Happy 50th Birthday Poems
Here’s a fresh batch of happy 50th birthday poems to celebrate, recognize and occasionally ridicule the achievement of the first half-century of life.
This first one describes a reality that many men first encounter in their fifties. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
| | What 50-Year Old Men Think About At Night
By Tom Mulhern
Whoever said
"Grow old along with me
The best
is yet
to be"
Didn't have to
Get up five times
During
the night
to pee.
© 2010 by Tom Mulhern - www.Real-Funny-Poems.com
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Happy 50th birthday poems like the following accentuate the more melancholy mood that seems to strike at about this age. Luckily, the feeling usually goes away in a few days.
| | Weight of Numbers
By Tom Mulhern
I'm fifty years old today, and statistically blue
Odds are more than half of my life is now through
A thought somewhat morbid and certainly morose
Which leaves me feeling cranky and a bit bellicose
It seems like only yesterday that I was doing fine
But of course, that was back when I was just forty-nine.
© 2010 by Tom Mulhern - www.Real-Funny-Poems.com
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Turning 50 can be just the nudge we need to change a habit or try something new. Or look back later and wish that we had.
| | If Not Now, Maybe Later
By Tom Mulhern
Fifty years old is just the right age
for turning over a new leaf
An exercise habit, a language to learn
or some esoteric belief
For the clock keeps ticking, and one thing is sure
whether you like it or not
If you keep doing what you've always done
You'll get what you've always got.
© 2010 by Tom Mulhern - www.Real-Funny-Poems.com
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Happy 50th birthday poems sometimes take on hard topics, like exploring the disbelief and surprise that this birthday can inspire – in other people.
| | Surviving Expectations
By Tom Mulhern
You certainly did stupid things back in your youth
You're still high risk, and still somewhat uncouth
Now that you're fifty (that's twice twenty-five!)
We're all a bit surprised that you're still alive.
© 2010 by Tom Mulhern - www.Real-Funny-Poems.com
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Not all happy 50th birthday poems are as honest as the next one. Of course, your friends will do whatever they want to do for your birthday, regardless of what you say.
| | 50 Is The New 40
By Tom Mulhern
They say fifty is the new forty, so does that mean
I have to repeat that whole dreadful scene
With the black balloons and streamers and the tombstone cake?
Fake-grinning my way through that again would be more than I can take
So please, send me best wishes, sincere and hearty
But spare me an encore over-the-hill party.
© 2010 by Tom Mulhern - www.Real-Funny-Poems.com
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Here’s a limerick that offers a positive spin on the whole experience.
| | Limerick at Fifty
By Tom Mulhern
It's not all bad turning fifty
Some parts are almost quite nifty
To look around and see
All those older than me
And be grateful that at least I'm not sixty.
© 2010 by Tom Mulhern - www.Real-Funny-Poems.com
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Here’s another attempt that starts out with a positive attitude toward turning fifty that doesn’t quite make it to the end of the poem.
| | Mental State
By Tom Mulhern
Here's a birthday thought, generous and kind
"Fifty is only a state of mind"
However, the ramifications may leave you somewhat bruised
For the state of mind past fifty tends to be confused.
© 2010 by Tom Mulhern - www.Real-Funny-Poems.com
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