Joyce Johnson Poet Rhyme

Shameless Braggart

  Everyone knows
	That parents who brag about their children 
	Are bores.
	But grandmas with granddaughters
                And grandsons like mine
	Are free of all restraints and do not obey
	Silly mores.

	Yesterday
	It was my turn to entertain my
	Garden Club,
	And so I proudly set their pictures out
	And bragged a bit.
	My visitors made kindly comments
	I freely will admit.
		
	Of course everyone was in a hurry
	To show their own and brag aloud
	I looked at theirs and smiled and praised.
	Knowing full well that mine were the ones
	Who really made a grandma proud.
	I studied the loving faces of my friends
	And saw that each felt the same,
	Each of us was playing that smug
	Grandparent game. 

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John Smith September 18, 2011 at 12:09 AM Of course, yours are the best. We can tell just from your poem. They must be.

Nancy Jones September 17, 2011 at 11:02 PM sweet! I always was astounded by the fact that the two most incredible souls in the universe were both born to me! Thanks for being and write on, Joyce..~N