old folks and their retirement poems

old folks and their retirement poems

 

 

sparse incentives,

blue blood ache

keys lie dormant

when the poet's argument is moot

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

1/16/19

Reviews

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Jacob... my Pulmonary doctor said to me recently, “It is amazing that someone like you in advanced aging ... cares so much about how you look.”. He asked me, “Did you match the hummingbird necklace you wear with the colors in your dress?. The doctor is 59. He does not realize how “Old” he is. I am only 78. It is all in your mind and 💜 truly, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, age is rather relative isn't it? thanks for sharing, Pat...
j.

[barleygirl]

From the title I thought this might describe me! Too much reminiscing about good old times! Your poem reminds me of how some people, in retirement, seem to lose their idea stream. Maybe lack of input. Retirement doesn't have to be dormancy! (but unfortunately for many it is!) Fondly, Margie

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, Margie, unfortunately it is...thank you for your words,
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ha! you are far from retirement when it comes to expressing words as poetry Jacob. Another belter filled with pathos!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, you are kind, my friend,
j.

[kentuck14]

mmmmm . . . this might be me!? Actually I've enjoyed writing poems more as I've aged. Yeah, perhaps some of my arguments are moot . . . or just not on other people's minds. Oh, well . . . one of the hazards of old age!

Carbondale!? is there not many(?) universities (schools) there?

Tom

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for relating, Tom....and yes, Southern Illinois University is in Carbondale...my school attended...and two community colleges close by..I teach at those.
j.

[kentuck14]

thanks for answering.

[Beccy]

Poetry, is like the blood coursing through our veins, and it will flow, I am sure, to our very last breath; as poets, we have no choice really.

Beccy.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Beccy...and yes, i think we have No choice.
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

I hope this is true... beautiful thoughts in poem and comments... hugs, Pat

[Pax]

In my time, for the future, i wonder.. If ever the internet still stands or my pen of emotion runs dry or will it blood... Will a writer or poet in you retire?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i hope not...thank you for your words, Pax.
j.

[andrew mitchell]

Nice one Jacob, poetry will be the new escape knowing that the hope from dreams will no longer take you where you want to go. The last stop for many in those palliative care scenarios.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, andrew.
j.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

I agree with Lydia always a pleasure to read your stuff Jacob, havent been on much lately, I lost the urge to write for weeks / months im back slowly though
hope you are well
I enjoyed this poem a lot. thanks esp the keys.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i just got back myself...was away for almost a month...life happens doesn't it?
thanks for your kind words,
j.

[Lydia Shutter]

Does inspiration die with old age? Actually I think we have more time to write when we are retired. Some of the people who lived in the place my mom did wrote wonderful short stories. Maybe they always had the words, but not the time. "blue blood ache"....that line is thought provoking. Do the rich feel more emotional pain as they age? I wonder. Always a pleasure to read you, Jacob. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i bet those were cool short stories..interesting...would enjoy reading them.
thank you, Lydi.
j.

[MOON]

retirement sounds like death warmed up...no retiring, reemerging more like it..

[jacob erin-cilberto]

reemerging sounds good...
thank you, MOON.
j.