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CheeryGrams
Perky
Self-lighting-
Burning rubber
Speeds in her bright red
Scooter succumbs to the
Senior Center for front row
Seat for Bingo playful challenge
Praying not to fall asleep mid-way
Snoring holding her lucky rabbits' foot
5/28/2024
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grandmother,
Form: Etheree
My GrandmaI remember my grandma’s house
Spending so many hours with her
She always had that one special chair
No one but her was allowed to use
She always told stories of life in the old world
And I would listen...
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Categories:
family, grandmother, memory,
Form: Free verse
GrannyGranny, I know you love me so,
But please just let me be, just let go....
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Categories:
angst, grandmother,
Form: Crystalline
MissingGrandma's baked cookies
her smile and her loving hugs
her prized gardening skills...
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grandmother,
Form: Senryu
JUST LIKE GRANDMA DID
The next time you visit your grandmother…
As a thank you for all she does to help make you a little stronger….
When she goes to give you a hug goodbye…
Hold on to that hug a little...
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Categories:
grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
JUST LIKE GRANDMA DID
With the memory of her grandma’s death so fresh within her mind
She stopped to ask Grandpa about her…
“Will the world always be this quiet?” She asked.
“Always this sad and lonely without her?”
“I won’t lie to...
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Categories:
grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
PearlPearl
Mother gave me a string of rare pearls
Passed through Maternal blood to every girl
Not all at once, but one at a time
When needed the most or by her design
In times of confusion, heart break, or...
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Categories:
grandmother, mother daughter, wisdom,
Form: Couplet
FOR AMANDAMy first-born miracle,
You blessed my youth
And forever, my heart
With your liquid brown gaze.
All the men in your life
Were caught in your baby grasp,
Helpless to resist your sweet,
Angelic smile
As you changed from a tempest
To an...
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Categories:
grandmother, baby, beauty, family, feelings,
Form: Free verse
FOR LUCYWhat a wonder you are!
A gift from the universe,
The practical one.
Always so poised
Even when afraid
You are your mother’s child
Always knowing what you want
And getting what you need.
Your star will never burn out.
In your quest to...
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Categories:
grandmother, beauty, family, feelings, granddaughter,
Form: Free verse
the grand masked ballWe’re in Paris, staying with my Grandmère (Grandmother) for a few days around Mother’s day.
Peter (my bf) is getting to know my Grandmère. They’ve started to relax and enjoy each other. This time, when they...
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Categories:
boyfriend, fun, grandmother, mothers
Form: Free verse
Cherished by MomIn you, dear Mother, my pride resides,
No hate could ever in my heart abide.
Nine months within your loving embrace,
You nurtured me with boundless grace.
You taught me to speak, to write, to stand,
Guided me with a...
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Categories:
11th grade, appreciation, grandmother,
Form: Ode
MOTHER DAYMOTHER DAY
It's not easy to write a mothers day poem
She has watched you ever since you were born
She never makes any kind of fuss
She always took care of us
She was always there to listen...
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Categories:
daughter, family, grandmother, miss
Form: Rhyme
MOTHER DAYMOTHER DAY
It's not easy to write a mothers day poem
She has watched you ever since you were born
She never makes any kind of fuss
She always took care of us
She was always there to listen...
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Categories:
daughter, family, grandmother, miss
Form: Rhyme
First PoemsNanna traces finger-rhymes around my hand:
tickling poems.
Pictures in my sister’s book
speak poetry, and I want her book
to be mine.
Miss Fernside points to words
beside her drawings
on the easel;
I love Miss Fernside.
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Categories:
child, grandmother, poems, teacher,
Form: Free verse
The Sea in my roomAs a child,
with my Nanna,
making the bed -
waves of sheet
crash,
underneath is cool -
dark,
need to breathe,
roll on the carpet-beach,
watch the white-surge
flapping, snapping, falling
up and down
up and down
calming, resting
smelling sunshine.
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Categories:
child, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Grandmother Poems
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