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Best Great Grandparents Poems

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Premium Member October Skies
We are apples growing on our parent's tree, planted by our grandparents from the apples of our great-grandparents ~ author

October skies still reflect in your...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: great grandparents, age, anniversary, autumn, grandparents,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member My Ancestors Escape
PRELUDE
There has always been animosity between Greece and Turkey as far back in history as we wish to go.  Greece was occupied by the...

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Categories: great grandparents, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Study In White
Acrid smoke in the scientist’s bell jar
Blankets of chenille-covered snow
Crystalline carbon diamond star
Drips forming stalactites grow
Effervescent waterfalls’ dreams
Frothy-topped cappuccinos 
Gelid surfaces of lakes and streams
Halos...

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Categories: great grandparents, angel, beautiful, snow, water,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member Cinderella What Now
CINDERELLA WHAT NOW

I’ve often seen you zoom past Mars,
Blonde hair flowing and blowing
In the breeze of the milky way,
And its trillions of stars.
I so longed...

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Categories: great grandparents, planet,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Labyrinthia
Her full name was Labyrinthia Pennyweight Babineaux, but her closest friends called her Libby. She was of blended French, German, and Native American heritage. Her...

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Categories: great grandparents, beauty, character,
Form: Prose Poetry



The Plight of Being Me
I'm mixed, biracial, an oreo, a mutt. I get called a lot of thing but in the end I'd like to be called human. That's...

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Categories: great grandparents, black african american, conflict,
Form: I do not know?
The Old Homestead
Orphaned footsteps round the old place.
Pitch black soil, packed deep with bartered
coin and Indian heads – wood and otherwise,

coat her worn leather shoes, Hutterite chic....

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Categories: great grandparents, family, history, introspection, nature,
Form: Lyric
My Old Barn
I love my old barn because it brings back memories galore...
I started playing there before I knew what memories were for.

The barn was there before...

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Categories: great grandparents, farm, happiness, memory,
Form: Free verse
A Missed Poem
I meant to tell about my travelling aboard.
Of my visit to West Africa
For genealogy purpose, I wanted to see my great grandfather homeland.
He was from...

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Categories: great grandparents, africa, character, deep, family,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Jesus Told Me
Jesus taught and lived
Those who follow the Way
Truth
Life, rather than punishing death,
would be known
by our love,
especially for our enemies.

He did not say, or live,
Those who...

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Categories: great grandparents, community, culture, health, history,
Form: Political Verse
Great Grandma Kicked Some Butt
When my mother was at the age of thirteen,
A dirty old man asked her to come clean,
He invited her over so she could make a...

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Categories: great grandparents, family, funny, mother, mother,
Form: Narrative
God Sent Me You
When I thought love was dead,
God sent me you.

God showed me
that he wanted to be happy.

God sent me you.
God sent me a great person.

I want...

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© Angel Hale  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: great grandparents, love, god, me, god,
Form: Acrostic
Until My Story Is Told
What makes us beautiful is not color,
But just a handsome heart and an effulgent cerebrum,
So as much as we dwell in this world,
We are one...

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Categories: great grandparents, africa, america, arabic, color,
Form: Bio
Tribute To Amazing Family
TRIBUTE TO AMAZING FAMILY!

Please allow me to honor my certificate - Its longest "Watsapp Post" etiquette...
To praise our Allah for His Kindness, Mercy & such...

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Categories: great grandparents, appreciation, blessing, family, growth,
Form: I do not know?
Today's Children
Silliness coupled with much humdrum
drains creative energy from the minds of children.
Bored kids, raised by televisions, make warped decisions.
Viewed daily by the hour, murder becomes...

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Categories: great grandparents, angst, children, people, perspective,
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things