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Best Grandma Poems

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Premium Member Grandma Still Calls Your Name
I will always remember those uneven paths,
which led me to you - 
sorrowful reminder of promises I could not keep.
All you wanted was to sit...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grandma, death, grandfather, grandson,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Library of Trust and Hope
The Library of Trust and Hope
The Bank of Trust and Hope

(Cant decide on title, so feel free to pick or suggest one)

She was all but...

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Categories: grandma, analogy, garden, growth, happiness,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Loving Helena
The chair is her home, her universe now
It is all that her many years will allow
Helena’s elegant beauty once shone
Now her mind wanders a world...

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Categories: grandma, family, peopleme, grandchild, universe,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Remember Years Ago Potd
I remember, oh how I remember
the years that have gone by.
Our doors were never bolted
our windows never closed.

Women had part-time jobs
knocking on doors all afternoon,
their...

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Categories: grandma, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Grandpa
*GRANDMA WAITS IN THE GARDEN*

Hi grandpa, it's me again!
Your dentures sit in an open glass above the nightstand
Remember the tears grandma sang before she pass?
The...

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Categories: grandma, beautiful, care, death, grandchild,
Form: Free verse



Hahahahaha I Have No Idea What To Title This
help mrs. muse is gone and my mind is shooting blanks 
my friend called inspiration is trying to walk the plank 

motivation just married mr...

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Categories: grandma, introspection, friend, friend, high
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus

Poets are like magicians.
They trick the heart into feeling, 
“things” they had no idea, were there at all. 

Sadly poets don’t always know how...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grandma, 12th grade, abortion, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Lily Letters of Jasmine
  Dear grandma, 
       you were my litchi  s u n r i s e, 
 ...

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Categories: grandma, deep, emotions, granddaughter, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Came By
I Came By…
(to see you)

You don’t see me. 
I see you, everyday. 
I am afraid to say hello. 
You may say good-bye. 

I just want...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grandma, beautiful, chocolate, cinderella, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Seamstress of Time
I have a special story I wish to share
About a seamstress beautiful and fair

She would fade away turning into smoke
Of her amazing beauty, no man...

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Categories: grandma, dedication, devotion, faith, history,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member A Wish -Re-Post-
A WISH -- In Memory Of 

"I Wish"

I wish I could blow air into your little lungs, 
The day my daughter brought your stillborn body...

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Categories: grandma, angel, baby, death, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Christmas Eve Dinner
'Twas our Christmas Eve dinner; we all had sat down
at the table to eat. Grandma couldn’t be found!
We children were fussing; Dad rose to his...

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Categories: grandma, dad, humorous, mom, prayer,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Where the Heart Resides
Like open arms
These broken gates reach out to me
And lead me to the lonely house
That overlooks the sea

Her door once proud and stately
Now splintered hangs...

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Categories: grandma, heart, love, me, old,
Form: Personification
The Cookie Jar
I learned a lot from Grandma
She helped me become a man
When I thought I just couldn't make it
She always told me I can

She taught me...

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© Larry Belt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grandma, nostalgiame, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member One Life
There have been those who said,                   ...

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Categories: grandma, food, green, home, jobs,
Form: Narrative

Book: Shattered Sighs