Birthday Change Poems

For some this is funny,
for others it is dead serious.
This may not be earth shattering to you,
but for many it is.
Why have most bathrooms taken...

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Today of all days I am dividing my tears into sections, 

With each moment, with each tear drop and snuffle I makes 

The paper tissues...

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People change from time to time
But time does not change for a dime
Time is money, that’s the slogan
Time is a serious and stalwart weapon
People change...

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When I was 70 I wrote a poem whilst here at Gran Canaria but never posted it. So here it is at 72:-
FEELINGS
I wonder where...

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Please get me something special to eat, I have just recovered from an unusual heartbeat, please give me something special to eat; I just want...

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(Today is Tata MANDELA’S birthday. Freedom lovers all over South Africa are celebrating his legacy of Compassionate Love. I wrote this poem on his birthday...

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If I could be a kid again
I’d run headlong, unfettered in the wind, 
or pretend I was Tom Sawyer 
or Huckleberry Finn.

I’d put frogs inside...

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Whether looking for a mate 
Or an Employee who won't come in late,
Age only tells half the story.

You are never too old or too young,
If...

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Getting Old

I used to look so young and slim
I could wear anything I chose
now I buy from tent shops
it's the only way to get clothes

I...

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Couch potatoes never see the light, 
Seldom produce real potatoes,
Or much else that is palatable.

They leave switches on 24 seven,
And don't know what is the...

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As dark gives way
Joy hands light the key
To open the dawn of a new day
As she feels the moment long foresee
Friends, extend to her a...

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Grant him all his heart desires 
Until glorious destiny be fulfilled 
Dayo is always the one YOU admires
Declare his day days peace joyfully filled
And death...

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I continue to await wisdom 
the sagacity I was assured 
would come with age
For the rough edges of life
to be worn smooth over time
like the...

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You’re only as old as you feel some say.
How will it feel on your eightieth birthday?

Everything’s quieter and harder to see.
Not everyone, just seems like...

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Time
Your best friend
your worst enemy
Cure all that is wrong
But still will kill us all
If you will work with him then it can be great
If you...

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