Any budding poets?

74jax

(Somehow) I've been asked to write a poem for a surprise birthday party.

The idea is it's read out on the night ie

Welcome Jim to this surprise party,
blah blah blah blah blah smarty.......

See, you can tell I'm no good!!!!!!

Can anyone point me in the direction of some website? They all just seem to have poems for invitations, but this is to be readout to him.

Any help appreciated...... i'd rather have baked the cake..........

Artytarty

Welcome Jim to this Birthday surprise
we all can see the shock in your eyes!
Your friends have come from near and far
To tell the world what a great guy you are
You,re loved and respected wherever you go
So buy us a drink before we go!

not great but is the kind of thing you mean or too low brow?
tell us more about him perhaps.

gibson123

Poems are so difficult, they are often very person.

It is often easier and funnier just to do a toast, there are lots of famous ones but here are a few I have found:

Here's to turkey when you're hungry,
Champagne when you're dry,
A pretty woman when you need her,
And heaven when you die

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May you be in Heaven fifteen minutes
before the devil knows you are dead.

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On the chest of a barmaid in Sale
Were tattooed the prices of ale.
And on her behind,
For the sake of the blind,
Was the same information in Braille!

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To your very good health. May you live to be as old as your jokes.

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Here's to a long life and a merry one
A quick death and an easy one
A pretty girl and an honest one
A cold beer and another one!

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Dr. Seuss on the golden age

The golden years have come at last,
Why don't I feel this is a blast?

I cannot see, I cannot pee.
I cannot chew. What can I do?

My memory shrinks. My hearing stinks.
No sense of smell..I look like hell.

My body's drooping, got trouble pooping.
And people ask, "Why am I stooping?"

The golden years have come at last.
The golden years can kiss my !!!.

74jax

wow! thank you both soooooo much!

Artytarty

No probs! That was fun!

74jax

My friend loved what I gave her.

However..........

Is there a two liner you can think of saying 'were here to celebrate you being sixtie' I had 'so lets go tot he bar and get a whiskey' but she'd like to know if there's anything else we could put?

And also maybe a couple of lines on getting on a bit, going grey loosing memory etc.

tyllwyd

It's probably no help, but I couldn't help thinking of 'You are old Father William' from Alice in Wonderland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_Old,_Father_William

Artytarty

We're here to celebrate your sixty years
So lets have a toast (or drink or whiskey )before there are tears! ????

Tish_P

If she's asked you to write it, she wants something that's "you", even if it's not perfect poetry. Write something yourself, don't quote someone else! A specially written rhyme is a very MSE present.

Rhymezone.com is great for that kind of thing, although it is based on an American accent and thinks "bomb" rhymes with "calm".

74jax

Tish_P wrote: »

If she's asked you to write it, she wants something that's "you", even if it's not perfect poetry. Write something yourself, don't quote someone else! A specially written rhyme is a very MSE present.

Rhymezone.com is great for that kind of thing, although it is based on an American accent and thinks "bomb" rhymes with "calm".

No she asked as she was stressing over it and I said I'd help. I've only known her a couple of months and don't know the person its for at all.

Its not a poem as a gift if you know what I mean, that I think I could do.

swingaloo

When do you need it for. I do LOADS of these for people (leaving a job, birthdays etc( but I can only do funny. Rubbish at the serious stuff.
I never do the reading out though as I find it embarrassing.
If you want to pm me with a bit about the person I can do something for you. You would need to know the person had a sense of humour though re the 'grey hair, aching bones side of 60'!