Child Granddaughter Poems

My first Granddaughter Saya
I got to hold you
That it made my heart whole
You are growing fast
Which is an awesome blast
I love you so
As each day...

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They have the cutest clothes now for little granddaughters.
I cannot help but buy this outfit.

Another pink and orange thing? My daughter asks.

My granddaughter squeals and...

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How the Nation of Islam saved my granddaughter 
from Catrina Bell queen pin gang leader it was a warm 
day i was suffering from traumatic...

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How elfin her beauty, sweet innocence on the face
of my grandchild who always runs into my embrace.
For a week while I visited, at the first...

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Dusty musty air hit me as I open the attic door. Turning on small torch, I pause whilst my eyes gently get acclimatised to the...

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Happy Birthday, Ava Grace,
I hope a smile adorns your face.
Today's the day to celebrate you,
All you are and all you do.

On this day you came...

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Lovely young woman,
Full of charm and wonder,
Your life lies before you,
Plans and dreams to ponder.

No longer a child,
Today you're eighteen,
And what you'll become,
Remains to be...

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"Buff-a-flies!" My tiny granddaughter points 
   to the black and yellow wings settling around us.
"Butter-flies," I agree with caveat. 

She scowls and refuses...

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~~ A Grandmother’s Memoirs~~



God, did indeed, more than bless me with jeweled, precious memories.
And a family living so near. That’s no small thing, these days,...

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Thirteen is a baker’s dozen,
Or a scary Friday night.
Missing in an elevator,
Or a 12-year-old’s delight.

Rite of passage from a tweener,
Cooler in so many ways.
Does it...

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The excited child was holding her hands wide out.
Telling a whopper of a fish story that made grandpa shout.
Grandma rolled her hazel eyes, knowing where...

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Work roughened hands
Gentle like a heart
Who bends its ear, listening…
Whispering kindness
Coloring the morning songs
In laughter, smiles
Love that abides inside one
Who is more than kind
He is...

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A prisoner she’s not - breaks out of cage.
In absence of spotlight, still darkness fades.
We’re thunderstruck, she’s breathtaking on stage.

Audience favorite, her star pervades.
Her proverbial...

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I ponder
How long will this innocence last.
As I watch him play….take leave
Of our world
And become a dinosaur,
Roar and stomp and laugh
And mispronounce their names.

I watch...

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My granddaughter asked what a president does;
I thought it a really great query.
She’d heard talk of war and amidst all the buzz
She was feeling a...

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