Toddlers played with the birthday balloons
Elders smiled at their generations
Parents of parents of parents reveled
In this celebration of family.
The gifts sat at the tables
Re-telling old tales
Re-kindling laughter’s lilt
The cake was chocolate
John G. Lawless
©3/16/2023
Categories:
grammy, birthday,
Form: Free verse
Shout out to my depression
My best friend
It takes courage to live
But we take living for granted
Until a pandemic comes along and puts everyone in a panic
Translation we come back down to earth
The place where we live but often act like it's not where we're from
Many people walk around with more what ifs in their thoughts than what should be
And I'm one of them but don't want to be
Shout out to all the writers hoping to take a shot of their desired beverage from their Grammy
One day that will be me
And I hope to see you there
Took almost dying to realize I still wanted to be alive
Funny how life works, and we forget how to laugh until everything feels perfect
So, this I urge you never forget
You are a million dollars just living everyday
Just don't forget to cash the check
You got to believe until you give up everything you have left
Life can be so bleak
p.s. you are just a seed wanting to grow wings...
Categories:
grammy, depression, encouraging, metaphor, poems,
Form: Free verse
"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it"
Quote _ by E.E. Cummings
Elizabeth was my father's mother,
a portly woman who was country raised.
She was called grammy, never grandmother,
and told me stories that held me amazed.
She was wise but could neither read nor write,
spinning tales of magic and fairy folk.
Whenever I got scared, she'd hold me tight;
and I'd listened to every word she spoke.
She'd check on me before she went to bed,
lovingly tucking me in for the night.
And she oft visits my dreams, though she's dead,
assuring me that she entered the light.
I carry her image within my heart,
for even Death cannot keep us apart.
(Sonnet)
09/07/2022
Writing Challenge- In My Heart- S Forms - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
Lost to Heaven- Grammy
Categories:
grammy, age, emotions, family, feelings,
Form: Sonnet
Grammy
I’ve been waiting a long time for this day
to come,
The day you told me your gonna be a mom...
I was so happy as can be,
I was about to wonder,
‘Cause me friends had 2 or 3!
When you told me it’s gonna be a boy,
My heart was filled with joy...
Then the day came when he entered this
world,
The day I’ve been waiting a long time for...
I held him so tight and close to me,
I softly whispered,
I love you,
I’m your Grammy.
Categories:
grammy, birth, family, grandchild, memory,
Form: Rhyme
A shadow
Passed
Then it was
Gone
But wait
It's here
Was it
The eclipse
A passing
Of the moon?
It brought forth
Memories
To soon
Still borne
Yet
The presence
Of one long
Past
A shadow
O'er those
Who felt
The presence
Of her
Who
On us
Cast
A playful
Image
Light
When
Darkness
Fell
Always
In our
Path
Leading onward
N'er looking
Back
Look
Close your eyes
In the shadows
There.
Louise H. Dameron
Categories:
grammy, family, woman,
Form: Elegy
My grandmother, where do I start.
My mind had been numb, not wanting to accept my truth...
My grammy is gone what am I to do?
Stuck, stuck, stuck acting like life goes on, focusing on being a mom.
But in my office at work during those quiet days. Thoughts of you blow mind my away
It is the quiet place that let my heart breaks with swirling thoughts of you.
I can't let you go grammy what am I to do?
Categories:
grammy, death, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
Crank up ye ole grammy phone
Play me some of those good old tunes
Like “Happy Days Are Here Again!”
“By The Light Of The Silvery Moon”
Remember ditties from way back when
You could actually decipher the words
Hope young people aren't reading this
They'll be thinking I'm quite a nerd
Songs from the World War Two years
Billy Holiday's “My Old Flame”
Or “White Christmas” by Der Bingle
The Duke's “Take The 'A' Train”
You could call it Nostalgia One-O-One
Wishing those times were still here
Wanting it to be forever summer
Days of soda, pretzels and beer!
© Jack Ellison 2012
Categories:
grammy, nostalgia, old, old,
Form: Quatrain
islands n the stream.
o what a dream.
with my gram just us two.
nothin to do.
i look up to the sky n see blue.
we can ride it together.
good n bad times whenever.
grammy u raised ME i'm clever.
sail away with me to another world n we rely on eachother.
i'll never love again like i loved YOU never.
Categories:
grammy, lost loveme,
Form: Ode