Best Nana Poems

Mama held me close to her bosom
wouldn't let me go astray
she shook the cradle of civilization
and to her wayward offspring 
she paid attention.
 
She added a tinge of color to the cheeks of some
and tinted plenty with even more
for identification, as to whom they belonged.
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Have you ever seen bullfrog green jump across a Lilly pad?
Did you ever see gold moth bathing in a moonshine bath?
Do you watch as teal raindrops bless and baptize the stream?
Will you hear the wood windmill song it sings each spring?

I walk real close to...

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I often gaze through Nana's broken window but today feels distinctly different as I watch the blackbirds pecking at the pears in the avocado trees. Nana harvested the finest ripe avocados and pears, their colors a lovely blend of dark burgundy and green, all from...

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Sea foam wash my feet:
Let me sink into the earth
My heels then my toes

Gentle breeze kiss me
So I may feel your majesty,
Whisper in my ear

Hands held on the shore
She holds me as the sea comes-
I love you Nana...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANNA!!!
A day in the year assigned to her
Possibly an early start with a smooth breakfast
Perhaps just a lie in
Yawn

Boldly presented presents, all chosen by her
Idiosyncratic things:
Rotating-head electric toothbrush
The new, modern updated mobile phone
Her personal choice of fine wines
Dinner is taking place with the...

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Pure joy,
Two generations down
Sweet child
Blessings abound

Innocent smile 
Laughs, giggles 
Abundant energy 
And many wiggles

Daughter of my daughter,
Same beautiful eyes.
Gift from heaven 
A wondrous prize

Every day a new wonder
Too fast do you grow
I dare not blink
grown before you know


TLR 8-6-17...

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Every time I get happy
the Nana-Hex 
comes through.
A dog's canines 
change into chainsaws,
toothpicks turn into knives,
coral reefs diverge into dirty sponges,
a sandcastle into a mausoleum,
a soldier-ant burrows deeper
into my borrowed grave,
reveille trumpets tap 
a tip-toed timpani of
disenchanted malevolence;
all for the Nana-Song.

I am eleven.
I am naked.
I...

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I'm in the decade before the decade
she left the world, and my world....

The world did not mark it,
the world did not miss her 
(any more than it will miss me)
but my world does--my world of
sun-gold and ocean-blue, my own
little world reading books while 
sitting like...

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nana we miss u so ,still carnt let u go ,in our hearts u will stay ,and happy birthday tonight i pray.that the lord up above will pass on our love .wish you was hear because to us u was so dear ,we miss u...

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MY DEAR NANA
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
 

A tiny gardenia sits in her hair
A twinkle in her eye, a rapturous stare
There’s something she’s savoring
Of moments gone by 

A little girl grooming her little doll baby
An orchid corsage for the senior prom, maybe
That summer in Paris, the weather...

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My nana loves to cook
She doesn’t need a book.

Recipes, from her head
She makes up, so she said.  

I admit you’ll agree
Not each one is for me.

Chocolate sauce on steamed fish
Personally, not my wish.

On ice cream, chopped parsley 
Yes I know, quite ghastly. 

Politely, I...

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Many people affect our lives but only just a few
Nanas', mothers' and the ones who inevitably love the real you
Nanas' have a past of which are something quite unknown
When Nanas' pass away you sense you'll never be alone
My Nana touched my heart in so many...

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~     Nana's sourdough, warm -


     Heaven's hearth ...


                         the yeast ... of Eden...

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Go right on and cry now, chile,
yo tears are well deserved,
Nana'd cry right wid you,
if she thought that she'd be heard.

See how dat raven cocks his head,
his eye a shiny bead?
He know mo dan he let on,
and you best take his lead.

Come here, chile, let...

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Being Nana

One winter night in year of ninety-seven,
God granted me a special gift from heaven.

To this day, I can think of nothing grander,
than the moment that I learned I was a nana.

Baby crosses her left leg over the other.
I am brimming with delight at this,...

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