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Best Grandpa Poems

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Grandpa
The old man sat with eyes closed, dozing in his chair
Until a little voice he heard say “Grandpa, are you there”.

He gazed upon a little...

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Categories: grandpa, childhood, loss, sadold, child,
Form: Couplet



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: grandpa, beautiful, care, death, grandchild,
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: grandpa, analogy, garden, growth, happiness,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member His Golden Essence
The oyster shell 

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Categories: grandpa, appreciation, beauty, father, inspiration,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Abandoned
I'd married at 21 and moved overseas with my husband's work, so it had been many years since I had visited my gran at Rose...

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Categories: grandpa, growing up, house, memory,
Form: Haibun



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: grandpa, 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: grandpa, 12th grade, abortion, abuse,
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: grandpa, beautiful, chocolate, cinderella, heartbroken,
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: grandpa, 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: grandpa, heart, love, me, old,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Eulogy In My Heart
Out in the middle of a large farmland, I become a girl of old charm and unexpected songs again. Past the flanks where cluttered rows...

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Categories: grandpa, beautiful, grandfather, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member One Life
There have been those who said,                   ...

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Categories: grandpa, food, green, home, jobs,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Windchimes
grandma pours me tea
we talk late into the night 
moon covered by clouds

paint peels from windows
as grandpa rocks in his chair
cigar smoke rises

zephyr wind blowing
shells...

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Categories: grandpa, memory, nature, wind,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member My Hero
I hear them say,                                          ...

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Categories: grandpa, food, snow, war,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Memories of Youth and Nature, Were a True Blast, In Collaboration With Robert Lindley
Memories Of Youth And Nature, Were A True Blast
In collaboration with Robert Lindley

Beautiful dawn a Nature walk would do one good
Across the flower filled pond,...

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Categories: grandpa, creation, dedication, deep, emotions,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs