Grandmother Granddaughter Poems

DAILY GRATITUDE GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER

As we await our first great-granddaughter…
speaking now as a great-grandmother and great-granddad
we are grateful to see opening up
another section of our heart…
we never knew we

What She Never Had to Teach

My grandmother's hands 
knew things mine have forgotten,
how to make bread rise, 
how to hem a dress 
so it would last.

She saved everything: 
buttons in

Ode to love a grandmother

As years go by the more I think
About how one minute I was 5 and now I'm 28,
You watched me grow always been by my

Grand-mother

i miss the way she looked at me
i miss the way she held my hand

i miss the softness of her cheek
i miss the games and

Aarohi in the Becoming of Agent Aaro

Aarohi, it took me so long to meet
the tiger inside me.
It took me so long to let the sparrow inside me go.
Now that I can

Sparkle in Her Eyes

If I were a dewdrop, I'd wish I were a blossom.
If I were a blossom, I'd wish I were a butterfly.
If I were a butterfly,

Paddhu's Promise

The smell of possibility,
the taste of tomorrow,
the feel of your small hand in mine,
these are what I treasure as your Paddhu.

Part of me will go

Threshold

Cold hospital light 
My footsteps pause at the door. 
Her cries pierce the walls.

Birth's ancient struggle unfolds.
Beyond where fathers may go

Nurses hurry past.
With cryptic glances

Granddaughter to Grandmother, Grandmother to Grandmother

Love cannot be erased

I remember your hug
Arms wrapped around me with love 
We'd rock back and forth 
Like the swing on my porch 
And you'd squeeze me so

go to the zoo with the right granddaughter

I was reluctant to go to the zoo for several reasons.
But you have not been there for so many seasons!
It is more difficult now without

For Amanda

My first-born miracle,
You blessed my youth
And forever, my heart
With your liquid brown gaze.
All the men in your life 
Were caught in your baby grasp,
Helpless to

FOR LUCY

What a wonder you are!
A gift from the universe,
The practical one.
Always so poised
Even when afraid
You are your mother’s child
Always knowing what you want
And getting what

Miss Carden

A happy day for you I’m sure,
A most lucky day to enjoy,
You are a double grandma now. 
You have a new bundle of joy! 

Apples,

she is like me

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