Free retirement poems & retirement poetry ideas

RETIREMENT POEMS free retirement poems & retirement poem ideas

Retirement Poems--you will find a wide selection of retirement
poems at Poem4Today.

Retirement poems are an excellent way for you to celebrate all that
someone has contributed and to join them in their anticipation of
the future ahead.

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Some poems on retirement for you, this one is particularly
humorous. It's called Warning and it's written by English poet
Jenny Joseph

It starts with a very well known line:-
"When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me."

and finishes:-
"So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple."

You can find the full text at Poemhunter.

And something a little more inspirational:-

TERMINUS
Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is time to be old,
To take in sail:--
The god of bounds,
Who sets to seas a shore,
Came to me in his fatal round,
And said: 'No more!
No farther spread
Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root.
Fancy departs: no more invent,
Contract thy firmament
To compass of a tent.
There's not enough for this and that,
Make thy option which of two;
Economize the failing river,
Not the less revere the Giver,
Leave the many and hold the few.
…
As the bird trims her to the gale,
I trim myself to the storm of time,
I man the rudder, reef the sail,
Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime:
'Lowly faithful, banish fear,
Right onward drive unharmed;
The port, well worth the cruise, is near,
And every wave is charmed.'

If you're giving the retirement speech, these simple, meaningful
words can be a great way of wishing them well in their new life:-

May you have enough happiness to keep you happy.
Enough trials to keep you strong.
Enough sorrow to keep you human.
Enough hope to keep you thoughtful.
Enough failure to keep you humble.
Enough success to keep you eager.
Enough friends to give you comfort.
Enough faith and courage in yourself to banish depression.
Enough wealth to meet your daily needs.
Enough determination to make each day a better day than yesterday.

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