Funny Retirement Poems
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Funny retirement poems are popular in greeting cards. Funny poems are more likely to be given to someone by a close friend or relative. The humor, however, should be always be in keeping with the recipient’s taste.
Writing Funny Retirement Poems
Humor is entirely subjective. Writing funny retirement poems or choosing the right card sounds simple, but what is funny to one person may not be funny to another. Bawdy humor, while appropriate between close friends of similar tastes, is not likely something to be shared between co-workers or a principal and his or her teacher that is retiring. It is important that the humor be appealing to the person receiving the card.
How Do You Decide What is Funny?
You can base your humor in the retirement poetry through the choice of language. A play on words can often be funny. For example: "Retirement for a teacher is but a figment of the imagination, for what is a teacher not teaching but a work of fiction?" The humor in that example is a little forced, but it provides insight into what can be funny.
So, whether you are writing a funny retirement poem or picking out one, ask the following questions:
- Is it funny to you?
- Is it too bawdy or over the top?
- Do you have similar tastes as the person receiving the card?
- Would you find the poem offensive coming from an acquaintance?
- Did you chuckle out loud?
The last is very important. When you’re going for the funny, you want there to be actual laughter involved. It shouldn’t be a half smile or a "hmmmmm".
More worried about the poetry than the funny? You can learn more about doing it yourself by checking out this article on writing greeting cards and reviewing this simple advice on writing poetry.
Practice Writing Funny Poems
You can practice writing funny poems for the co-worker, friend or family member who is about to retire. You can include jokes, anecdotes and even use photos, if you have them. Leave these little gems as gifts and see what really tickles their funny bone. You may quickly learn that you know exactly what makes them laugh.
The funniest retirement poems are those that speculate about all the crazy things the retiree will do. For example, in this open verse example, a wife teases her husband about what his retirement means to her.
"You call it retirement I question your judgment You say we’ll have more time together That sounds far too much like being forced to tether We’ll finally paint the house, add the spare room and redo the garden Well, I’m sorry my love you’ll just have to beg my parden But I think you’ll find that I’m busy enough every day Without you running amok to get in my way Who do you think tends to the house, the chores, the children and grandkids And you want to add all of your plans; I shall have to take bids I give you five minutes in the day-to-day household activities And you’ll realize that you’ve not been missing out on any parties."
--Written by Eunice for William
William retired as a mechanic and within six months, began offering repairs to friends out of his garage. His wife brought him his first client and he hung this framed poem in his garage where he could chuckle at it each morning.
Retirement Poetry Sources
There are plenty of funny things found in everyday life that prompt a laugh. If the person retiring drove a bus, you could write something funny about the bus not being on time, or maybe they will finally be on time! You can poke fun at the office worker, the teacher, the fireman and even the accountant.
Retirement often means a change in day-to-day activities, but not necessarily doing nothing. In fact, it’s very common for retirement to mean an increase in activities, travel and more. So look to life as an inspiration for your poetry gift.
These sites offer some entertaining and funny suggestions for retirement humor:
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