Bri Edwards Birthday Poems

My odometer turned over again. I’m a youthful 65.
To my delight I was given 3 fine gifts; gifts that were alive!

We had gone hiking up a hill, overlooking the nearby ocean.
I heard a call from above us, and saw three birds in motion.
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It happened, nearly twelve years now in our past;
I promised [really? ] that, you, I would outlast.
In other words I ‘promised' I'd not die before YOU,
so, don't forget to die OR my life will NEVER be - -
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Well Mom missed this day by almost nine years.
At ninety-one(?) we escorted her from this “veil of tears”.
But no tears I had the June day she passed.
Her will was NOT to live just in order to “last”.
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"Auld Lang Syne", a song often heard ‘round the start of a New Year,
was penned { according to a Google article } by {to some} a poet-dear.
PoemHunter.com celebrates his birthday on its "Main Page" this day, but …
it was NOT JUST at poems and songs that this Romantic poet did "play".
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Dear Bri,

I stood in front of the card selections
Pondering the sea of card imperfections
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On My Daughter's 42nd Birthday


Thanks for believing I'm your dad.
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