Retirement Poems | Examples of Retirement Poetry

sleeping in at will languishing in the new thrill no jobs to fulfill take a peaceful walk listen to birds tweet or hawk call a friend to talk retirement is fun working is dismissed and done rewards have begun yet there are those times of...Read the rest...

Our brains, the experts do opine, Have a left side, a right side, and a dividing line – But that daunting corpus callosum I fear to cross it - there to, here from. I started out upon a path...Read the rest...

It’s that one cigarette, I allow myself after the wife leaves for work. The sixteen-ounce coffee I walk to the corner Bodega for every day, I’m not supposed to drink, okay. Maybe throw a donut in there or buttered 'Everything Bagel'...Read the rest...

I said when I was only ten I knew just what I wished to be. I now look back with no regrets. The choice to teach was right for me. Great news emerged, and I retired. when I’d taught school...Read the rest...

(Oregon Coast, Oct. 2015) The Ripening of Love (for Carol) The balance of power Neither winning or losing, up or down Even, harmoniously at ease, Contented with whatever Life brings. (1/31/24) ...Read the rest...

If I had the time I would make sculptures out of pencils You are retired I said Why don’t you have the time? TV and computer games are stealing it he said. I created a gorilla out of pencils while...Read the rest...

From dawn to dusk, life's rhythm flows, Children march, adults toil, time goes. Household chores consume, days, time flows, Elderly sit, watch, sigh, with vows. This morning, hope rose with the sun, A splendid day where dreams are spun. Social media...Read the rest...

Retirement offers things new I'm shouting a hip-hip yahoo If what you’re feeling Comes from a glass ceiling Stop squealing and just say I'm through! Retirement offers a lift With no bad-ass boss who gets miffed Since freedom will ring The songs that...Read the rest...

One more day closer to retirement -so I can do what I really want to do in life...Read the rest...

Now retired and set for this life I'll hang in the kitchen with wife Am I paranoid? She seems so annoyed It scares me when she grabs a knife...Read the rest...

My sister once had a dream, that was driving her crazy. It seemed so real, but it was very faint and hazy. She thought it was real but couldn’t remember who. She said, “if I don’t figure this...Read the rest...

elderly people some with walkers or canes, teams opposite each other, smiling nervously on one...Read the rest...

Florida is home warm and sunny beach goers retired from work force...Read the rest...

an actor he was typecast a soldier hit by a blast but as of right now he milks a sad cow farming a dramatic past. ...Read the rest...

The Empty House My first recollections of our life here Will always be the tropical landscape, The endless rows of swaying palm trees, The miles of impressionist shades of green, And the abundant brilliant bursts of color....Read the rest...