Grandfather Flower Poems

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Last fall we faithfully planted daffodil bulbs in our tree beds, waiting patiently for their arrival in early spring. Then in spring, the daffodils, golden...

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Powers of language of flowers hold significance in my grief.
Pink lily reminding me my grandfather found relief.
Tiger lily reminding me my cousin's life was brief....

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New Shoes

"Grandpa, my shoes are too small, 
or maybe my feet or too big?"

"You are going to be ten foot tall, 
if you don't stop...

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The most defining moment of one's,
Life is when you realize you thought,
You had it all figured out.
I see a lonely little flower thinking,
How fragile all...

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Son, each day I will ride
Through waving cottonwoods
Near the broad river bend
Where the wild blue flax grows.

It is a special place
That your grandfather knew
Where he...

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Easter Eggs and Tulips

Grandaddy was a quiet soul, born in 88 on a spring day.
He often stopped to graze his sheep, on the lush green...

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The toy box made of plywood painted white
my grandfather built for me when I was three
has become a time machine
a tool of torture
Why haven’t I...

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Looking 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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Gale
Gripping
Gyrating 
Godforsaken
Go

Gone
Greenhouse
Grandfathers
Gillyflower
Good


Written 10th March 2019
Contest: Light Up The Page 2
Sponsor: Joseph May
3rd place...

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One Day In Spring

Flowers falling to the ground from trees of Green all in a row
Smiling faces, happy sounds, School is over for another day
Where...

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Potash and compost, tomatoes and rose,
Back in your greenhouse where everything grows.
The gurgle of water, filling the can,
To water my memories of holding your hand.

Prize-winning...

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In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies grow;
Their roots reach down to twine amongst the bones,
The mouldering bones.

Each skull in grinning disbelief voices 
Its eternal...

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Pretty princesses
Dancing all around
Frolicking through fields
Very beautiful
Just like you!...

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friendship day
grandfather caresses
the wild flowers...

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I'm not going into work today
I'm taking a day off to rest,
I've been feeling under the weather of late
and really not up to my best.
I've...

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