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Toast
My day of birth shared,
but not selfsame year,
with old high school friend, Steve
and a Dutch master painter
ignominious in life
after death doth receive
stratospheric revere
Interpreter of flowers
heads turned to face sunlight
redefines perception
of dark, star-studded night
self-portraits haunt in disquietude
stark reflections of his brilliant, troubled mind
mustering resolve of pure heroic kind
to paint his world
in breathtaking colored plentitude
Separated by one hundred ‘n’ ten years
still sharing like anxiety, depression, fears
yet not to such a fatal degree
I still walk the earth, still wear both ears
Lift a glass, holler celebratory cheers!
Happy birthday to Steve, Vincent, and me!
but not selfsame year,
with old high school friend, Steve
and a Dutch master painter
ignominious in life
after death doth receive
stratospheric revere
Interpreter of flowers
heads turned to face sunlight
redefines perception
of dark, star-studded night
self-portraits haunt in disquietude
stark reflections of his brilliant, troubled mind
mustering resolve of pure heroic kind
to paint his world
in breathtaking colored plentitude
Separated by one hundred ‘n’ ten years
still sharing like anxiety, depression, fears
yet not to such a fatal degree
I still walk the earth, still wear both ears
Lift a glass, holler celebratory cheers!
Happy birthday to Steve, Vincent, and me!
Published 1st Apr 2022
| Edited 3rd Apr 2022
Author's Note
This uis my first NaPo WriMo 2022 entry. Birthday reflections.
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1st Apr 2022 6:19pm
Huzzah!! Happy birthday to you... 🎶
Keep your ears, they hold your glasses up. 😎😁
❤️k
Keep your ears, they hold your glasses up. 😎😁
❤️k
1st Apr 2022 6:38pm
Ha ha! I can always get Frankenstein posts...just dawned on me, the post were like car battery terminals.
Thank you, my dear K , for your constant friendship, support, reads, and comments.
XXXXOOOO
Bob
Thank you, my dear K , for your constant friendship, support, reads, and comments.
XXXXOOOO
Bob
Anonymous
1st Apr 2022 7:28pm
I hope your birthday treated you well, dear BB.
Happy Happy to you! 🎊🎂🎈🍷🎉
Wonderful start to the your 30 day NaPo journey!
Much love and heartfelt birthday wishes (to all of you!) your way ✨ 💫 ✨
🌹 - 💙
B
Happy Happy to you! 🎊🎂🎈🍷🎉
Wonderful start to the your 30 day NaPo journey!
Much love and heartfelt birthday wishes (to all of you!) your way ✨ 💫 ✨
🌹 - 💙
B
2nd Apr 2022 5:54pm
Thank you so much, dear Lady Blue🙏❣
I had a wonderful birthday. Now my joy is complete with your well wishes.
You are found treasure to me❣
I had a wonderful birthday. Now my joy is complete with your well wishes.
You are found treasure to me❣
2nd Apr 2022 1:46pm
Happy belated Birthday, GW! I hope it was blessed with much love and happiness! A worthy toast indeed. You're out of the gate of the challenge solidly this year, and I'll drink to that! Best of luck in the challenge!
23rd May 2022 8:28pm
I'm only just now working my way through all the NaPo offerings properly. This was an amazing start, and I might nick the idea for a poem theme at some point! Wonderful form, language and rhyme. I can't wait to read them all.
