ***

  ((The following is from ad details written on the ad draft form submitted by the ad’s purchaser,...

Read More
Categories: fun, humor, imagery, joy,

Premium Member I'M Home Now
I'm retired and now possess an acre of land
with plans to build a home. This acre is a few
feet from the spot where I was...

Read More
Categories: home,

From Pieces To Peace
There are so many times we have experienced situations where we were in pieces. Where we were broken into pieces, shattered into pieces, torn into...

Read More
Categories: change, forgiveness, god, peace,


Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry