A A R O H IArms like tiny windmills spin through morning air.
Aiming, she builds pathways?deep within her mind.
Another swing flows onward like waves upon the shore.
Awakening intention burns?as neural roads unwind.
Reaching past reflexes like butterflies from cocoons.
Rhythmic movements carve?the skills she'll always find.
Object permanence sparkles bright like diamonds in her sight.
Orchestrating muscles smooth,?her future self designed.
Hand-eye coordination weaves like...
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Categories:
grandchild, baby, encouraging, endurance, environment,
Form: Free verse
A Prayer to My God for My FamilyLord, it is to you only this father prays.
Show my children and grandchildren the right way.
Please open their hearts to grasp your words.
Open Lord their ears so that you'll be heard.
Jesus open the Disciples minds as part of his plan.
Please open theirs too, so they might understand.
Make them hungry enough to crave you everyday.
Draw them...
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Categories:
grandchild, 7th grade, faith, family,
Form: Rhyme
God Thank you for my familyTo my children, grandchildren and Patricia my wife.
You all are the blessing God placed in my life.
Don't think nothing less if I don't call you each day.
Know that I think about you and to God I do pray.
From my heart there are three words, I need you to hear.
Please know that I LOVE YOU! everyday...
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Categories:
blessing, children, family, grandchild,
Form: Rhyme
Morning Bliss
Soft serenade in a sanctuary of velvet dream
Lovely hues in luminesce blooms dance a meloncholy breeze
Dreamy and surreal
A sanctuary of dewdrops
Slide down a bent branch to redeem
Tranquil turquoise touch rich amber
Leading to a garden grove
Posies sway in an orchestrated ballad
As two bluebirds flutter and float
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Young one full of dreams
eyes wide with...
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Categories:
beauty, bird, grandchild, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
my amore
“October 2020”
In 2020 darkest days,
When all I loved had slipped away,
A child was born—a light, a flame,
And life would never be the same.
October winds were sharp and cold,
My soul felt tired, my bones felt old.
But then he came—so small, so new,
And suddenly, the sky turned blue.
He didn’t know the pain I bore,
The battles lost, the...
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Categories:
grandchild, angel, best friend, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Aarohi in the Becoming of Agent AaroAarohi, it took me so long to meet
the tiger inside me.
It took me so long to let the sparrow inside me go.
Now that I can sing out like a thunderstorm,
I hope that you can hear
the determination you come from;
I hope you know that you are not a limitation.
You are the fearless agent prowling in the...
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Categories:
baby, father, grandchild, granddaughter,
Form: Free verse
Paddhu's PromiseThe smell of possibility,
the taste of tomorrow,
the feel of your small hand in mine,
these are what I treasure as your Paddhu.
Part of me will go on in this world,
but part of me will always be that guardian
watching in the garden of your becoming,
offering my voice like gentle guidance,
knowing that the promise will never end.
Sweet child...
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Categories:
baby, grandchild, granddaughter, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
Between Life and Life ThreatYes, I stumble whenever I see the hospital looming.
Yes, I collapse whenever I hear the monitors screaming.
Yes, I shatter whenever I think of the bleeding spreading.
Yes, I stagger whenever I feel the ambulance waiting.
Yes, I crumble whenever I face the doctor's confession.
But not today.
Today I will wear my determined prayers like armour
and sprint through the...
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Categories:
grandchild, anxiety, baby, birth, celebration,
Form: Free verse
LYRIC WORDSThe wispy withered woman at her wake
Was a bent blanched bloom, yet without mistake
Her lyric words march to our drumming hearts,
To each body, mind and soul love impart.
Her memory shines in the jeweled eyes
Of grandkids making music and mud pies.
...
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Categories:
death, grandchild, love, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Grandad's LegacySeventeen years of memories,
Memories we created,
Forever to be won,
Your absence leaves a gaping hole,
A missing piece that can never be whole.
In silence, I hear your voice,
A treasure of stories,a heartfelt choice,
Lessons learnt and memories to spare,
You'd tell me your twists and turns,
That I'd listen wide-eyed,
With a heart that's on fire,
I'll carry your love & legacy,
And...
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Categories:
blessing, death, grandchild, granddaughter,
Form: Free verse
Belly SwellsBelly swells, life within
Lotus petals drift
On the temple pond,
arranging new constellations
Golden light within,
Speaking to life around,
Dancing in her womb
Night jasmine unfurls
Sweet prophecies in darkness
While she dreams, I wait
Peacocks gather now
In our garden, spreading ferns
Of celestial eyes
Each breath she takes holds
The weight of ancient,
Purifying earth
Time slows to honey
As...
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Categories:
grandchild, baby, birth, celebration, creation,
Form: Free verse
WATCH OUT LITTLE EARS ABOUT
My son, I love very much, so strict with me,
No name or photo of my little gem, there be,
My granddaughter, two years, January first,
My pride, my love, heart to burst,
But what I heard made me say hee, hee, hee.
Christmas day we spent with the whole family,
Our bundle of joy dressed so very creatively,
An Elf in...
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Categories:
grandchild,
Form: Limerick
O Child of Mine
O Child of Mine
Where have you gone?
With whom have you hidden with?
Come back to your mother
O Sibling of Mine
Who are you with?
Why have you gone astray?
Come back to your sister
O Grandchild of Mine
Why did you go?
Why are you not home?
Come back to your grandmother
O Lover of Mine
Where have you gone?
My sheets are cold without you
Come...
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Categories:
absence, child, grandchild, romance,
Form: Free verse
Eating Out with Grandsonmouth’s full of square roots
also spring rolls and fried rice
and dividing chops sticks
...
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Categories:
food, grandchild,
Form: Senryu
WHERE HAS THE TIME GONEWhere has the time gone
I keep on asking myself
It's so hard for me to remember when you were so young
It seems like the time just kept on ticking away
I missed all the years of you growing up
Sometimes when I look at your picture
I see what a big man you have become
I know we can't relive...
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Categories:
destiny, family, feelings, grandchild,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Grandchild Poems
Definition | What is Grandchild in Poetry?