Retirement Poems

the widows’ club
seasoned companions 
suitcases full of wit
playmates up for adventure
out for an escapade
consortium of allies
league of septuagenarians
a powerhouse of wisdom
tote travel bags of history



posted on February 24, 2020...Read More

It came upon me suddenly;
I was unprepared and surprised.
They met around my drab sick bed,
“Retirement” they advised.

As I sat with my boss and peers
as my future was foretold.
No more praise or prize for me.
My illness had knocked me cold.

It took...Read More

Retirement from community development,
facilitating cooperative economic justice
in this post-millennial time of climate crisis,
feels like being put out to pasture
with the rest of us toothless and feckless horses

Stalking senior centers
and gated communities
to weather the fade-out storm
of physical
and mental,
natural
and spiritual encroaching unease
and...Read More

The Good,                                      ...Read More

Our life is made up of milestones,                                 ...Read More

A happy go lucky guy was he,   
until the "thread" of bad health set in.      
As the many years passed by,            ...Read More

This world can be a hard cold place,                                ...Read More

Investment In Heaven
Written: by Miracle Man
2-20-2020

My finances never deprive me of needed sleep,
though thoughts of collecting, find me somewhat beguiled.
Because I enumerate blessings, not counting sheep,
In Heaven you'll find my retirement plan is now filed.


Proactively I check on its growth...Read More

Reality is something you rise above,                                  ...Read More

Must take my “happy pills” twice a day
Or another collapse will be on its way
Nothing serious
Don't get supercilious
Unless I bash  my beano if off-target I'll stray




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God of changing changelessness.
God of endless surprises,
confounding the confoundless.
You are the God of Paradox,
revealing to children, that,
which you hide from the learned.
Those mortals you touch,
utterly transformed, Divinely
refereeing matches between
angelic wrestlers and mere mortals,
Jacob becoming the limping Israel,
Moses’ staff raining down...Read More

Oh what a beautiful day                                   ...Read More

Here we sit all cold and wet,                                 ...Read More

Remember when we were young,                                   ...Read More

As I slept a spell fell over me                                ...Read More

So long, Marlene, we mean to say, we'll miss you when you go
The thought of you will cheer us through this tide of chill and snow
Through winter storm stay snug and warm beside the fire's glow
May you abide the growing...Read More

I believe in futures,
God's miracles guest.

The friendship with relatives and friends,
Sometimes I dream of having a boyfriend and husband again.

I used to dream of becoming a performer,
Singing a solo, I sang the song "Wiseman Say".

The seniors in the dinning-hall all...Read More

(This dog was an angel in a fur coat)


Angels come in all shapes and sizes
this one was full of prizes.
An Easter gift,
oh! so soft and not stiff.
Boys got her at the pound,        ...Read More

When I was young,                                    ...Read More

Oh how I want a doggy, 
a bundle of love and fur.                            ...Read More

The music of the clanging from the chilled glass of wine,                             ...Read More

Stashing away is my resolution
and extra thousand or two
valuing each paycheck that I
earn, saving for a time when work is through.

Mutual funds, IRA’s, annuities
options for saving everywhere.
Retirement will be wonderful
especially with plenty money there.

2/7/20

Resolutions Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri
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Wendell, just getting off work,
going to a favorite place to chill.
Heading home by way of
Pharaoh’s bar & grill.
With the hope of winning,
his retirement one day.
Wendell stepped into 
Bucks Shoeshine Parlor 
to play the Lottery and
a few lucky numbers.
234, 485, 492,...Read More

In a Ferris wheel I feel like I can touch the sky,                            ...Read More

When I grow Up,                                    ...Read More