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Well, another year has passed and I am now sixty-one. I wanted to write a poem about it - and I did, but I got unexpected company and they stayed quite a while. My wonderful new friend Shannon - I'm not sure of her exact age - between 10 and 12, though - signed me on at Supermodel.com.... Oh my... It was a nice visit, but I didn't get to finish the poem I started this morning. I hated it anyway, so I wrote a new one. Kind of sucky, but it is a poem and it is my birthday, so you have to cut me some slack, right?
Not to toot my own horn - but look what my wonderful, mangificent, niece did for me over at her blog. Am I not the luckiest aunt in the world?
SIXTY ONE! AGGGGGHHHH!
I wanted to write a poem about being sixty-one
But I didn’t know what to write
I don’t like the number sixty one
The birthday’s fine with me
But I much prefer sixty or even sixty-two
No idea why I feel this way
I didn’t like being 33 either.
Silly, I know
But here it is.
Another year passed
I don’t feel any older
Or worse, yet
Any wiser
But the clock has spoken
I’m a year more senior
Hopefully this will win me some respect at least
I’m hoping I can persuade my achy knees
To lighten up on me
“I’m old,” I tell them.
Be kind.
I know it doesn’t work that way
But it can’t hurt to ask
And meanwhile
I’m doing what I can to milk the event
And get me some attention
My inner child seems to like the older me
She’s stepping out a bit more
I’m happy for her
It’s about time she had some fun
So that’s my birthday poem
Sometimes the best things in life
Start out unwanted
I’m hoping sixty one will be that way
A great year… even if it is a creepy number
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Wish I could make it magically real for you.
20 comments:
Happy Birthday Raven!!
Happy Birthday! ;-)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAVEN!
"Happy Birthday to you..." - I'm singing, hope you hear me!
Wonderful poem - I liked another year senior.
I started Anna's project with the bear on my front porch, but it could get hard. I tried to think before I signed up; but I just went for it.
Congrats. That is great. Happy birthday. Thanks for stopping by my place. Good morning from Mississippi, USA. I hope you have a wonderful morning!
Happy Birthday Raven....wishing you loads of love and happiness in the coming year
Happy birthday! Have a great day and an even better year :).
Hey, Happy Birthday. 61 isn't all that bad. Just wait until you are 70 like me. Now there's a number!! LOL.
Happy Birthday and I love the black and white shots!
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Dearrrrrrrrrrrrr Raven
Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!!
Mi and Si are yowling along
I like to think they know it's your birthday but it is probably a reaction to my singing
Add my wishes to everyone elses. Happy birthday and I'm ahead of you...coming up on the big 65. Then I will be officially old and can go places at a discount. See what you have to look forward to?
Happy birthday, Aunt Kathie!!! I posted a tribute to you on my blog. I hope it fills you with joy and love!
http://hightechsurvivor.blogspot.com
O boy, coffee and icecream, my favorite.. Happy Birthday to you dear girl.. and only 61 years young.. congrats and I hope you have a wonderful year ahead of you..
Happy Birthday, Raven! Thanks for the cake, too!
Happy Birthday to a fellow Cancerian!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAVEN!! And I thought your poem was just dandy!
Happy birthday to you! I've got you beat by almost 6 years! I'll be 67 in September. Where do the years go? I still feel like a kid inside too. Enjoy every day!
what a great poem! and lovely you wrote one to celebrate the occasion, I'm so sure you're inner child is smiling bright :)
Kathie, even though you have taught me so much...I am still older than you...at 62.
I saw the pictures you had at the top and was disappointed that there wasn't one of my friend Kathie from l974 or so...who taught me about Kurt Vonnegut and so much more. I used to come for dinner on Stuyvesant Oval and you used to come to Brooklyn to have dinner with Angela and me. Any pictures of that girL? Remember we went to see That Championship Season together on Broadway? I don't know why I remember this...my memory is so selective these days.
Anyway, I am glad you had a good birthday.
Love,
Joan
Happy Birthday, Raven!
Happy belated birthday! Fear not … I’m 63 and life just gets better all the time. Age is only a number and you seem to be aware of that. What a lovely cake ... the 'no points' variety ;--)
Hugs and blessings,
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