Five Easy Steps to Finding the Right Birthday Poem

Five Easy Steps to Finding the Right BirthdayOf course, some instances of humor are best left
Poemuntouched. If someone is particularly touchy about
So, it's a friend or family member's birthday andtheir age, finding a poem that outlines the exact
let's face it, those corny punch lines alreadyage and then makes comment on the advanced
printed on birthday cards just are not going to cutdecrepit state of that age is not the best idea. Be
it this year. A solid birthday poem can really pushconsiderate even as you seek a light and
a card over the top, but only if you can find thehumorous way to celebrate that most important
right words to express what you're hoping to say.of days.
No one wants their birthday poem to be tooStep #4 - For that Special Someone
overt. Of course, no one wants to give theirBirthday poems for a spouse or for a loved one
friend a dirty limerick for their birthday poemcan be a chance to really shine and show how
either.much you love them. They can also be a chance
Step #1 - Find the Right Toneto earn a few extra points with just the right
Birthday poems range in all sizes and shapes, justlyrics. Christina Rosetti, a 19th century poet who
like people. So, it stands to reason that therespent a great deal of her life in and out of
should be a perfectly suited poem available fordepressive states, wrote many beautiful lyrics,
nearly anyone you know. Step one then is to findincluding "A Birthday", a poem dedicated not just
the right tone for your birthday tone. Is it forto a single birthday, but to the sensation and joy
your mother, your wife, your husband, your sonof a birthday as a metaphor for being in love:
or daughter, or maybe just a good friend orRaise me a daïs of silk and down; Hang it
co-worker. Now, what kind of a poem would thatwith vair and purple dyes; Carve it in doves and
person appreciate?pomegranates, And peacocks with a hundred
Step #2 - Humor Goes a Long Wayeyes; Work it in gold and silver grapes, In leaves
Even for a spouse or family member, a funnyand silver fleurs-de-lys; Because the birthday of
birthday poem can be a light and distracting waymy life Is come, my love is come to me.
to enjoy the annual reminder of how old they are.Step #5 - Delivering the Birthday Poem
Jonathan Swift, the author Gulliver's Travels andAfter choosing the right words, reading them
one of the English language's first satirists wroteover and over again and knowing that they fit the
"Stella's Birthday" for a woman with whom hebirthday boy or girl perfectly, it is time to decide
frequently corresponded. With the light touch ofhow that birthday poem should be given to them.
humor that he imbued into everything he wrote,Humorous poems are best delivered in a card.
he reminded her of exactly how old she was:They can be read over and over, shared with
Stella this day is thirty-four, (We shan't dispute afriends and hung upon the refrigerator for future
year or more:) However, Stella, be not troubled,laughs. Loving and personal poems are often
Although thy size and years are doubled, Sincebetter delivered in person, adding that intimate
first I saw thee at sixteen, The brightest virgin ontouch that can push a birthday poem over the
the green; So little is thy form declin'd; Made uptop. However you decide to deliver it though,
so largely in thy mind.poetry on a loved one's birthday is a wonderful
Step #3 - Being Warygift.