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- Birthday -

When we are
Young,
We are
So much
In a rush
To
Grow up
So soon
That we
Eagerly
Await
Our
Every
Birthday :)

When we are
Past our
Prime -
We frown
On the
Flying
Years…
We don't
Want to
Grow old
So soon.
So we sigh:
Oh, My God!
Another
Birthday: (




(Theme: Age)

Submitted: Thursday, March 22, 2012
Edited: Thursday, March 22, 2012

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  • Aparna Chatterjee (3/25/2012 11:44:00 AM)

    Thanks, Ijlal Haider and Tapas Baidya, for reading and reviewing my poem.

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  • ijlal Haider (3/22/2012 5:56:00 AM)

    contrasting feeling of ones life......
    nice n simple

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  • Tapas Baidya (3/22/2012 5:40:00 AM)

    Human pshycology about age is finely expressed. The lay-out of the poem is also fine. Tapas

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