Sonnet Grandchild Poems

An ordinary day upon the trail:
a walk with Missy, cutting vines and trees.
That spoon of sugar goes a long, long way
in finding joy in what...

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ASTRONAUT 2021
As certain as I see the world below
some things I'd overlooked, within my haste
come to my mind, and in it now, I know
we can't...

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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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Grandpa raised me to listen to the whisper of grace, tracing out miracles on the edge of my faith… by poet

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Grandpa had hair like salt...

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I smiled when she said that he died.
She was a mean woman, no soul.
Refused to show inside I cried.
So being stoic was my goal.

She told...

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The Mother Tree

I am the mother tree that spawned the seeds of you.
My children, you've grown and branched away from me.
You've married, left home to...

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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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I look and ponder, watch you grow in haste
Explore with wonder, new experience taste
No fear encountered as you learn the ropes 
Your sails adjusting, full...

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Flew out to Florida with family
Our rented home had Jacuzzi and pool
Tropical sun with high humidity
Swimming and ice drinks to help keep us cool.

Disney parks...

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I lived my best in season of the sun,
those yellow, mellow days when cares are flung
to June’s warm breeze, and childhood is begun,
a field to...

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