Food Granddaughter Poems

I am Misti--, didn't get it?
Misti(sweetness) is my name,
My grandmother gave me that
Honor, I'm too grateful.
I'm going to 8 months
This November soon,
My limbs are
Not properly...

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Date:   June  2048
The grills were set everything was 
In place. CJ informed "More
 than 350 family members 
Are expected to be here...

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Date:   April  2045
 
An excellent April afternoon blooming.
Damali is now 19 years old this
Day. Damali was thinking of his future 
Stretched out...

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When you stay with granddad, it seems
life isn’t quite always a dream;
some lessons are hard,
like eating Swiss chard
in order to get some ice cream!...

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Grandpa,
I miss the way you smiled when I walked into the house,
I miss the hugs before leaving,
I miss the questions about Ferb's food,
and about college.
I'm...

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New Shoes

"Grandpa, my shoes are too small, 
or maybe my feet or too big?"

"You are going to be ten foot tall, 
if you don't stop...

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From * to * some lyrics from June in January, songwriters: Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger. A love song played at my parents’ wedding, lyrics...

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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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smell from the grandma's kitchenette
that fills the whole abode
my little heart and my hungry tummy too
Pithas or Rice-cakes
this are native legacies
wrapped with fondness
served on english...

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Like the sun lights up the sky, 
A little girl when she was born, 
She snuggled right into our hearts
With heaven's sparkle in
Her eyes stole...

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Yogurt smoothies, Cocoa Puffs,
Mac & cheese and chicken;
Mushrooms, couscous, turkey (sliced)
And lots of snacks for pickin’.

Cheetos, corn chips, Goldfish,
Peaches, olives and a plum;
Watermelon, cantaloupe
And still,...

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An afternoon of sunshine,
The kids in the backyard,
To coax them back inside
Is, understandably, quite hard.

They’re heading to a party
Which, though crazy, starts at 6.
Exhaustion and...

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Engraved forever in my mind 
The smell of sugar pie in the oven
And my grandmother's loving hands
Their gentleness their softness
Ever busy and endlessly creating

Only on...

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MISS POPCORN

sprouted kernels pop
all over the living room
missing her mouth

11/21/2017...

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Left alone to sit n  sulk
of stresses there's a bulk
all leave the house at nine
I'm left only to sit n whine
we live in a...

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