Parrots

When you growing older
The ugly parrots of birthdays 
Delightfully remind your age
You tell them shut up 
They cry out loudly
Once these parrots 
Were sweet nightingales 
Singing nicely on the early days
Twenty one
Twenty two
Twenty three
And now with a nasty voice 
As boaster parrots 
Break your eardrums 
Sixty three
Sixty four
Sixty five.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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May 29, 2014 at 6:13 PM
BETIM,, Double Congrats on Carolyn’s birthday contest. Many smiles, on its future feature in her birthday booklet. XOX~ Linda
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May 28, 2014 at 3:24 PM
Congratulations on a well-deserved win. Enjoyed this poem!
Mehta Avatar
May 27, 2014 at 5:55 AM
Congratulations on your fine win, Betim
A  Avatar
May 26, 2014 at 8:46 PM
Betim, Congratulations, in Carolyn's "Birthday and Aging Humor" contest. Love ~SKAT~
Devonshire Avatar
May 26, 2014 at 5:00 PM
Dear Betim, Most of this poem is featured in the birthday booklet. Congratulations on your win and thanks for participating in a contest to wish some special ladies happy birthday. Love, Carolyn
Brown Avatar
August 3, 2011 at 2:28 PM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest Betim. I wish you the best in the final round. Love, Carol
Brown Avatar
July 5, 2011 at 5:58 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Betim. May your poetry bring inspiration to others as they read it. Love, Carol
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July 5, 2011 at 5:37 AM
Congrats Betim on "Parrots" being featured. Vince
Pettit Avatar
February 7, 2011 at 7:55 AM
Parrots can live long enough to count a person's age into the sixties. Nice descriptiveness here.
Gorelick Avatar
January 31, 2011 at 6:43 AM
Love it...I can relate. BG
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