Memory Grandchild Poems

Ohh dear Grandma! 
I love your 'papadum'
I miss the time when you offered me to come
With you at the porch
When the sun had scorched
To help...

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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 IV

Salat Days
by Michael R. Burch

Dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch, Sr.

I remember how my grandfather used to pick...

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Grammy


I’ve been waiting a long time for this day 
     to come,
The day you told me your gonna be a mom...
I...

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Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers I

I translated the first six Native American poems for my father when he chose to enter hospice and end his...

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this or any other grandchild
should not have
to remember
his last visit
with grandpa
wearing a sterile mask
over his face
smile concealed
grandpa not allowed
to get close enough
for the traditional bear...

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Have you ever had the wonderful surprise of finding something you weren’t looking for?
My latest was a folded piece of paper…tucked neatly in the bottom...

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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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Grandmother's Porch

Oh, with my love remembered! 

Huge American flag flying with pride!

House a pristine white, with hunter 
green shutters.

Three matching hunter green rocking 
chairs with...

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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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Arabella’s 18th birthday
Darling granddaughter of mine
A special treat
A unique ‘do’
A celebration for just us two
At a perfect place I knew

Board a train to the metropolis
hail...

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I know you still sad and heartbroken,
but these words is my appreciation token.
You loved me in your own special way
Unconditional love, I received everyday

Your visits...

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Grandchildren are so special to me
Reminding them always that they are unique
Always wanting to be number one in my eyes
Never doubting how special when they...

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She was our sun, our earth, our star.
We listened to her, and revered her.
She knew how to give you eyes, with a silent face.
Revealing nothing...

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When our granddaughter asked us to help her with a project…something about an egg
she didn’t need to ask us twice…she didn’t have to beg.

because we...

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