Create Custom Birthday Card Messages & Poems

Finding the right words for a quick birthday card is easy with a little inspiration. Here are a few birthday poems and messages to use, or customize the message for your birthday card recipient.

Happy Birthday Rhymes

• May each and every passing year
  bring you wisdom, peace, and cheer.
• You are really very special,
  And deeply loved for what you do,
  So you are wished a Happy Birthday,
  With lots of pleasure all for you.
• In the soft gleaming of stars
  May all your dreams come true.
  May every star of every night bring
  Love and joy to you.
• As you age, you turn into a fine wine.
  On that note, let's sing and dine
  To celebrate, cheer loud, and say
  That today is your Happy Birthday.
• Count your life by smiles, not tears.
  Count your age by friends, not years.
• Wonderful wishes, bright happy days,
  May they all come today in so many ways!

Happy Birthday Messages

• May the best of your past be the worst of your future.
• I hope that for every candle on your cake you get a wonderful surprise.
• All the gifts you get today won't compare to the gifts you generously give those around you every day.
• This is just one day of the year we celebrate the amazing person you are.
• Happy Birthday to a timeless classic, who will never go out of style.
• Getting a lot of attention is not really your thing. We all understand that. However, given that this day is special because it commemorates the day you were born, we just couldn't let it slip by.
• Birthday wishes for everything you love, everything you dream, and everything that you want to be.
• More than how long you live, I hope you count the smiles and happiness that you've brought into other people's lives.

If you'd like to try writing your own message or poem, check out the easy tips on the next page for writing a custom birthday message to suit the recipient.