21 again?!

orchidee



Now come on, Orchi!

You can't be 21 again today.

You must be 22 by now

Or at least 23

Wow - that's very old!

 

Yep, I'm 21 again

21 million years old, that is

But - agghhh - another birthday?

One with a 'zero' at the end

Ahh - so you're 30 then, Orchi?!

 

Ohh I seen some times

Such as in 1066, I met Will

William The Conqueror at Hastings

I made a terrible blunder there when I said

To Harold 'Look up, Sir'

At a fateful moment

It was one in the eye for him

It was all my fault, you know!

 

I'll tell ya things about dinosaurs too

I met them in person

What's that you say - 

'You still are a dinosaur?'

 

Well, it's me hymn-poems

I met those hymn-writers too

Including 'Joseph The Hymnograper'

From centuries ago (he died in 886 AD)

He gave me hymn-writing tips when I met him

I've written them ever since!

Hymnographying, that is.

 

Oh, but still can't say these long words

Anything over 3 syllables and I'm stumped

 

Well, I can't tell ya everything of my life

I would be here for ever

Just call me 'Fossil' as me nickname

But here's to sherry-fuelled and pork-pie filled days

Raise a glass with me

But not before I've added water to it!

Hee hee hee!

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 18th, 2018 03:20
  • Comment from author about the poem: Happy Birthday to me! As in the clip!. lol.
  • Category: Humor
  • Views: 93
  • Users favorite of this poem: Accidental Poet, Laura🌻
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  • orchidee

    Don't wish me luck - I don't believe in it! lol.

  • Caring dove

    lol we are only as old as we feel . i love your reference to the dinosour and years old hymn writers .. nice write.. enjoyed

    • orchidee

      Thanks Charlotte. I say I'm millions of years old - so no-one can guess my age! lol.

    • Caring dove

      i like how you mention things in the past .. the dinosours, william the conquerer.. etc

    • Caring dove

      happy birthday orchidee, 🙂 however old you are lol

    • Michael Edwards

      I'll certainly raise a glass to you (with my lunch) - happy birthday Fossil

      • orchidee

        Thanks Michael.

      • BRIAN & ANGELA

        "A Glass of Sherry to make me merry
        Melton Mowbray Pork Pie gets me by
        In between meals ~ Heart on Sleave
        HELP I'm morphing into STEVE"

        Thanks STEVE a SMILE on SUNDAY ~ Love the song and all the sentiments. I would like to live to 300 (I might) and I would switch from teaching SCIENCE to teaching Living History. I have every copy of the DAILY MIRROR (from 2000 when I was 17) stored in the BIG YELLOW BOX ~ these are my teaching resource for 2083 (I'll be 100) when I start teaching HISTORY ! Yours BRIAN

        • orchidee

          Thanks Brian. Yes, Melton Mowbray pies please Some others are doughy, or 95% pastry! How can we teach history if we were not there in person?! heehee.

        • Lorna

          Hurrah! Thanks for writing one about yourself Orchidee! Happy Day.....

          • orchidee

            Thanks Lorna. Yep, I'm 22 by now. But how many times over? lol

          • Accidental Poet

            Admit it orchi, it wasn't a meteor that killed off the dinosaurs, it was you, right? They found your stash of sherry and you had to wipe them out. Nice goin' orchi. Oh, and Happy Birthday even if you are a Gazillion years old.

            • orchidee

              Thanks AP. Yep, it was me - that's the true version about the dinosaurs! lol.

            • Laura🌻

              Orchi,
              HAPPY BIRTHDAY!🎁
              ...and thank you for
              all your great postings
              which I enjoy very much!

              ~Laura~

              • orchidee

                Thanks Laura.

              • dusk arising

                Glass raised to you sir this jurassic weekend. Didnt we meet in the neolithic comparing cave paintings?
                Fine fun writing.

                p.s. I'm one of the brigade on here who won't make comments when you include religious items in your work (which is neither a criticism nor apology).

                • orchidee

                  Thanks Dusk. So you are millions of years old too? heehee. I understand the 'religious' thing. Some people just comment on the style, form, etc of my poems, sort of being neutral, in those cases, though I prefer the word 'spiritual' to 'religious'.

                • Goldfinch60

                  Happy Birthday young man, one with a zero in front of it eh. I have that to look forward to this year.
                  May there be many more years with zero at the end to come.

                  • orchidee

                    Thanks Gold. When's your 21st millionth birthday?!

                  • FredPeyer

                    I'll send over some pretty hula girls to get you leied!!! And before you get too excited, 'leied' doesn't mean what you might think it means, but you do end up with a beautiful birthday flower lei!
                    Hau'oli la hanau (Happy Birthday)!

                    • orchidee

                      Thanks Fred. I shall swoon when I see them!



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