Short Birthday Gift Poems

Hugs and kisses
What lovers do
For all the time.

Hugs and kisses
What lovers do
When they excite.

Hugs and kisses
Plus chocolate
As birthday gift.

Hugs and kisses
Valentines greet
Print inside card....

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You want to toss it
like a coin to a beggar
or unwrap it like

a child's birthday gift,
but it is not really yours
or mine to bestow

on whom we may please
Like the air, it simply is,
enveloping us


August 20, 2016...

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Your smile’s is how I imagine the very first breath would be.
Your eyes so beautiful I wish they could examine the truest beauty in you I see.
Your lips so sensual every kiss is a birthday gift to me.
My mind beats.
My heart thinks.
My soul complete.- Love...

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     The indelible stamp
        of my favorite aunt
      my birthday gift arrived
        seven months late

      Yet unwrapping the newspaper
        was well worth the wait
      Though the fruit cake was moldy ~
        The ‘London Times' was first-rate
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I Began
Upon The Breast
Of A Broken Doll
Kept Safely Then
In The Embrace
Of The Only Man
I Would Forever
Crave
His Presence
A Birthday Gift
I Would Never
Receive Again
Gone
Long Before
My Tiny Legs
Could Carry Me
After Him
Or My Voice Could
Call Him Back...

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I’ve an inexcusable habit,
forget my wife’s birthday.
This time I promise myself I won’t.
So, on that day from backyard
I pluck a blooming red rose,
keep it hidden till the dinner time
when I give her the single flower.
She doesn’t smile, for the story has begun.
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KEYHOLE

kept a secret from his

kid.  shades down on window.

keyhole is tiny. eyes

keen to glimpse world inside.

kim's birthday gift.  dad has

knack for building things.  A

kickstand props up new bike!

3/9/2017
Pleiades K contest...

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Caties Poem 

Children play and scream
in a world at war
school bell rings



MY POEM:  Tanka

Children play war games(5)
we laugh as they run guns raised(7)
Prized birthday gift toy (5)
church bells, war heroes  at rest (7)
Mothers sad good-byes, guns kill!(7)



Catie Lindsey's contest...

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O viola, 
go over the grapes
and find an ageless green.

It is difficult 
to be born
again, undoing death.

You swoon
at the continuity
of crossroads –

with blue flags
in your bowl.
A rosette,

without a winner.
A birthday gift
for all the failures.

At seventy five
you walk over a prairie
to find a shade.



Satish Verma...

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S-aturday eighteenth February
A-ims to clear the sky; 
R-ed beacon has whitened
A-ll the clouds up
H-igh.

Q-uest for the fine clime, 
U-ntil you find the dawn; 
I-t's a beautiful day, 
N-ight is brought to oblivion.
A-llow the lonely twilight to make a change or shift; 
N-ew dawn has let you receive an early birthday gift....

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Girlfriend: so, where’s my birthday gift?
Boyfriend: look, there’s a car near lift,
Sure, you like that colour,
Wow, of course, smart feller, 
Here’s your lipstick, same shade—
Last words indeed he’d said,
For, ever since they went adrift.
_________________________________ 
Limerick |04.08.2023| humour, birthday, boyfriend, girlfriend...

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M-y birthday gift is here, 
A-ugust seventh sunny day; 
E-specially for only you, a prayer to the Lord I say.

E-ven though I'm far away, 
D-istance doesn't matter; 
N-othing can hinder me, 
A-s I send you this letter.
L-et me ask God to bless you, 
A-nd allow your spirit to lift; 
G-ood wish is softly whispered
A-s my priceless birthday gift....

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Nervously
Walked into the room
Reminds me
How I lost my feeling
The last time I fainted
Delightedly
Receiving my birthday gift
Reminds me 
How I’d wished for my presents
Anticipatingly
Sat by the phone, waited for ages
How I’d been frozen in shock
When I learned the news
Despairingly
I now sit on the interview chair
Reminds me
How to talk
I blubber but falter...

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I browsed the notes
of the past two years
in search of you
once keen and common;
There I found all
I thought was gone,
lost on way up
or sank in sorrow
for how things turned.
And if I learned
anything new -
not much, just few
remarks, amiss and race.
As birthday gift I got your face:
totally stoned, from late '90s.
On canvas.
Never asked for this.

19.08. 2014...

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Today, the day of your birth,
my gift for you is a hopeful wish.
While you're not here upon this earth
you're being loved and taking care.

For it would be what I would do,
if only I was holding you.
The wish I give is meant to be
your birthday gift, for you, not me.

But if I could be so bold
and asked you please to share,
this gift, my wish, really is,
a wish that you were here....

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unearthed belongings... 
gasps of pleasant astonishment;
e u r e k a!
white elephants galore...
many treasures, too!
fallen into decades of desuetude 
old clothes and shoes 
to be donated to charity;
some books to be thrown away.
a silver locket, I thought lost;
inscribed with the word "Dreamer" 
on the inside.
birthday gift many, many years ago
from my first love. wow!
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You were one!
Then two!
And now you're three!
Bold and brilliant 
Just like your mommy!

Another year of making us smile and laugh
We are cherishing the years as they pass

Since you, yourself are a gift
There is no need for another birthday wish!

Another year of my love you shall hold
Praying to God that you will live long and grow old
Happy birthday!
Here is another gift for you to unfold!...

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She dances, she glances
     Beyond her shoulder. 
            She peers,
          Looking back; 
      Her beautiful smile.
   She poses in the mirror.

  {Stanza 1: Rick Parise}

         A polka dot dress 
   She marveled at bought 
    Off-the-rack by hubby;
    Twirling like a dervish,
  She squeals with delight.
She loves her birthday gift!...

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All of a sudden it’s spring,
Along my front fence.
When tulips open it’ll be in full swing,
With many colors so intense.

The mini rose a birthday gift,
A hot house baby that my spirit lifts.
Pansy faces make me smile,
So cheerful even if frost covered awhile.

Each day now one discovers,
Another beauty and then another,
Spying from under wide tulip leaves,
While to the ground they cleave.

M. Renee Taylor
4-26-18...

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I'll wait
Because you mean so much
I'll wait
Because that's what a bestfriend does

I'll wait
Because that's what you want
I'll wait
Because you need me to

Sometimes I get frustrated 
But then you lead the way
Like when the sunlight breaks through
On a cloudy day

A lifetime of patience
Just for you
A box with your name
A birthday gift

Open my gift
Awaiting inside
Is my infinite passion
My devoted soul,
Our friendship
...

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H-azy Friday night is gone, 
E-vening chill fades away; 
R-aindrops have vanished, 
M-orning meets the day. 
I-t's a beautiful Saturday, 
N-o more mist around; 
I-n twenty-fourth December, 
A-ny shadow isn't found. 

G-reet the dawn with glee, 
A-fter the dusk and twilight; 
R-ays above the line shine, 
C-oal clouds become white. 
I-t's a great celebration, as you open your eyes; 
A-ccept the birthday gift, receive the box of surprise....

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Got my first car when I was sixteen
The coolest blue car I had ever seen
A hot rod fuel injected  
My foot to floor connected
I’m surprised I lived to seventeen

I loved my Datsun 280 z
A birthday gift from my parents to me
Drove it for eight long years
When I sold it, I cried tears
To this day, I still miss my baby


*My first car was a 1976 Datsun 280z

By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
for the My First Car Contest (Carol Brown)
second place...

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First tulips in early morning light,
A cheering birthday sight.

Though I trod off to work today,
Their mellow glow guided my way.

Spring is such a hopeful season,
To celebrate no matter the reason.

Annual life reflection now a gentler chore,
Than end of year resolutions I abhor.

My playful pup Aengus gave a lesser gift,
Hiding my shoe this morn had me miffed.

So I’m grateful my garden’s calming effect,
Saves him from impulses unchecked.

MRT/4-24-19...

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When I was just a youngster
With my birthday coming near,
My family all would ask me
What would you like my dear?

The present didn’t matter
I really didn’t care.
In most cases what they gave me
Was something I could wear.

Then as I got older,
The presents mattered less.
There was nothing much I needed
That’s the truth I must confess.

Now that I’m a senior,
I’ll say this LOUD and CLEAR
The birthday present I want most
Is just for me TO BE HERE!


AMEN...

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I can see you up ahead of me
I am following 
in your footsteps

no matter how fast I walk
I cannot catch up 

your footsteps are bigger than mine
but they were warm 
and safe to step in

you turn around
and smile encouragingly
then return to your journey

thank you for your footsteps
when I can no longer see you 
they will always be here
pointing me in the right direction

Dora Roimata Langsbury
27 June 2009

Written for my father, Kuao Langsbury, for his 75th birthday gift....

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