A Lady who Thinks She is Thirty by Ogden Nash

Today is Ogden Nash's birthday...well, was his birthday...who the heck is Ogden Nash you say?  He was an American poet who was well known for his light-hearted, witty poetry that delights the hearts of those young and old! 

In my search of Ogden Nash poems, I found this one and thought it was very fitting for me this year! (Remember I turned 30 WAY back in March!) I have changed the name just for my own sake!

A Lady who Thinks She Is Thirty

by Ogden Nash *
Adapted by Amanda Newton

Unwillingly Amanda (Miranda*) wakes,

Feels the sun with terror,

One unwilling step she takes,

Shuddering to the mirror.

Amanda (Miranda*) in Amanda's (Miranda's*) sight

Is old and gray and dirty;

Twenty-nine she was last night;

This morning she is thirty.

Shining like the morning star,

Like the twilight shining,

Haunted by a calendar,

Amanda (Miranda*) is a-pining.

Silly girl, silver girl,

Draw the mirror toward you;

Time who makes the years to whirl

Adorned as he adored you.

Time is timelessness for you;

Calendars for the human;

What's a year, or thirty, to

Loveliness made woman?

Oh, Night will not see thirty again,

Yet soft her wing, Amanda (Miranda*);

Pick up your glass and tell me, then--

How old is Spring, Amanda (Miranda*)?

hehe! :D Just thought I'd post this for fun and for Mr. Nash's birthday! You know darn well I'll be using this for a layout in the scrapbook album!