Twenty-One Epigraphs for Poems Celebrating the Retirement of Work Addicts written By Carolyn Martin July 22, 2020 Only disconnect.Slow down aggressively.Do nothing and rest afterwards.Sit, stare, and move the wall.You have the right to remain silent.Nothing-happening is not a threat.Revel in redundancy.Put all your goals in a box and burn that box.Love to do what’s now.Quiet your mind, hear your soul.Embrace the lean elegance of choice.Trick yourself into happiness.Cultivate primordial confidence.Revel in the groundless paradox of ambiguity.Ponder: Where does “it” take “time”?Be proud of your humility.Celebrate a chasm’s closing.Peel off the remnants of demands.Remind yourself: Nothing is as good or as bad as you anticipate.Believe Truth will find you and make you beautiful.Stand outside yourself and revel in the ecstasy. Carolyn Martin From associate professor of English to management trainer to retiree, Carolyn Martin is a lover of gardening and snorkeling, writing and photography. She is currently the poetry editor of Kosmos Quarterly: journal for global transformation. View all posts Read More in Poetry At the Palau de Música by Ian Day January 4, 2026 At the Oceanogràfic in València by Ian Day January 4, 2026 Burial by James Kangas December 28, 2025 Tabula Rasa by Jefferson Carter December 28, 2025 Doctors Have Found Man Who Never Sleeps by Alexander Pepple December 21, 2025 Share this: Comments are closed.
