Your Poetry Dot Com

Welcome to Your Poetry Dot Com - Read, Rate, Comment on, or Submit Poetry. Browse Poetry Forums, or just enjoy other parts of our poetic community.
One of the largest databases of poetry on the net, now over 198,500+ poems!

Poems On Site: 198,500+ Comments On Poems: 427,000+ Forum Posts: 105,000+

Custom Search


Welcome !	Home · FAQ · Topics · Web Links · Your Account · Submit Poetry · Top 30 · OldSite Link	22-November 15:23:18 AEST

Menu

· Our eBay Store

· Error Submit

Poetry

· Submit Poetry

· Least Read Poems

· Members Listing

· Old Site Post 2001

· Old Site Pre 2001

· Poetry Archive

· Public Domain Poetry

Stories

· Stories (NEW ! )

· Submit Story

· Story Topics

· Stories Archive

· Story Search

Community

· Our Poetry Forums

· Our Arcade
100's of Games !

Site Help

· FAQ

· Feedback

Members Areas

· Your Account

· Members Journals

· Premium Sign-Up

Premium Section

· Special Section

· Premium Poems

· Premium Submit

· Premium Search

· Premium Archive

· Premium Topics

Fun & Games

· Jokes

· Bubble Puzzle

· Cross Word Easy

· Word Hunt

Reference

· Dictionary (Rhyming)

· Site Updates

· Special Content

Search

Top

Help This Site

· Donations

Others

· Moderators

Our Other Sites

· Embroidery Design Store
· Your Jokes
· Special Urls
· JM Embroideries
· Public Domain Poetry and Stories
· Diamond Dotz
· Cooking Info and Recipes
· Quoof - Australian Story

Social

TIPARILLO VALENTINE

Contributed by robert_edgar_burns on Saturday, 14th January 2012 @ 01:40:25 PM in AEST
Topic: Holiday Poetry

Photobucket

In the 1950's through the 1980's there was a cigar company named Robt Burns Cigars & Tiparillos. They saw my birth announcement in the paper, and sent my parents a box of birth announcements for my birth arrival on Feb 14, 1953 with cigars attached with a gold ribbon. The announcement said 'We will throw away our burns butts, but you should keep yours!'

It was for her a night of joy.
For she gave birth to her baby boy.
A Valentine in the truest sense.
It was a gift that was heaven sent.

A cigar placed Into her hand.
Given to her by an unknown man.
And it was taped onto a card.
The words she read, made her laugh hard.

Though we may smoke and burn our butts.
You should keep yours and love him much.
And it was signed by that same fellow.
Your friends all here at Robert Burns, Tiparillo’s.

We sincerely thank you, for the choice of name.
For that name is our claim to fame.
And every year, we’ll send another card.
And to it taped, another cigar.

Now mom and dad are gone today..
I’ll smoke that cigar, on my special day.
Valentine’s Day, I will always say,
Is a wonderful thing, for it’s my birthday!

Copyright Â© robert_edgar_burns ... [ 2012-01-14 13:40:25]
(Date/Time posted on site)

Advertisments:

Previous Posted Poem | | Next Posted Poem

Sorry, comments are no longer allowed for anonymous, please register for a free membership to access this feature and more

All comments are owned by the poster. Your Poetry Dot Com is not responsible for the content of any comment.
That said, if you find an offensive comment, please contact via the FeedBack Form with details, including poem title etc.

Re: TIPARILLO VALENTINE (User Rating: 1 )
by NightOwl61 on Saturday, 14th January 2012 @ 04:56:59 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

This is a stellar write and such a fun read. I remember the cigar company. Has the feel of a classic already. Well penned indeed. tfs

While every care is taken to ensure the general sites content is family safe, our moderators cannot be in all places; all the time. Please report poetry and or comments that are in breach of our site rules HERE (Please include poem title or url). Parents also please ensure that you supervise your children well when they are on the internet; regardless of what a site says about being, or being considered, child-safe.

Poetry is much like a great photo, a single "moment in time" capturing many feelings and emotions. Yet, they are very alive; creating stirrings within the readers who form visual "pictures" of the expressed emotions within the Poem. Â©

Opinions expressed in the poetry, comments, forums etc. on this site are not necessarily those of this site, its owners and/or operators; but of the individuals who post items to this site.
Frequently Asked Questions | | | Privacy Policy | | | Contact Webmaster

All submitted items are Copyright Â© to their submitter. All the rest Copyright Â© 2002-2050 by Your Poetry Dot Com

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owners.

Script Generation Time: 0.052 Seconds. - View our Site Map | .© your-poetry.com