Girl Grandchild Poems

My granddaughter is the cutest girl in Texas.
Maybe even in the whole southeast of the USA.
She was the most boastful grandma we met that day.
And...

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The swing stands still
The seat is broken
Like my heart
With words unspoken

When other children come to play
I feel like saying "go away"
This swing belongs to a...

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Friday afternoon year 
April 2032 the weather was 
Just right. Damian sought to
Purchase a barrage of a 13
Bicycle collection. It would be
A surprise for his...

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Today I was in full grandma-little girl- age eight mode.
I adjust my age to match the grandchild who is visiting.
Today it was Max who will...

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They march together down the road,
one straggler at the back.
It seems to me her pace has slowed;
at least she has her pack.

The others walk around...

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My mama as I was a little 12 year old girl she gave me a diamond
A little purple diamond stone
She said here girl this is...

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Of all the pretty
And beautiful words
That come to mind
None are close
To describing
The first moment
I held you
In my arms

A tear
Fell speechless
Quiet
Onto my shirt
My vocabulary
Was useless
So my...

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skilled you are your smile makes subtle demands
a potent weapon are those soft brown eyes
you arrived with your birthday threads in hand
that laughter such a...

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Collata is my daughter’s daughter
And she barely knows me.
They have lived too far away.
I am having a day with her finally.

She is six, beautiful, and...

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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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Abigail 
You have such a sweet way 
Kind and gentle on a good day  
You bring out the best of me 
You even get...

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We had the snacks, including chips
And watched the game in little clips
Including the commercials, though,
Which ones I missed I wouldn’t know.

For grandkids joined us for...

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Inspiration comes in breaths
Of lilac scented afternoons
Spent sitting on the front porch swing
Talking to Granny about everything

Her heart was always in the right place
Just between...

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OH to be 21


Your 21st has finally come,

And now your journey has begun,

To say I’m proud is simply not enough,

Of the incredibly intelligent, independent,

Wonderful, wise...

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"The Silkworm’s Birthday"





Mulberry leaves flutter in the breeze
Kookaburra brave Joker bluffs a sky blue breast 
Drops one feather for a quill, a song hidden in...

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