Grandfather Family Poems
These Grandfather Family poems are examples of Family poems about Grandfather. These are the best examples of Family Grandfather poems written by international poets.
THE GOOD OLD DAYSI remember sitting on my grand dad’s knee,
when he told me about the good old days.
How he courted my grandmother with glee,
He fell in love...
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family, grandfather, nostalgia,
Mr FreezeWe were fighting over Mr Freeze pops
whilst grandpa was being cleaned for the coffin.
...
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children, death, family, grandfather,
There For MeLooking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.
I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...
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family, 12th grade, character, hope,
GrampsGRAMPS
Gramps is really very old,
At least that’s what he said.
There’s hair all on his cheeks and chin,
But not much on his head.
“But thing’s aren’t what...
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family, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers IVPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers IV
Neglect
by Michael R. Burch
What good are your tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is your concern
to a...
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family, father, father daughter,
Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers IIIPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers III
Success
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;
there is no time for a...
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family, father, father daughter,
Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers IIPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers II
All Things Galore
by Michael R. Burch
for my grandfathers George Edwin Hurt Sr. and Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
Grandfather,
now in your gray...
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family, father, father daughter,
Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers IPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers I
I translated the first six Native American poems for my father when he chose to enter hospice and end his...
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family, father, father daughter, father
Poems about ChildrenPoems about Children
The Desk
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
There is a child I used to know
who sat, perhaps, at this same desk
where you sit now, and...
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Categories:
family, boy, child, childhood, children,
blessed childcry not little one for joy is in the field of your birth
your guardian angel keenly keeps you safe
for God's vision of your life has...
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family, africa, birth, child, emotions,
The ClockGramps had a Sunday rite,
It was quiet, perhaps trite.
In his chalice a Bloody Mary,
As solemn as a seminary.
Took the goblet and a crank,
To his...
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family, dad, daughter, granddaughter, grandson,
Family MoviesOn the DVD, I’m topless
And relaxing in the pool
With a metal bucket in my hand,
Too young for ridicule.
While in other scenes I toddle
Or get jiggled...
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Categories:
family, appreciation,
Grandfather's Death
My grandfather committed suicide,
He was too unhappy to confide,
He dosed himself with arsenic to die:
He was found in his truck by the roadside.
My mother remembered...
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death, family, father, grandfather,
Family PoemsFamily Poems
Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch
There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you...
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child, childhood, family, father,
He Knew How to Slaughter a Chicken
He knew how to slaughter and dress a chicken
She baked bread every Friday in the tiny kitchen
He built their one-car garage from lumberyard...
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family, grandfather, grandmother, tribute,