Do You Know You’re Three Today? 2012
06 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in 2012, birthday book, cat book Tags: Albert Cat, birthdays, cat's birthday
Do You Know That You’re Three Today?
Do you know that you’re three today?
Three and free, you have inhabited
Planet Earth just twelve times three.
Not much really.
Eyes that look at us are yellow or
They’re black, depending
On your mood. You’ve grown.
You know a lot,
Developed fears, developed confidence
And habits, signals,
Even sound that sounds like words
Which we’ve begun to grasp.
You’re changing everyday.
And still we worry-
Are we doing what we ought to do?
What’s right for you?
You’re handsome, graceful, smart.
You give so much without a forethought
Or an effort.
Just to watch you makes us cry.
Happy Birthday Albert –
Even though
You’ve no
idea it is.
Do You Know You’re Three Today? 5.6.2012
Cat Book: Birthday Book;
Arlene Corwin
The Day The Princess Had A Baby 2012
02 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in 2012, birthday book, special people special occasions, swedish book Tags: births, Princess Victoria, spring, Sweden, weather
The Day The Princess had A Baby*
New little princess;
Flags a-flying.
Sunshine, open windows,
Cats that went out and ate grass
And almost no snow left.
Seven degrees of centigrade.
It’s February. Should be colder.
Ice that’s turning back into
A lake again and Princess cakes
Sold out in all the bakeries.
So many fine and subtle things,
Thought I.
Besides which, Lena Valkonen
Became a grandma Saturday:
A baby boy. Oh boy! More joy.
And more to come.**
The Day The Princess Had A Baby 2.29.2012
Birthday Book; Special People, Special Occasions; Swedish Book;
Arlene Corwin
*Sweden’s Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
**Inspired by an email received from my neighbor across the lake, Ingegerd Lorquist.
The subject of the letter was “wasn’t it a lovely day”. It was poetry in itself. I just made a few changes.
Always Nice To Couple 2012
09 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment
in 2012, birthday book, circling round eros
Always Nice To Couple
It’s always nice to couple
On a birthday:
Easy going, slow to fire,
Maybe yes, maybe no.
Unsure and slow
With privileges undiscovered
By the young:
The privilege of backing down,
Breaking off.
The privilege of heeding
Intuition’s guide,
Needing nothing, really -
Knowing that no one will feel insulted
If the one or other stops;
And knowing
That the unexpected
Suddenly can ‘pop’,
The best cork
Of the best champagne
Because,
The laws of love and candor
Reign.
Happy Birthday!
Always Nice To Couple 2.8.2012
Circling Round Eros; Birthday Book;
Arlene Corwin
06 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment
in 2012, birthday book, love relationships, special people special occasions
♥LOVING COUPLETS♥
2012
♥
GOOD NOT TO BECOME A STAR
OR BE TOO POPULAR.
WHEN REACHING SEVENTY AND FOUR,
NO ONE, INCLUDING YOU,
THINKS BACK TO TWENTY-TWO,
YOUR PRIME,
GIRLS CHASING ALL THE TIME
WHILE BREAKING DOWN YOUR DOOR
TO GET A GLIMPSE OF YOU
ONCE MORE.
LUCKY FOR THE PLANET EARTH
TO HAVE TATTOOED
UPON ITS FACE
A KENT:
THE BEST OF VIKING’S RACE.
♥
TO ALWAYS HAVE BEEN
LOVELY, QUIET, CLEVER KENT,
EVER PATIENT AND CONTENT,
CREATING THINGS FROM STICKS AND STONES,
NOT AFRAID TO BE ALONE,
HAPPY ON YOUR OWN,
CELEBRATING AN EVENT
OF TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND
AND TEN DAYS OF LIVING
IS THANKSGIVING OVERDUE.
HAPPY DAY OF BIRTH TO YOU!
♡♥♡♥♡♥♡
Loving Couplets 2.8.2012
Love Relationships; Birthday Book;
Special People, Special Occasions;
Arlene Corwin
Eva Sixty-Five 2011
03 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in 2011, birthday book, special people special occasions
Eva Sixty-Five
This is a poem to flatter,
But to flatter with sincerity:
An oxymoron maybe;
For flattery is insincere
And this is praise to celebrate,
Perhaps exaggerate a tiny bit,
Because it’s fun and hard to find
The words that suit.
When your great grandmother was alive,
A woman who reached sixty-five
Was old, no longer in the game.
The frame that forms attractive you,
Seductive you,
Is strong and pretty,
Smart and witty,
Friendly, generous and kind.
Those around you find
They want things for you.
Younger looking, energetic,
Strong and pretty, sympathetic,
Friendly, generous and loyal
Eva un-renewable.
Everybody loves her.
She should know this
Cause she’s worth it!
Eva Sixty-Five 12.3.2011
Birthday Book; Special People, Special Occasions;
Arlene Corwin;
Old Girl 2011
07 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in 2011, birth death & in between II, birthday book, circling round vanities, nature of & in reality
Love being seventy-seven.
Not a threat to anyone,
You hug, you flirt.
You’re not a threat! It’s great!
The essence is your circumstance,
Your circumstances essence.
Of course the vanities
Are there to work through.
(It’s still you,
And you’re not perfect.)
On the list of pros and cons
The pros win out.
One reads the obits.
It’s
A game:
Which year, which name,
How old this name became.
You try to find the oldest,
And you notice
Young ones.
It’s the mixture
That you learn from:
Paradigms. You persevere.
The world is also older,
Answering to laws
Which parallel the laws
In your existence
Because
There is nothing close
As hand to lose.
The olds, the news: old hat,
The words old girl
Take on new meaning.
Old Girl 8.22.2011
Nature of & In Reality; Birth, Death & In Between II;
Circling Round Vanities; Birthday Book;
Arlene Corwin
Plusses Outweigh Minuses 2011
06 Feb 2011 Leave a Comment
in 2011, birthday book
Plusses Outweigh Minuses
To save: the birthday poems.
Each year the birthday poem;
Each year the birthday.
Each
Just happy that a year is here
And so are you.
It doesn’t matter
That a new
ache and/or
Stiffness steals an hour
Of sleep.
The year means you can creep
Back into bed
Whenever you feel tired.
Each year; different freedom.
That, in opposition to the aches
That come.
Plus
Outweighing, no, outwitting
Minus.
Happy Birthday, dear.
© Plusses Outweigh MInuses 2.6.2011
Birthday Book;
Leaving Numbers Seven Five 2010
02 Dec 2010 Leave a Comment
in 2010, birth death & in between, birthday book
Leaving Numbers Seven Five
I’m not supposed
To give it meaning;
Not supposed
To say what’s waiting
Round the corner,
Give or take twenty-five years.
No peer alludes to it; dear
Friends don’t mention it.
Alone in a neurosis
That the rest don’t share?
There is no sentiment there,
(though I once said that I’ll miss myself.)
The thought is hard to grasp –
It doesn’t want to feel –
Not real
For the moment.
© Leaving Magic Numbers Seven Five 11.4.2010
Birth,Death&InBetween; Birthday Book;
Arlene Corwin
Day After 2010
21 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
in 2010, birthday book
Day After
November nine; first snow.
You gave me yesterday to celebrate:
A birth date worth the wait,
To never underestimate.
Sun shone.
One tasted stardom
Which meets confidence meets courage
Which meet age and faith
In coming days unknown.
Nice!
© Day After 11.9.2010
Birthday Book;
Arlene Corwin
Looking At Sean Connery, Eighty 2010
12 Oct 2010 Leave a Comment
in 2010, birthday book, circling round time, circling round vanities, circling round wrinkles, special people special occasions
Looking At Sean Connery, Eighty
Looking at Sean Connery
(In magazines my sister in-law gives me)
I think, “Looking good!”
Then I think, “Perhaps that’s ‘cause he
Has a beard.
How easy when you’ve got a beard -
A moustache too.”
When I reach eighty,
Can I be a Connery,
Looking good as Sean?
Moustache, beard are out
(Not that I couldn’t grow one.)
Now to find that inner clout
To keep my world a stage,
Fool age
While wrinkle weighs down
Cheek, jaw, chin.
Fall back on
Substance,
Obvious. yes?
Birthday Book; Circling Round Wrinkles; Circling Round Vanities; Circling Round Time; Special People, Special Occasions; Arlene Corwin
© Looking At Sean Connery Eighty 9.20.2010
