50 Poems for J.Lo’s 50th Birthday — July 24th 2019
By: La Marks
Tags: Birthday, Poetry, Puerto Rico, Pop Culture, Jennifer Lopez

Ars Poetica invited poets around the world to contribute fifty poems in honor of Jennifer Lopez, turning a timeless 50 years young today. Enjoy these tributes, and Jennifer, if you’re reading this, we are at your poetic service any time.

style icon, rebel showed us what real sexy was before we could drive

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nuyorican queen bronx baby and baruch grad — dated puff daddy??? timeless glory beyond fads

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entre idomas la reina cruza fronteras canta para el mundo

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Black Rock Avenue is a place where dreams are made dancing for their lives

by @lisaannmarkuson

50 years fly, girl keeping us all on the floor and on our toes, too

by @poemsbytaz

Watch her round corners She used to have a little Now she’s got a lot

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sleep in the studio let the dancefloor guide your dream wake up like a star

anonymous

me dicen, La Guitarra y no es por el tocar… forma y fuerza

by @personisawake

Out of Sight, never out of mind — flyest Fly Girl Gonna Be Alright

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Maid in Manhattan? More like Queen of Las Vegas! We luh ya, Mami

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Love Don’t Cost A Thing But we would pay any price Cause you have our love

by @micahgreenberg

have you ever seen a hometown Supernova? put on sunglasses

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No one else can say, “I’m real even on Oprah” that’s why we love you.

anonymous

Fly girl, in living Color. A silver screen, shocks of red, carpet sheen.

by Antoine

there once was a fly young lady who wanted to drive a Mercedes she danced and she sang she popped off with a bang yet stayed real through all her escapades

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vida latina siempre lista para el show siempre con corazón

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love don’t cost a thing but she is worth millions don’t you forget it

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she judges people not by how they look — oh no only by their smell

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no, Jack Nicholson she does not want to date you you know you’re dated

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seeing her onscreen me siento muy excited tu, como la flor

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she has tiny feet but earns a giant paycheck how does she do it???

anonymous

OG Booty Jenny You stay real throughout the years Tell ’em who you are

by @ramyaramana

latinx inspo for all the young selenas and what they can be

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honestly, is there anyone on god’s green earth who does not love her?

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The block misses you Not that you truly left it Legends don’t forget

anonymous

From grit diamonds flow Moving skyward, hips swaying She built her empire

by @receptive.tarot

worthy of tributes from Oprah + the whole world she’s all our fave girl

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It’s My Party, SÍ everything thing you dream will be and you are worth it

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“you get what you give” well, she gives her everything and the world loves it

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we said it before: “Anything for Selena!” and we still mean it

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Waiting for tonight This Fly Girl takes me away Decades of JLo

anonymous

Liquid green water — swirling silk of mermaid dreams falls all the way down.

by Clare Edgerton

From the Block — back home In Miami, palms swaying low We still blast your songs.

by @er_pulgar

if you should a star desire to within you stoke a fire look for farther, train your eyes upon her most perfect behind

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i could fall in love with your wisdom and foresight your style and your grace

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youthful and timeless beauty is more than skin deep she plants, and she reaps

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family woman her soulmate, ironically a New York Yankee

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Versace goddess you thought that was scandalous??? she’ll never fall out

by Tiana

who else has the dream of J.Lo teach them her moves? oh, all of you too?

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jennifer lopez we remember Bennifer but prefer A-Rod

by @lisaannmarkuson

Award Winning @$$ Best Bottom in Hollywood She sees from the top

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Mother of dragons or at least the perfect twins she doubles her wins

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The Wedding Planner But who will plan her wedding? we’d love to attend

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not traditional traditions cannot hold her but they lift her up

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thrillers and rom coms perfumes game shows hit albums what can she not do?

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she’s a paloma but without the alcohol intoxicating

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Mother, Daughter, Friend she inspires us all to love she will never end but will always lift us up

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50 years old? no she’s been getting younger since she was 29

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feliz cumple to pan-american spirit mi tierra linda

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she is a hustler lifting us from the bottom — lucky is the pole

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our calendars marked to see her with Cardi B bustin moves, and balls

Wow, if you made it this far, you are a true fan.

Jennifer Lopez, we love you every day, but especially today. For more information on what we do when not writing odes to our muses, visit Ars Poetica’s website here.