Short Retired Poems

Short Retired Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Retired by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Retired by length and keyword.


Premium Member Shooting Skeet

Shoot Skeet

     No Eat

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(© All Rights Reserved)

For Brian's Footle Contest
Form: Monorhyme


Benghazi Horn Haiku

Benghazi Horn Haiku 

There was a posse
Who headed for Benghazi
A kamikaze.

James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet

Grateful Me

A Marine once strong, now gently retired,  
A student of life, still humbly inspired,  
Kindly, he walks with purpose and grace.
Form: Bio

So Harsh Is Sister Horn Haiku

So Harsh Is Sister Horn Haiku

So harsh is sister,
And never has a blister;
You should enlist her.

James Horn, Retired Veteran
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet

Hurricane

Hurricane is a battalion of ghosts
Soldiered by retired women of war
The Amazons and the Catherines
To subjugate the great America
Form: Quatrain


Retired Ment

as you go pay into
the beyond blue
for me and you too
time to talk it slow
as you go
life become  a dent
not your at
RETRIED MENT

Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson
Broke the color barrier
Number 42 first ever retired
Lead the way for so many black athletes
Honor this great man today

Premium Member Michael Cain

English actor, Michael Cain -
As a film icon, may he ever reign.
Age 90, rich and retired is he.
He’s had a grand life. Don’t you agree?
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member too fearful to go out

a string of strangers
she lives with daily danger
homicide victim

retired recluse
for years too fearful to leave
made no difference
Form: Senryu

Premium Member I am thankful

I am thankful for my
family
friends
dogs
God's grace
my house
being retired
being warm
being pain-free
being loved
and potato chips
Form: List

A Mere Diatribe

A Mere Diatribe

A mere diatribe,
Which is full of silly words;
Where should I start next?

James Thomas Horn
Retired Soldier and Poet
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Buzzes and Fuzzes

Buzzes and Fuzzes

If it hadn't been for all the buzzes
We wouldn't need all of the fuzzes. 

James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet

At Home Did Stay Horn Haiku

At Home I Did Stay Horn 

Is always a way,
So what should you do today?
Stay at home or play.

James T. H. Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member the real edge of tomorrow

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
Form: Limerick

Premium Member My Poetic Goal

I write not for riches but hopefully for others' their lives to enrich.

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) All Rights Reserved ( 2014)

Sauve Actor

Sauve Actor

John Steed
As Patrick Macnee was a good lead.
Mysterious demeanor accentuated his attire,
The bad guys would always be retired.
Form: Clerihew

Pistol Or Revolver

Pistol or Revolver Horn Haiku

A pistol or revolver
Is not a problem solver
Never meant to be.

James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Combine Each Haiku

Combine Each Haiku

Combine each haiku
Together so only you
Know my point of view.

James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran nd a Poet
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Number of Elite Horn Haiku

Number of Elite

Number of elite
All of them that trump may meet
Led to his defeat.

James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

History They Didn'T Teach You At School: 2

When Attila retired to the Village
He looked for some peaceful tillage
But the price of land
Was so out of hand
He reverted to rape and pillage
Form: Limerick

Why Would Anyone

Why Would Anyone

When you are about
To expire should read some
Great Horn satire. 

James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Horn Terror Haiku

Horn Terror Haiku

"Of bad news I have
To again be the bearer;
Suffered more terror."

James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran, Poet
and Soothsayer
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Gun Control Controls

gun control controls
behavior of those with guns
so we will be safe

James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
RiverSea Plantation
Bolivia, NC
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Nietzsche Say Today

Nietzsche Say Today

I often wonder
What Nietzsche would say today;
Not be blown away.

James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran, Poet
and Philosopher
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

In Sadness I Grieve

In Sadness I Grieve

In sadness I grieve;
Then in Jesus do believe;
God and Son receive.

James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

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