Retirement Nostalgia Poems

The cliffs are being  eaten away 
By the constant pulsing tide.
Now just a short walk from the lane
When it  was once a short...

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I'm my day the Army
Was very frugal with our kit.
Whenever possible if seemed
They recycled every bit.
My Greatcoat had certainly 
Been around for a while;
It was...

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There’s still a  Church and Chapel
A pub,  but no longer a school 
For there  on the council 
Childless incomers rule.
There are houses...

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Magic silver key,
fits into my silver shoes.
I was now set free,
I now owned many sidewalks.
My new skates were a big thrill.

 

Date Written: 8/4/2022

2 Place

Childhood...

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Ghosts Of Times Past
Miracle Man
6/25/2022

As winds of time whisper through me,
my ancestors breath caresses my face.
Visions of a lone covered wagon I see,
that carried them...

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As Long as the Sun Shines

In truth, this retirement game is not all it seemed
When, at most, I’ve achieved just a few of my dreams
And...

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I wiped the dust from its aged unveiling
From a secreted place where it had been carefully placed
It seemed inconsequential in its merit or value
But I...

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There comes a time in everyone's life,
When the need to strive becomes just strife.
Work hard all your life, waiting for that day,
When until the time...

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It was a magical time.  It was youth and exuberance; It was excitement and discovery; it was innocence. It is now just memory, ah,...

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Standing on the crest of my life
Reached with punch and some fire
Wonder I still, what the squeal 
Of the gate closing be like
Carrying as it...

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There's a miners hat on the mantle 
There's a pair of boots by the door 
His old lunch pail, ain't ever failed 
To pull a...

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Remember when we 'matured' and went off to college
   And they classified all us guys as wimps or as jocks
The latter got the...

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I stand here and implore you to believe me
No, I am not Jack White 
Although you say I’m a liar
This shaking all over, is over
I’m...

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Short weekends and long weekdays
School’s out then it’s onto résumés and workdays
Mondays dragging on through to Fridays
Long commutes on highways, subways and tramways
Toiling for okays,...

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A quick and easy (makeshift, albeit very temporary) 
Cheap Trick would suffice in the interim 
(which might entail many generations) 
to rock a Super Tramp...

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