Poems About: RETIREMENT

Pressures and hassles gone
restless hours are all done
on this retirement day
memories of work stay read more »

forty plus years
of working day
and night...
and all i have read more »

A shot of tequila
Rinsed with bourbon
Settles my stomach read more »

Ageless attitude is your mark
Involving the expert work you embark
Dainty countenance illustrates your stance,
All staff admires you as a jovial acquintance. read more »

They lied to me when I was young
(Or perhaps sinned by omission)
Never was there any mention made
Of a body’s loss of commission read more »

Let's face it you're getting old
You can't deny it
Your time has come to retire
You didn't get fired, more like you quit read more »

At this very moment
I'd like to ex[press my heartfelt thanks
To the person whom I owe a lot read more »

Where did all the hippies go
to a Bohemian retirement home
where they play the
''Grateful Dead'' read more »

Has anybody seen it
Through wages it was paid
To be there for retirement
Each payment duly made read more »

Old hearts long enter twined
relax and share their evening wine
laugh and reminisce about younger days.
Kids all grown, well on their way, read more »

There's got to be another poem;
Perhaps a book or two.
I have ideas for writing them
By then I should be through. read more »

They accidentally realized
That I had reached the age
Of retirement;
That they had won a battle; read more »