Winter 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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“I’m going to give you the same gift,” her grandma told her on her 7th birthday, 
“that my grandma gave to me.”  
Then she...

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Not long ago when the summers seemed warmer and the winters were whiter. When the trees grew crown of leaves bright, a transparent green. Then...

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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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Hope Anew

I try to keep the gloom at bay
While waiting for your precious birth.
Your beating heart in womb today
Spoke to my ears a wondrous mirth.

The...

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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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Oh little one, how soon you'll be
In turbulence of puberty.
I will hold tight your days of youth 
And share with you my honest truth 

That...

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To: My Grandpa
~1918-2016~

Grandpa was sharp as a whistle up until the very end. Old age and time passing just took a toll on his poor...

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Like an angel at my bedside
You always come to me in dreams.
Sometimes I see you smile;
Or talk once in a while.

Do you miss me?
Because I...

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A Man Stood Part II  Story/poem

A man was standing by his window on a cold winter day.
He was thinking about his past, when a...

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