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Happy birthday, Oprah Winfrey!

Jan 29, 2007, 11:35 AM | by Michael Slezak

Categories: Celebrity Birthdays, Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey turns 53 today, and what was I going to do? Not honor her with a haiku? You know she has so much power and money that if she wanted, I could wake up tomorrow in a cardboard hut in the Arctic Circle with no idea who I am or how I got there. Also, she's pretty awesome, so let's get to work.

oprah, change my life
you have power, pretty hair
please endorse popwatch

Poetry Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 08:42 PM EST

4 June 2007

After the storm, my mind cleared.

And a high wind arose and blew the tropics north.

running quartz crystals through a blender.

sand through your engines.

bubbles in your bays.

estuaries reaching out toward forbidden seas…

sand through your eyes.

5 June 2007

Calm as baby’s breath

as peaceful as the storm’s eye

Clouds spread and drawn with rough strokes of stratospheric winds

a warm and windy tropical day.

7 June 2007

Black water at dusk.

Lighting on the horizon.

Warm winds coming in across the darkening waters.

A flash of white wings as an egret takes flight.

And Thunder like God clearing his throat.

8 June 2007

Morning star in the still of the clear, dark waters.

a sky as clear eyed as a young girl.

bruised and tattered storm remnants limp off in the gathering light.

9 June 2007

Tickled her fancy.

giggling all the day long.

pretty good for a Saturday.

Clouds on the lake floating aimlessly by.

furry_tom Wed, Feb 7, 2007 at 03:50 PM EST

You and Dave were great
But I can never forget
You spawned Doctor Phil

Sally Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 11:26 PM EST

Oh Oprah one
Rock the world
with your pearls, and diamonds, and gold, and real estate, and ....

Richard Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 03:37 PM EST

O, lay off of James.
He lied, yes. But don't we all?
I mean...you and Gayle...?

Rose Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 03:12 PM EST

Oprah rules the world
We mere mortals can just bask
In her Oprah-tastic light

furry_tom Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:49 PM EST

Whoops, meant "blathering".

furry_tom Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:34 PM EST

The vacant masses
Think your inane blattering
Is the word of god.

aramis Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:34 PM EST

Giver of free things
Heart and pocketbook so full
Please buy me a car.


Thought of another, sorry, lol.

aramis Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:33 PM EST

The power you have
Makes grown men jump on couches
You sho' is GORGEOUS.

Gretchen Weiners Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:29 PM EST

oprah, go away
so your lemmings will follow.
free thinking works best

skeeve Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:18 PM EST

Your own magazine
Always on your own cover
Full of yourself much?

spud Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:16 PM EST

Patting your own back
Gifts are best given low key
Insist we all know

furry_tom Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:14 PM EST

Sycophant housewives
Touch the hem of your garment,
Drool like Pavlov's dogs

Becky Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 01:56 PM EST

Oprah's new Book Club
Makes me want to read novels
Because she said so

Louise Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 01:05 PM EST

All powerful one
Nix Rachel Ray show, instead
Amy Sedaris!!!!!!!

step Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 01:04 PM EST

one thousand dollars?
i'll change the world for you
give me more money...

junior Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 12:59 PM EST

School in africa?
Check. What to buy next? Oh, a
Rachael ray dart board!

Ed Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 12:32 PM EST

Hey Oprah, GOprah!
Go Oprah-Go Oprah-Go!
Hey Oprah, Goprah!

Christopher Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 12:02 PM EST

Gender, social classes
divide us, but you talk to
me as an equal

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