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Poems by Dorothy Blakeman
member of Andrews Memorial UM, North Syracuse
June Birthdays Time is Here!
To all the people born in June
Your lives are surely set in tune
With Angel songs and butterflies.
And as the evening breezes sigh
They carry gifts of fragrance sweet.
June birthdays are indeed a treat.
If I could wish a gift for you
I'd wish for love wrapped up in dew.
It blesses all in early dawn
With God's own kiss before it's gone.
Birthdays are a day to share
A time for friends to say, “I care.”
Happy Birthday
Dorothy V. Blakeman
June 2007
July Birthdays
For those born at this time of year
I'd wish you baskets full of cheer
Roses kissed with morning dew
Singing birds, just for you.
A warm sun from a bright blue sky
And gentle breezes whispering by
As night time falls and crickets call
I'd tell you God is watching all.
I'd wrap A box of healthy happy days
With morning's misty cobweb rays.
So may your birthday day be bright
From dawn's first breath till close of night.
Happy Birthday
Dorothy V. Blakeman
July 2007
To Those Born In August
Summer stretches hot and sweet
With nature's final fling.
Birds, long hatched, add to the songs
That only August sings.
To those born on this special month
What could I wish for you?
Moonlit nights with brilliant stars,
And maybe comets too,
That streak across the heavens
Like a flying silver stream
Just waiting for your birthday wish
To answer all your dreams.
So celebrate your birthday.
It's one of God's good gifts.
As you unwrap the year ahead
And through it's pages sift
Enjoy each special moment,
Each hour, and each day,
And thank Him for the present
At the closing of each day.
Happy Birthday
Dorothy V. Blakeman
August 2007
September Birthdays
Summer still is in the air
Most harvests are complete.
Chrysanthemums and Marigolds
Outlasted August's heat.
Nights begin to chill a bit,
A harvest moon shines bright.
What birthday wishes could we find
More golden than it's light?
If I could wrap a perfect day,
One filled with happiness,
I'd tie it up with strings of hope
And ask the Lord to bless
Your coming year with all your dreams.
And peace and faith and love.
Spilling out His blessings from His
Treasure house above.
So have a Happy Birthday all
Born at this special time.
God gives you all these wondrous things
That I attempt to rhyme.
September 2007
Dorothy V. Blakeman
October Birthdays
God does send His Spirit down
In tongues of fire and gold.
He sets your birthday month afire
Before the year grows cold.
Reds and browns and golden leaves
Put on a grand display.
He decorates this special month
'Ere summer goes away.
If I could wrap the smell of leaves,
Or maybe apple pie,
Or better yet a harvest moon
Hanging in the sky,
I'd pack them with the crispness
Of October's sky of blue.
And send along God's promises
Of love just meant for you.
So celebrate this wondrous gift.
Each minute, hour and day.
October and the summer soon
Will slowly slip away.
Happy Birthday
Love, Dorothy V. Blakeman
October 2007
November Birthdays
The gardens now have gone to rest.
The harvesting is done.
Gray clouds like blankets fill the sky
And cool the autumn's sun.
Trees lift up their barren arms
Submitting to God's will.
Knowing they must rest or sleep
Till spring their branches fill.
What special present could I bring
To mark this special season?
I think I'd bring you days of joy
And laughter without reason.
I would wrap a gift of thankfulness
For all those you hold dear.
And for the gifts God gives each day
For every smile and tear.
Each candle on your birthday cake
A wish your dreams come true!
I'd wrap up all God's promises
And bring them straight to you.
So smile and sing a birthday song
If only in your heart.
This special time is yours today!
A brand new year to start.
Happy Birthday
Dorothy V. Blakeman
November 2007
December Birthdays
A wonderful time God picked for you
To celebrate your birth!
Carols, bells, and Christmas cards
All hope for peace on earth.
We chose this month to think about
The Angels and a star
And the tiny babe, God's Son was born
While Wise Men from afar
Set off to find the King of Kings,
Long prophesied of old.
Bringing gifts of frankincense
Myrrh and finest gold.
This month ends autumn's dwindling days
Revealing winter's grace.
It's a time to tie up endings
So new things have a place.
What gift could I place under
Your special birthday tree?
God gives so many wondrous things…
What is there left to see?
Perhaps the taste of snowflakes
When the night is dark and still,
And the laughter of the children
As they go sledding down a hill…
I'd wrap your gift in children's dreams
The great dreams that come true
But the greatest gift I could not wrap…
God's love sent down for you.
So have a Happy Birthday
God gives you time to spend.
So cherish every moment
Before your birthday ends
Dorothy V. Blakeman
December 2007
A January Birthday Gift
In the silence of a winter night
God covers all the ground in white.
Snowflakes cling to empty trees,
Softly blanket crumbled leaves.
No flowers for your birthday morn
Instead God marks this month you're born
As a new beginning. A brand new year!
The old is gone, the slate is clear.
Like a tablet pure and white
He gives this year to you to write.
What wondrous story will unfold
Before this year again grows old?
What would I give you if I could?
I'd tell you of Christ's redeeming blood
Life is precious and fragile as snow,
Here today and tomorrow may go.
I would like to give you a Bible and pen
So you could read God's words again and again.
To write them deep within your heart,
And share with others, what a wonderful start.
I'd ask the Holy Spirit to give you a song
To bring joy to your heart all year long.
Have a Happy Birthday. God picked it just for you.
So don't forget to thank Him. He likes to hear from you.
Dorothy V. Blakeman
January 2008
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