Poems about BIRTHDAYS!
by Little Dazzy Donuts
Here’s a selection of poems about birthdays taken from the weekly Kids’ Poetry Club podcast, including links to podcast episodes and YouTube videos.
All poems are written by children’s poet, Little Dazzy Donuts. Illustrations by Dot Cherch.
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“Celebreighty”
(available in episode 77 and on YouTube)
Let’s pick a large room …
ideally a very large room.
Then, grab a hand pump
to blow up balloons,
and squeeze in hundreds
to fill up that space.
Once, we’ve done that
we'll head off to bake
the world’s largest
iced birthday cake,
and cover it with candles
before lighting each one.
That cake will burn as brightly
as a mid-Summer sun.
We’ll then turn on the music,
and we’ll twist and we’ll jive,
until the doorbell chimes
to say our friends have arrived.
The folks will be chatty.
The fun will be plenty.
The temperature toasty.
Our glasses not empty.
The food will be tasty.
Our plates will be weighty.
As we don’t just celebrate,
and instead celebreighty.
“The Sum Of The Parts”
(available in episode 77)
On my birthday today,
let’s count all my years
using fingers and toes
to see what total appears.
I’ve been a brother for 80.
For over 60, a son.
Happily married for 58
great years of fun.
Then add 55 more
for my time as a dad,
before we start including
the jobs that I had.
Like 30 in business,
and then add 20 more years
working in industry
as an engineer.
I had years in the garden,
and with dogs in the park.
I built a whole house,
and mended our cars.
By now, I bet that you’ve
used all of the toes
and all of the fingers
your arms, legs, and nose.
Now, add all those numbers,
right from the start,
to see life’s less about the whole,
than the sum of the parts.
“Winter Birthday”
(available in episode 77)
I have one every year,
with lots still to go.
They make quite the collection
as my longevity shows.
But mine always turn up
in the dark, rain and snow.
Oh, I'd love it if they came
in the Summer, just so...
I can host a fun party
in a garden or park,
we'd barbecue, play games,
make s’mores in the dark.
Or we could have a pool party
in the hot Summer sun,
with ice creams and cold drinks
to accompany the fun.
Or we could go to the beach
and play in the sea,
who wouldn't want to
celebrate with me?
It's fun to dream that things
could turn out that way,
but, sadly I'm stuck
with a Winter birthday.
“Birthday Candles”
(available in episode 48 and on YouTube)
There’s an extra candle
on my cake this year.
It’s a little brighter,
bringing even more cheer
to the celebration
that after 12 more months,
I’m now taller and wiser.
So, this time, for once
I’m going to prove to them all
as I get ready to blow.
With my friends all around,
it’s time now to show
that I can snuff out all candles
at the very first try.
But the moment I start,
I begin to see why
there’s a limit to how many
my lungs can blow out.
Soon I’m just spluttering
and kids start to shout,
as the last of my blow
leaves me red in the face.
All the candles still burning
on the top of my cake.
“Party For One”
(available in episode 48)
I brought myself a present.
Wrapped the box up tight.
Then tried very hard to forget
about the gift I’d put inside.
I left it on the table
just beside the cake,
the knife, the fork, the single spoon.
The lonely party plate.
After blowing up a red balloon,
I hung it on the door.
Then cleared away all the chairs
to boogie on the floor.
I ate some trifle from the fridge,
and to muster up delight,
I then played pass-the-parcel
from my left hand to my right.
No matter what I did, or what I ate,
it simply wasn’t fun
to celebrate all alone
at my party just for one!
“Your Surprise Gift”
(available in episode 16 and on YouTube)
You arrived here
with a gift-wrapped box,
and the surprise of it all
meant my jaw just dropped.
I found myself rooted there
right to the spot.
My eyebrows were raised.
My eyes were on stalks.
I jumped out of my skin,
and had to cling to the door:
the surprise lifting my feet
clear up off the floor.
Then it blew me right over.
It sounds crazy but true,
that it blew me away.
Took my breath away too!
You surprised me so much
that you knocked off my socks.
Now I’ll never find out
what’s inside of your box!
“Your Birthday Surprise”
(available in episode 16 and on YouTube)
For a birthday surprise
we planned a big party,
with all of your friends,
like Ruby and Charlie,
and Jack, Dan, and Amy,
and Nick and Steve too.
We invited hundreds of people
to come surprise you.
We rented a room,
and bought a big sign:
rainbow colors that said,
“Happy Birthday Surprise.”
We also made a big cake,
covered in candles.
We hung helium balloons
of monkeys and pandas.
When the day came,
we turned off the lights,
and waited to jump up,
shouting, “Surprise!”
But it turned out our planning
wasn’t thorough enough
as the surprise for us all
was you didn’t turn up!
