Eightieth Birthday Poems
rhymes and verses!
Eightieth Birthday Poems
Congratulations on being an Octogenarian!
Welcome to these verses and poems for this special milestone birthday.
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Eightieth Birthday Poems
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There is a world record that
I think that you will break
Some time in the next few years -
It's "candles on a cake."
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Well-fancy that you've reached the big 8-0,
The Queen won't write to you yet a while
Especially as you're only a young'un
You've got 20 years left to perfect your style.
You've rocked, hippied and done lots of things
Still rolling as well when you get a chance;
Those new hips of yours have worked a treat
So tonite's the night we will have that dance!
Many Happy Returns
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There's quite an art to falling apart
As the years go by,
And life doesn't begin at 40.
We both know that's a lie.
Our hair's getting thinner,
But our waists are not
The few teeth we have
Are beginning to rot.
We smell of Vick's Vapourub,
Not Chanel Number 5
Our doggedness is the only thing
That's keeping us alive.
When asked of our past,
Every detail we'll know,
Except what we were doing
Just 10 minutes ago?
Well, you get the idea,
What more can I say?
Why not read the obituaries
Like you do every day
If your name's not there,
You'll once again start
Perfecting the art
Of falling apart
I'm able to say this
As an old friend, to you
A very, very old friend
Who's falling apart too
Despite only having half a heart left
These birthday wishes I send
Not at all half heartedly
All the very best, my dear old friend
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Eightieth Birthday Poems
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May you live to be a hundred and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Frank Sinatra
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The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.
English Proverb
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It is easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows by like a song,
But the man worth while
Is the one who can smile,
When everything goes dead wrong.
For the test of the heart is troubled,
And it always comes with the years.
And the smiles that is worth
the praises of earth
Is the smile that shines through tears.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again.
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
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Eightieth Birthday Poems
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As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.
Robert Benchley
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They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body.
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You may complain you're getting older
But the alternative is worse
Eating birthday cake is much preferred
To riding in a hearse.
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People ask me what I'd most appreciate getting for my eighty-seventh birthday. I tell them, a paternity suit.
George Burns
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I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.
Bob Hope
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