Seasons Retirement Poems

A veil of clouds
ghosts the front lawn
and soft fall of rain
patters—

the passage of summer.

Leaves cling
onto branches-

and in reflection

I wonder
how long
before they
drift to the ground.

My ears...

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A Pensioner
An octogenarian - he moved to the retirement home
which promised all-year sun, blue sky, and sedate sea.

A grey, balding, and stooped figure, 
his gait...

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They didn't rush out to greet him
When Father time made his call...
They traded house and picket fence...
For one room down a long hall

like soldiers standing...

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All seasons gone
Am I karma ready? 
puffy clouds smile...

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If I but find a deep dark cave in some remote a cove
Oh, I’ll curl up on a bed of leaves and hibernate like the...

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No need to brag
Jeter #2 was born to play and win; now that’s swag
For twenty years he has been the face of the MLB
Games played...

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Bearable winter 
Blanket covered cold
Attacked by white Gas   of
Fallen Snow
 
But unbearable silent
Cripples into the home
Like a snake
To live with loneliness

Get Scattered past
Comes...

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