Happy New Year Poems

These Happy New Year poems  celebrate the season with a smile. New  Year's Eve and New Year's day are a time for celebration and reflection. It's time to have fun as we issue in the new year, and also to ponder how we can make our lives, and the lives of those around us, better. The first poem is an honest look at how that might work. 

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION
I promise to help in the kitchen.
I promise to keep my room clean.
I promise to do all my homework each day,
And I promise to never be mean.
I promise to help out my brother,
Not push him or shove him or tease.
I promise to always be very polite
And say ‘thank you,’ ‘excuse me,’ and ‘please.’
I promise to be almost perfect.
The end of December is near.
And if I can’t keep every promise I make, well…
I’ll promise again – next new year!

by Denise Rodgers
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Happy New Year Poem #2

This New Year's Day poem provides another reality check. Hurray! Happy New Year! (But before you know it, it's time to go back to school.) With some luck, that's not a bad thing.  Here is the text of the complete poem:

HAPPY NEW  YEAR (I THINK)
It’s really not the biggest deal.
At least, this is the way I feel.

It happens at the end of December.
The holidays past; it’s time to remember.

It’s time to have outrageous fun,
Have parties, eat goodies, and when it’s all done

We all find out, to our dismay
That New Year’s just another day.

And while all the parties are kind of cool,
Come January, it’s back to school.

Happy New Year!

by Denise Rodgers
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Happy New Year Poem #3

A NEW DAY
The day is new.
The year is, too.
It’s time to start anew.

We celebrate the night before
and then know what to do.

We start with resolutions,
ways to make the new year better,
reflect, take stock, and make amends,
Our self-improvement never ends.

When next year comes,
we’ll try again.
Till then, we say with all good cheer,
Best to all for this New Year!

by Denise Rodgers
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Happy New Year Poem #4

We all need a fresh start now and then, and the new year is the perfect time to go for it. Here is the full text of the poem:

A FRESH START
A full heart
A fresh start
A time to start things over.

A new day
The sun’s rays
A lucky four-leaf clover.

A real rhyme
A good time.
For sure one thing is clear.

We say hello,
And here we go.
It’s time for our New Year!

by Denise Rodgers
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