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Happy birthday!!!! And what an incredible poem. I love it . What imagery! Thank you for sharing.

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Happy birthday! I hope 42 brings you a year of magic! 🎈 🎂 ✨️

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I am in love with this new poem. I felt like I was drawn in, suddenly wandering through shelves of books, curious about all that makes up a life. You'd find me wandering back and forth between poetry and eastern spirituality, as I learn how to accept what is and be at peace.

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! It's a freaking blessing that you are here on this earth, sharing every part of your soul. I hope you are surrounded by love and joy today!

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Happiest birthday wishes and all of the love to you today on your birthday, Tyler! I love the imagery in this poem so much, I especially loved imagining “build you a chair” ☺️

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Beautiful! Happy birthday, Tyler! May the year ahead be the most blessed yet...full of laughter, joy, rolling green hills, swelling seas, and love to overwhelm your heart. 🎉❤️

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Happy birthday 🎂. Another stunning poem! Thanks for sharing this with us 😊

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Happy birthday! Thank you for sharing this!

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Happiest birthday. I saw this notification while in a book store. Beautiful Tyler.🫶🏼✨❤️‍🔥

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This is beautiful ✨ it makes me want to paint.

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Happy Birthday ! Thank you for sharing another beautiful poem! Wishing you the best year ever! 💫🍀🪷🌈🌊🦋🫶🌈💚🔥⚡️

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Happy Birthday to you! A man with a big heart who cheers for ALL people! I hope that the love you have poured out continues to pour on you all day! The world is lucky you exist! ❤️🧡💛💚💙

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Happy Birthday! This is a great milestone birthday. Wonderful writing, Tyler, I really enjoyed all of it, especially the poem.

Best of wishes,

Lea

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Oi, Magic Computer. May the Vogon Poetry be magnificent & towels at their freshest.

See you in the footnotes & liner notes & easter eggs & with the Anais Nin stars + mermaids.

I'll be holding court as the Titania with a bunch of sprites & handmaidens who will riot if I'm away from my gym for too long. We ride every Thursday at 1130ish (bar school holidays). They'll wanna know why you carry so much stuff; why you look like That; will be the Bagmen to your Thursday & Morse & Lewis; and, their dads will Always be better than yours. That is written. Lady Gregson will be absorbed into the Horde so quick. As it should be.

You better also be cool with pink & sparkles & perfectly placed bows, because their Leader wants you to know that you can be strong & brave & all about STEAM while looking like the most delicate of the Lullaby League. Mia wears her best for me, so I rock up for her at my best. & on the light travels.

(I'm not seamstressfortheband42 on The Gram for nothin'. Reginald Dwight & your baseballin' popsicle have A Lot to answer for)

Happy new trip around the sun from The Future. So dazzling, ya better wear multiple shades x

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I am especially fortunate that you arrived & called my words art last year. It eases the lanced boil of a soul who could not comprehend & called it "gibberish". And, strongly reiterated that I need help because he was unable to comprehend.

What a dawdle monkey of a chocolate teapot. I'm glad I slayed Voldemort & accidentally left my Quirrel beanie on the bus. Onwards.

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(Because if I don't back myself & how I have learnt & am resilient like a pink parachute of Adamantium with rose gold sparkles? No one else will. We do not hurt the ones we love. Not here.)

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Happy Birthday to my favorite poet. I’m lucky to live at the same time as you and that our paths have crossed in this lifetime. I hope you and Sarah have the best year ever. 🖤

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Your day of birth celebration and we get the gifts...you are AMAZEBALLS!!! 🎁

(I must say that I am normally buried in someone else’s memoir hoping that one day my stories will be as good and something someone else would like to read...)

So long...and thanks for all the fish!

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Happy 42nd birthday Tyler! It’s definitely a milestone birthday for us offbeat types. I really enjoyed my year of being 42 and I hope you do too! Spoiler, I still don’t know the meaning of life, the universe, and everything but I think it might be something to do with love. A beautiful poem, you’ll find me either in the “escapism” section or maybe the “so well written it makes you feel emptied out and filled up all at once” aisle.

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