Grandchildren Family Poems

from your first born, when you grab a dusting of talc, crushed with late night feeds, stirring in bouncing and stories on a knee,

adding a...

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She sits on the outer looking in
As the party is in full swing
Another family gathering
With all the happiness and laughter it brings

Her family….children and grandchildren
Her...

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Happiness is when I am listening to the music,
feeling the rhythm, the melody, owning each beat.

Happiness is when I am dancing, expressing my
feelings in each...

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Here in this dead zone.
No cell phone reception
no WiFi,
grandchildren refuse
to come over.

Who knew when I bought
this house all those years ago,

It was in the ideal...

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When our children were young and our family small…say gathered around a birthday cake
with all those smiling faces in one place…our family portrait was easy...

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“I thought about the former days, the years of long ago.” Psalms 77:5 NIV

If you saw something beautiful in a people, a place, a thing;
If...

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A mop of white hair
Over a young old face 
A pair of laughing eyes
Locked in a different place
As he tells his grandchildren
Tales of his youth
Each...

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I watched Ava’s soccer game the other day 
and amidst the excitement…the applause…the cheers
I realized I’ve been watching our children and grandchildren play soccer…for over...

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In the two days since my arrival, Granddad and I exchanged only a few predictable, cursory words.

“You sleep okay?” Granddad asked.

Although his silent house had...

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I visited my grandparents today.
Their home has never changed
in all the years I’ve visited
since my life began.

The white ceiling is stained
in shades of orange and...

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This house that was full of hustle bustle with 3 boys running everywhere,

And as well as 3 boys we had a lovely dog,
No central heating...

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It’s funny how a simple question…a group of words…when combined
can set off a flurry of activity within the recesses of your mind.

I was taste testing...

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When it’s a handful of wildflower seeds you intend to sow…
you toss them in the garden…hoping to help and to watch them grow.

You lovingly tend...

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I was a youngster once
A little lad was I 
I loved to play at cowboy stuff
As we all did -in days gone by

Kids today are...

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Parents methods, a question asked
Mothers rule one, questions, answers forthcoming
Fathers think they are kings of the family domain
As said previously see rule one if ever...

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