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POEM STARTER
Write a poem about a birthday.
This doesn't have to be about your own birthday. What themes could you explore through writing about birthdays?
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My Step Great-Great Grandmother
Is turning 101 today.
That’s my favorite number
By the way
I wonder how it feels
To be that old
To experience the world
All fleeting and bold
I wonder how it was
Back in 1923
When racism was high
Filling the sky with screams
But she’s still alive
She’s prevailed
Not in a nursing home
Still alive and well
Her mind’s not the same
But her family is here
An...
Another year, another cake
They see me wish, my smile fake
I fear getting older
Glancing over my shoulder
Petrified of memories I’ll lose
They sing cheerfully, my ears hear the blues
So I scrapbook, write it all down
Never knowing to stop, look around
By fearing losing moments
I miss the rainbow, ignore the poets
They say life is short, so savour it
Haunted by forgetting, too absent to admit
I’m n...
todays my birthday but you knew that,
i waited by the phone but no call.
i waited by the door but no knock.
i blew out my candles and wished for you.
the presents weren’t enough to distract me from the absence of your own. i unwrapped each gift expecting to find something from you. i never did. my phone dings, i see the disappointment in my mothers eyes when it’s not you. you ruined my birthday a...
18
18
_what? _
How can that be
How can I be an adult so soon?
How am I supposed to be in charge of my life when I still feel like a child
A child not knowing what to do
Or what to say
How am I to be expected to get a job when I can hardly take care of myself?
When I still can’t make eye contact without panicking
This just
Doesn’t
Seem
Right
Because when I look in the mirror I can’t ...
Happy birthday!
I love you so much.
I hope you have a great day,
And a great year,
And a great life.
I’m so glad that whatever’s happened between us,
Whatever we’ve been through,
I get to celebrate with you today.
And I hope we get to celebrate together for many more birthdays.
But for now,
I’m happy with this one.
Happy birthday❤️...
I used to
Love presents,
Cake,
Parties,
Fun
I used to
Crave it all
Now at 17,
Presents have become
Too extra
Decorating has become
Too pretty
Too draining
Cake has become
Too sweet
But birthdays
Still have my heart
Because I celebrate knowing
The love
That I get
From you every day
Is worth life
This is to you
And to everyone else
Who has given me
A reason to celebrate
Today
Today wou...
Mourning tears
Black clothing
An open casket
It’s a funeral
They tend to bring
people together
or tear them apart
I’ve seen so many
family members
that don’t ever
make it here
unless there is a
wedding or a funeral
It’s a funeral
But also my birthday
I’m not complaining
I know I can celebrate
another day
It’s just sad
It’s a funeral...
She awaited the day
A special one it was
expecting the magic
To blow a candle
To age and feel life
Perhaps closer..
To the deathbed
Nevertheless, the hope
And the gratitude
Of being alive
To see the sky, the birds
To smell the fresh air
It was worth it
To move on
To remember
The past hurdles
It was not in vain
Gratitude filled her heart
Tomorrow was the day
The day to remember
A special 18th
...
happy birthday to me, i guess
i’ve never celebrated, it doesn’t fit my parents faith, and maybe that’s why it feels so odd to have it recognized
8 days ago i turned 17 and it was terrifying
to know i will never be 16 again
to know i have one year left as a child
to know soon i will have no choice but to make my position on religion clear to my parents, or else live a lie until the day i die
i ...
Warning: cursing
“Happy Birthday”
they sing as you awkwardly stare at your cake.
“Happy Birthday”
they text after not talking for a year.
“Happy Birthday”
they whisper to you at midnight when they really mean it.
We spend our days looking towards this one day
for better or for worse
we stare off into it’s sky
and see the clarity of sunsets and night skys.
we never saw those before...
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