Analysis of Retirement

Roy Blokker 1950 (The Netherlands)



It's so nice to no longer have to tear around anymore,
To wake up in the morning or later in the day and not
     have to rush out the door,
And instead grind fresh coffee beans and savor the
     smell,
And not have to listen to all those supervisors who just
     love to yell.
I'm my own boss now.
And although I have to find ways to downsize my
     lifestyle somehow,
I think I can do it with ease
Because my steaming cup of coffee and my six pack of
     remotes bring me a  modicum of peace
And I no longer cling to all those loud, divergent views.
I watch something old instead of the news.


Scheme ABACDEDFGFHIJKK
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11111101110101 111001011000101 111101 001111010100 1 01111011101011 111 11111 0111111111 11 11111111 01110111001111 111010011 01110111110101 1110101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 603
Words 128
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 446
Words per stanza (avg) 117

About this poem

Just having fun thinking about how nice it is to waste time constructively.

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Written on April 13, 2022

Submitted by RoyBlokker on April 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Roy Blokker

Born in the Netherlands in 1950, I moved to America as a todler. My father's itchy foot brought us to all sorts of interesting places, and I still love to travel. I graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1971, then became a postal letter carrier for 31 years before retiring to the Big Sky Country of Montana. I am author of 11 books, including 7 volumes of poetry, 2 anthologies and a novel. more…

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