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Grandfather Elegy Poems

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Oh, My Papa

As I am writing this poem, my heart aches with sorrow.
Yet, a smile is on my face remembering you, knowing
that you loved me, wishing I

Categories: appreciation, father, father daughter,

Adieu Papa

Didn't know it would hurt this much, 
I wasn't prepared for it. I loved your imperfections and the memories I 
didn't think I had, flown

Categories: cry, death, family, farewell,

Elegy For Sir Thomas Moore

World War II vet, aged one hundred,
once risked his life for his mother land.
His country in a Covid war,
he once again lent them a hand.

Once

Categories: elegy, bereavement, grandfather, memorial,

Grandpa

Quiet again, 
As he sat and pondered.
His memories remained, 
As his mind always wandered.
His aching heart,
He could not show.
His thoughts went to her,
His pain would

Categories: absence, death, depression, devotion,

Elegy For My Father

Godwin Adizue Ibeh 
(1937-2017)


Mr. Godwin Adizue Ibeh
Aged 79 years
Was and is 
My beloved, doting father
“Is” because he remains
Spiritually present 
Present 
In my memory
Present 
In pictures and mementos 
Present 
In my dreams,

Categories: death, eulogy, father, how

Dear Grandpa

The leaves have turned brown and crisp
And I've remembered 
How much you've been missed
On a day like today 

It's the days when I feel down
And

Categories: absence, farewell, grandfather, grief,

Not the Cruellest Month

How can there be despair when the entire
natural world unfolds with new life?  
When the anhinga alights from the Nowhere
he was into the Somewhere

Categories: seasons,

Glimpse

It was like a whisper- 
My wife delivered the sad news- 
"Your grandfather was dead."- 
And so he was- 
Her eyes was awfully sad- 
Touched

Categories: april, cry, emotions, eulogy,

For My Grandfather

For my grandfather.

I can see you sometimes
though you are not here

I see your smile
that day when I was nine
and you told a dirty 
joke to

Categories: death, grandfather, missing you,

Grandfather

My Grandfather
High-backed chair facing the corner,
Window over books so cherished
Loved.
Like the greatest of scholars, but still humble
He was a trove of stories

Air of silence on

Categories: childhood, death, family, history,

Tears of the Broken

Introduction: At some point of our lives, someone close to us departs off to the next
phase. We think of the good times and try not

Categories: death, devotion, faith, family,

Reuben Cobb (My Grandfather)

Daughter disconnected from her father.
It took years for you two to reconnect.
I had only one chance to talk to you.
The cancer took you, before we

Categories: devotion, cancer,

Goodbye

I never got to say Good bye,
And wish you on your way;
But sitting here thinking of you,
I’m not sure what to say

I missed my chance

Categories: deathlife,

In An Unknown Grave He Lies

This is about a man whose name is Jesse
Born In Kansas and raised in Missouri
 Was called to fight for his beloved country
And  assigned

Categories: death, family, death, heart,

Wistful Breath

Could be any day now,
waiting for that last breath and a peek,
an opening, of glazed orbs once blue.
Wanting him to stay forever
even though his body

Categories: death, loss, sad,