Best Grandpas Poems

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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Every couple 'a years or so 
Our family reunites
It takes a couple 'a years or so
To recover from the fights

A family like our'n
Doesn't party like...

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Heard the term “outside the box”?

What box are they referring to?

Sitting in my jammies at my computer

Don't see no box, do you?

A term you hear...

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When grandpa was courtin' grandma, in those sweet days that are long past..
       There were no automobiles to drive...

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Guess who the mad gab is all about
It's us, a well known pack of old geezers
Old grandpas that are in trouble no doubt
Now most of...

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I think it's always been there
 just in the back of my mind where 
a moral spin 
 of subtle children's interpretations
 recalled a story...

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Write a Lament  is what they say So I’m going to tell you about the saddest day. 
It was summertime with parades in the...

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In a Poof of Smoke, and a Raging Flame! We went running for our lives!
Dragon was at it, again! He had heartburn throughout the night,...

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you ever heard of a Lao party?
might be one going on right now…
we Lao folks love that celebratin’
sifting through sunrise and slipping
through sunset we sing...

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Grandpa's Love

Of all the different kinds of love with which we could be blessed,
perhaps it is our Grandpas love that ranks among the best. 
What...

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My Little Ballerina

Jacklyn
I love you more than you can possibly know.
Gpa

Somehow I missed the moment
I didn't get to see her twirl.
My little ballerina
my little dancing...

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Loose Magic

Pee-a-boo, I see you...
Got your nose, 
and not your toes. 
Skipping rocks, 
and bubbles in the park. 

Eye contact from across the room, 
notes...

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Dad, I’m sitting here by the fire wishing you were here.
We’ve been cleaning in the yard, and you love this time of year.

The huge red...

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Dedicated to the Memory of
Pvt. Francis L. "Bubbie" Mitchell
KIA August 19, 1950

Bubbie was a brother
and a son who gave his life.
He joined to feed the...

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I am fairly new to this Norwick community.
If I recall correctly
we have about forty thousand households here
where the Connecticut River
conjoins the Mohegan and Iroquois Rivers;
originally...

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