Happiness Grandchild Poems

Baby GG is in the house
Born in beautiful month of March
Between winter and spring
No snow was on the dry grass
Gorgeous buds were emerging
And a new...

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All in blue, the new baby sleeps. 
Just born a few hours ago!
Oh,how his mother loves him.
She snuggles him close to her.
God's perfection shines in...

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Joy, it comes to me in so many ways 
But my joyfulness times of all my days 

Are when my grandchildren are here with me...

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Summer walks wield charm and power.
Dandelion love’s free and wild.
A pick-me-up basic flower -
I find happiness in the child.
     Pandemic bees...

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sometimes you must listen to the children,
to the sweet words they lisp and say,
when age old wisdom has lost its lantern,
their innocence can guide your...

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It fills my heart with lots of love,
to watch you grow my little dove
Even after all this time
I am yours, and you are mine.

Your laughter...

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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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Poems about Children II



On Looking into Curious George’s Mirrors
by Michael R. Burch

for Maya McManmon, granddaughter of the poet Jim McManmon

Maya was made in the image...

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Poems 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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Poems 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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Family 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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Mental Health
aka Crazy

The very topic is inclusive of the word, 
that haunts our every step from birth;
until our last breath. 

Fear has no power except...

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There are giggles and there are guffaws.
Horse laughs are common at my house.
With the mouth dropped open as wide as a tomb
And crazy laughter that...

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Drawn on Paper

The small house, mostly quiet.
No one up. 
No one to notice anything. 
Things just happened.
Magic.

Lights sparkled…
from no where.
The soft sound,
of angel wings,
busy.
 
The...

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Butterfly, My Love

You have hair like golden silk. 
You laugh like clear water running over stones. 
Your eyes, they are the color of the sky,...

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