Grandfather Blank Verse Poems

Wonder 
The sea is silver this morning and easy on the eye
the sky is overcast but will not let the sunshine
the sky sinks towards the...

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The dry, frayed ends of autumn, the garden 
charred by successive waves of night frosts, 
the scent of wild grapes in the air.

Outside the kitchen’s...

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I sit before the February fire
and watch the flames die down to amber glow.
My grandson comes just in the nick of time
to bring the fire...

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I remember my phone ringing loudly
The sun had only just begun to peer across the horizon

There was a familiar voice on the other line,
“It’s grandpa...”

I...

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As I knew no living grandparents, 
I’ve been a grandson to none.
But I have been a son, a god son, 
a younger brother, an older...

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The slum

 When I was born the manger was occupied 
I got a cot at a Home run by the salvation- army
and stayed the until...

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When I was young, my Grandpa sometimes used
expressions that seemed corny at the time.
“The Lord gave you two ears, but just one mouth”
revisits me each...

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If fearing of snakes 
Arm with a pole 
They told
But of this virus 
They remained untold!...

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Biobab ever sits unable to stand but a tree.A broad trunked,huge like rocks,from silk-cotton family fruiting for paper,cloth and rope suiting.
 
Bab is gate in...

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Spending the Night in a Temple

The ice rains hard upon the temple walls
As the fires within keep the visitors warm
The 2 brothers deep in a...

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Where do the naysayers and wall-builders come from
Do they imagine their ancestors were spontaneously 
Dropped here one day, white of skin, superior of being
Did no...

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So, I took a trip to Heaven,
But I took the trip in my mind.
I wanted to see what it was like,
To leave you all behind.
When...

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Selling books

A friend of mine who used to be my editor,
until I discovered she was bewildered by commas,
has gone all mercantile, if you buy one...

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Maia, you're a big girl now,
I miss our hide and seek,
I miss our summer bike rides,
Maia,
Your life has just begun
While my life's about to end,
Maia,...

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You Shall Find...

My Spirit...

Flying On...

The Wings Of...

A Beautiful Dove...

It Has Found Me...

In This Life...

Many Times...

I Shall...

Ride With Him...

Alone...

But Loved...

My Spirit...

Climbs With Him...

Towards The Heavens...

Beyond...

Earth's Clouds...

Moon...

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