Best Papaw Poems

I open up a photo album,
Seeing your bright face
Filled with smiles, laughter and joy
gleaming with such grace

A scholar in such things
Such as farming, God and...

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If only you was here with us you would 
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We lost more than just a Dad that day
We lost half of how we came to be
We lost we four girls first love
We lost our...

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Car doors slam, country quiet broken
A race ensues… front door flies open
Dogs start barking, excitedly running
A happy day... grandsons are coming

Overnight bags in a flash...

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These two are for Joseph and Idella, my mother's parents :
 
Sayings
Funny, southern
Attentive, inquiring, divulging
"Shut your mouth wide open!"
Mamaw
 
Vegetables
John Deere
Planting, fertilizing, watering
Working, filling the...

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You were my Grandfather but I called you Papaw instead.
It hurt very much when Mom told me that you were dead.
When you died, the flower...

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My roots are were love begins gram paw was my best friend
Always loving and caring for me till the end
We always talk loved an shared...

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Ponytails and blue jeans 
Sat at Papaw's knee, 
Watching as he whittled 
On old branches from a tree. 
    And while he...

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My Grandma
I remember when I was young
And you were young
Now you're old
And I've been told
That you must go
Don't you know
I love you so?
I can't let...

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All of our lives changed for good.
We’d all change it if we could.
We’d all bring back Clay,
For just another day.
Oh, all the things we would...

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You know a tractor is not a toy
Not a play thing for a little boy
But when cradled in its seat
Life became for me a treat

Behind...

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Here he stands
In the light
At the gate
Waiting patiently
Years past
Flowers drop
Tree's die
His life is no more
Here he stands 
Waiting on me
When i do not show
He cries
He...

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You are not yet born but I love you so,
excited for your arrival in ech day that you grow.
I look forward to meeting you for...

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When you see sugarplum reindeer pulling,              a chocolate Santa  in a...

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I want a hurricane named after me
I want to live in Jamacia
I like peanut butter
Do they have peanut butter in Jamacia?
See that yellow car? 
It...

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