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Happy 50th Birthday Poems : How to Write the Perfect Poem!

Happy 50th Birthday Poems are a sentimental touch to any card. They will put your feelings into a nice keepsake. You can use poems in your cards, as well for your speeches, or just as a gift themselves. It is a very nice idea to frame a poem. You can write your own happy 50th birthday poem to give true meaning to the poem.

It seems when it comes to putting a poem on paper alot of people get writers block, or don't feel they are creative enough to write poems. But really anyone can write a poem!

Here's a great guide to writing the perfect happy 50th birthday poem:

Step #1: The Brainstorming

Think about the person that you are writing this poem for. Take a scrap piece of paper and write down things you know about them, things you like about them, and things you want to say to them. When doing this brainstorming, be sure to write down words or phrases you would like in your poems. You can add events and memories you had with this person that you will never forget.

Step #2: Style & Format

This is when you decide what style of happy 50th birthday poems you want to write. You can decide what amtosphere you want with the poem - funny, sentimental, touching, etc. You will also decide what style of poem you want to write.

Here's a few poem styles you can use:

ABC Poem: These are poems that follow an ABC pattern. Each line starts with the next letter in the alphabet. Line 1 would begin with A, line 2 would begin with B, etc.

Blank Verse: These styles of poems do not necessarily rhyme at the end of each line. An example of famous blank verse poems are Shakespeare.

Haiku Poems: These are Japanese poems that consist of 3 unrhyming lines. Line one has five syllables, line two has seven and line three has five again.

Limericks: These are short and usually humorous. They have five lines. Line 1, 2 and 5 have 7-10 syllables and rhyme with each other. Line 3 and 4 have 5-7 syllables and rhyme with each other.

Rhymes: These are the more common poems, used often in Nursery Rhymes. Each set of lines rhymes with each other.

Name Poems: These poems are based on a specific name, each line will start with each letter of the name.

Step #3: Creativity Time!

This is when you take all your brainstorming and style and put together your happy 50th birthday poems. Never erase things you write, always just start a new but leave the old visible, because sometimes your first thoughts work best.

You will likely use ALOT of paper with this process, but you will be very pleased with your final product. Once you have what you think to be the perfect poem, thats when you take it and put it in your card, frame, gift, etc.

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