Woman Granddaughter Poems

An older woman came to the counter and gave me a quizzical look…
She smiled then said, “Excuse me…I’m looking for one particular book.”

“It’s a book...

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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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i see her in my mirror now
the years have not erased how in my youth
i loved every inch of her kind face 
and would not...

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I am listening to my granddaughter deep-breathe
She is in the depths of sleep and making loads of mouth noise.
It gives me so much pleasure to...

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My Precious Granddaughter, Julia

My how time has flown and
here you are a woman that has grown, 
into a blessed and useful vessel
that the Lord, Himself...

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She is what the world never knws ,
Her heart is what a man never heeds,
Her need is never a need of own,
Her hands are those...

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Awesome Kid Grandma
It’s what my granddaughter calls me
When she writes of my deeds

She thinks I have super powers
The children at school ask me to
“Not tell...

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Elsa, My Brown Eyed Granddaughter 
by Edmund Siejka

Even when you were a little child
Your watchful eyes 
Saw everything
Missed nothing
Your baby laugh was infectious
And rightfully so
Because...

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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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I would name her Power Wee Woman for that is what she will be.
Well-lit with enthusiasm for whatever passion she will pursue.
Nodding her head in...

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Cartoonist since age four; gave it up at twelve
After spending nine months in the clutches
of the meanest art teacher alive or dead
Did not take it...

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MY GRANDMA DEEMMA

    My Grandma, whom I called Deemma
    bathed me in showers of limitless love and blessings.
 ...

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Her name is Miriam Rivka*                    ...

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WOMAN ON THE BEACH

I saw her as she was just sitting there
I watched the wind gently ruffle her hair
She seemed oblivious of others around
Sitting motionless...

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