15 Feb 2009 Leave a comment
in 2009, birth death & in between, birthday book Tags: 2009, birth death & in beween, birthday book
Birthdays
One more time –
A day.
Affirmation,
Confirmation.
Anyhow a day.
Ego longing
To survive, deny
That second’s birth
Which, in a day,
Meant minus –
One day less
The moment
You left mommy’s
Bathtub-in- the-womb.
That’s a birthday.
© Birthdays 2.9.2009
Birth, Death & In Between; Birthday Book;
Arlene Corwin
31 Jan 2009 Leave a comment
in 2008, birthday book, special people special occasions Tags: 2008, birthday book, special people special occasions
Day Of The Party
It’s over
You’re tired.
You’ve been fired up all day.
Oh, oh, Barbro,
This verse
Is getting worse each passing day;
I’ve bitten off more than is chewable,
Because though birthdays are renewable,
Seventy may
Never come again
Unless reincarnation
Is a fact, when
You will have to go through seventy,
The party, preparation,
Wine, food, friends
In worlds that have no ends.
Is that not something to look forward to?
This is your week.
© Day Of The Party 6.28.2008Birthday Book; Special People, Special Occasions; (barbro1 of 3)
Arlene Corwin
30 Jan 2009 Leave a comment
in 2008, birthday book, special people special occasions Tags: 2008, birthday book, special people special occasions
Continuing The Birthday Dance
The one and only June
When you were seven-
ty
We
Celebrated for a week,
Not only duty bound
But more because you are our friend,
And we have found
That seventy is special.
Flying on your birthday wings
The real deal
Lies somewhere where the music swings,
The wine is perfect,
And the things
That stamp us old
Turn into gold,
Continuing the birthday dance.
© Continuing The Birthday Dance 6.27.2008
Birthday Book; Special People, Special Occasions; (Barbro)
Arlene Corwin
30 Jan 2009 Leave a comment
in 2008, a sense of the ridiculous, birthday book, circling round vanities, defiant doggerel Tags: 2008, a sense of the ridiculous, birthday book, defiant doggerel
Birthday Resolution
It’s time:
To take to,
Waken to
The Serious –
To put a stop
To vanity,
The unacceptability
Of superficiality
And bye-bye
Permanently
To vanity
(with big, Big V)
Taking myself
Seriously
(big S big LY).
© Birthday Resolution 10.29.2008
Birthday Book; A Sense Of The Ridiculous; Defiant Doggerel;
Circling Round Vanities;
Arlene Corwin
08 Jan 2009 Leave a comment
in 1994, birthday book, special people special occasions Tags: 1994, birthday book, special people special occasions
Just think,
You’ve been around now
Thirty years
‘Sixty-four to ‘ninety-four.
Nice to think that Jennifer,
The girl I bore is class A stock:
Those blue, blue eyes, that curl- brown hair!
Every Jewish mother’s dream,
Regarding tops, you are the cream.
Happy birthday, nice, nice girl.
May you have all that you wish:
Motives pure, peaceful mind,
Friends to love who love you back,
Instant money when you need it,
Grateful job that waits for you.
Time, lots of it:
Happy things,
Depressions never,
Concentration and appreciation’s gift.
And why?
Because you’re such a nice, nice girl.
Birthday Book; Special People, Special Occasions;
Arlene Corwin
07 Jan 2009 Leave a comment
in 1993, birthday book, love relationships, special people special occasions Tags: 1993, birthday book, love relationships, special occasions, special people
How it has been to live with you
You’d know I celebrate
This February date with joy,
The day Linnea had a boy.
Full of life and drive,
Who’s reached the figures five five,
Calm, dear Kent,
Dear heart so true,
Just think, you play piano too!
Arlene Corwin
07 Jan 2009 Leave a comment
in 1993, birthday book, special people special occasions Tags: 1993, birthday book, special people special occasions
But we were hounded by the market.
Five hundred equaled fifty –
Now it’s costing seven hundred..
Spark the market!
Stuff it, all you greedy banks.
We would rather give the extra thank
To Anna when she knock.
Stick those kronor in you socks
And spend them here, Queen Anna dear,
Or wait until the English gelt’s less splendid
And you’re fifty – as intended.
If and when your coin goes down,
Go out and spend that fifty poun’.
We hope you’re not too disappointed.
On the day that you’re anointed
Fifty year old Ann-the-Most,
We will boast about, and toast
The nicest ever been:
Anna Sandham, friend and queen!
04 Jan 2009 Leave a comment
in 1991, birthday book, special people special occasions Tags: 1991, birthday book, special people special occasions
Anna Poem
Anna Sandham
Rhymes with grand dame,
Where the noble lady
Has within humility.
More the wonder, I can claim
That Anna is my middle name.
Add an H and Anna’s Hannah.
I was first in Anna’s clan-a..
Welcome to the Anna Club,
H not the better
Just because
It’s one more letter.
You and I are sisters,
With, without birthday tongue twisters.
We’ve a name that links us both –
Out-of-time’s unwoven cloth.
Happy Birthday.
Anna Poem 91.9.6
Special People Special Occasions; Birthday Book;
Arlene Corwin
30 Dec 2008 Leave a comment
in 2007, birth death & in between, birthday book, special people special occasions Tags: 2007, birth death & in between, birthday book, special occasions, special people, special people special occasions
What You Were You Born To Do
What were you born to do?
Play like Art Tatum?
Paint like Rothke?
Carpent? Garden?
Be a twin to God-in-you?
Sixty-nine; these are the questions of the year.
Birthday once or everyday;
The days sincere, a birth to cheer.
You sense the thing that’s left to do.
You know the answers
Inside you.
One formal day to celebrate;
Day for everyone around to thank you –
Thank you for existing. But the rest –
Three hundred sixty-four –
Are days you do not calibrate.
This last year of a decade, leaving six behind:
Have you got the things you prayed for?
Have the sixty’s helped you find
The life you’re made for?
Sixty-nine: a leaving and a looking forward.
One more chance to start the new –
Do things you’re born to do.
Stay strong, and
Happy birthday all year long!
©What You Were Born To Do7.2.5
Birth, Death & In Between; Special People Special Occasions; Birthday Book;
Arlene Corwin
29 Dec 2008 Leave a comment
in 2005, birthday book, love relationships, special people special occasions Tags: 2005, birthday book, special people special occasions
Three Years, Three Months
Three years, three months.
There is some magic in our dates:
Magic in the ages reached;
Magic in the distance between you and me:
Sixty -seven. Seventy.
You’re catching up. (I’m being silly)
There will always be three years, three months
Between us.
Once a year you have a claim
To birthday fame
You say means nothing.
I think it’s a magic ring –
Three years, three months
That binds us.
Let’s go out for lunch.
©Three Years, Three Months 05.2.6
Love Relationships; Special People Special Occasions; (K) Birthday Book;
Arlene Corwin
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