Tag Archives: Birthday Poems

Ink (Birthday Poem 2023)

Posted on April 17, 2023 by marcbeaudin

Brown grasses laid flat by the still departing snow heavy silence of gray pierced only by voices of birds Ravens & sandhills & a single chickadee from somewhere in the mystery of a cottonwood From one of its fallen limbs … Continue reading →

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Birthday Poem 2021

Posted on April 17, 2021 by marcbeaudin

Today, it’s too cold to be anywhere but the bar of this Mexican restaurant w/ a Dos Equis & a statue of a frog wearing a Christmas-themed COVID mask But earlier, in too-thin coat & mud-caked boots, walking a greening … Continue reading →

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Notes on This Year’s Birthday Poem

Posted on June 23, 2020 by marcbeaudin

Every April 14th, I mark the completion of another trip around the sun by sitting somewhere, quietly and alone – before the birthday celebrations begin, before social convention requires my attention – and make note of where I am. I … Continue reading →