Snow Granddaughter Poems

Baby GG is in the house
Born in beautiful month of March
Between winter and spring
No snow was on the dry grass
Gorgeous buds were emerging
And a new...

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  Dear grandma, 
       you were my litchi  s u n r i s e, 
 ...

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saguaros 
guardians of the sonora
a battalion wafting 
in one hundred degree heat 
standing sentry on granite slopes
vertical green etches
in carmel cliffs
literally--litter the foothills

rising up the...

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This morning’s snowfall dusting
Was a school-day-off surprise
And so exciting watching through
My grandkids’ eager eyes.

So shortly after breakfast
When I went to feed the birds,
 “I’m coming...

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It was there on the cliffs of my home I found them. The wolves that fight for the moon. You see, there have been tales...

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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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Poems about Children II



On Looking into Curious George’s Mirrors
by Michael R. Burch

for Maya McManmon, granddaughter of the poet Jim McManmon

Maya was made in the image...

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Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers IV



Neglect
by Michael R. Burch

What good are your tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is your concern
to a...

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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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Poems about Children


The Desk
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

There is a child I used to know
who sat, perhaps, at this same desk
where you sit now, and...

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Family Poems

Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch

There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you...

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The nursing home called me early in the morning to come
as snow clouds sailed across the sky
and my heart swelled with a sea of tears
to...

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~ I Remember All The Days,

Eight Times, 

The Cradle, 

Rocked Away,

All The Nights,

We Slept On,

Cold Floors,

Eight Pairs,

Of Bare Feet,

Good Morning,

Dirty Dishes,

We Had Nothing,

To Eat,

Flipped A...

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I loved my Granddad because he was so special to me...
He was the type of person when I grow up I'd like to be.

"Don't let...

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Grandma's misty blue eyes  sparkled
A small smile lingered on her tiny soft lips
When I seated on her sapphire blue satin bed
Her powdery blue boudoir...

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