Retirement Poems | Examples of Retirement Poetry

I was never going to retire. I will be dragged out in a body bag at ninety-two I told everyone. God laughed at my silliness. He made the drive more difficult, harrowing drivers who almost kill me daily. He...Read the rest...

He’s late-stage Charles Bukowski, Hunching gnome-like over the bar, With weary eyes, and scruffy stubble. It’s sure he must have seen some trouble. But he’s got plenty of cash in his pockets, Along with the keys to a stolen...Read the rest...

Construction workers, fishermen, hands broadened, reddened cracks in the wintertime, teachers, office workers, a standing cashier feels aging in her legs, careers extended. Can it be just a few more years til they have freedom, to live on Social Security? Paying off mortgages, and children's student...Read the rest...

Retirement after all these years, time has really flown by My alarm is also retiring, no need to ask why First thing on my agenda is a holiday to an exotic place far away A change to relax...Read the rest...

April 4—Personal grooming… Ending Daily Shaving in Retirement When Sam Adams retired from the U.S. Department of State, he made five vows which he kept for years. first, he would quit daily shaving shaving once or twice a month second, he would never...Read the rest...

Your decree has expired You used to force me since I was a teen student You kept forcing me during 16 years of flying You ordered me to get up, to go, to work, To study, to eat,...Read the rest...

I am not in school, and I am retired. I can’t get an “F”, And I can’t get fired....Read the rest...

See upper reaches The rivers look more the same Through course flows to sea....Read the rest...

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...