Grandfather Poems | Examples of Grandfather Poetry

The grandfather clock A grandfather clock sat in pride of place in my childhood home I would sit at its base and watch the magical movements of the pendulum I would talk to the clock as if were a close friend As I grew older our friendship continued One evening I tossed and turned in bed, sleep eluded tonight laying there...

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Wearing my late grandpa's shoes As I do what he would never approve, Because this life is what I choose As I realize I have nothing to prove....

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The Shed... was Granddad's before he died. And now its loneliness reached out to the boy from the shaded, shuffling shadows that shushed the sheltered garden. They pulled and tugged at his guilt-filled absence until he slink-slunk down through the greenery, down to stand to attention outside its wooded frame. It had been Grandad’s domain, his citadel, built from leftover bits of...

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The moon shone bright a little less tonight My family too, seemed to hide from sight. We were all in our rooms, pondering over what we once had known, Because we were afraid to admit that we were all feeling alone. The laughter that once echoed through the house, Was now all contained in a bag and a blouse. He...

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They were already awake, The sky dark as the work ahead, Hands stiff from la tierra, Feet bruised from the miles, Yet they never stopped. The nights were too short, The days stretched on, Sleep was a luxury they couldn’t afford. Still, they pressed forward, One step, then another. La tierra gave little, But took all they had. Baskets filled with fruit, Hands worn from the toil, Every mark,...

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The Happy Wanderer I like to wander near and far. Just me and my little white car. There are treasures to be found everywhere. Just waiting to be discovered out there. Soon I saw a little mom and pop store. It was in a small house with a green door. I was greeted by a jolly little old man. He had a small...

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Opa John The caboose sits red—its iron spine cradles the earth like Atlas rails stretching into nowhere. The stream murmurs softly its voice threading through Ellie’s laughter like silver wire "Do you see it?" I ask her my voice a splintered cello "The train, Ellie—the one that carries us westward past the edge of the world where Cronus grinds his teeth and...

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SCHAEFFER BEER BREWING COMPANY, INC. iconic advertising slogan being “ONE BEER TO HAVE WHEN YOU’RE HAVING MORE THAN ONE” The Schaeffer Beer man being my Grandfather who worked for the company 25 years as a NIGHT FOREMAN A mover and shaker in results My Grandfather was outspoken and didn’t play with his words that moved productivity in the...

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?A grumpy grandpa (from Greece), gruff and gray, is grazing on a grain of grass, graceful. He’s grumbling that the grim grave is growing greater and greedily greeting his grasp....

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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 sing out like a thunderstorm, I hope that you can hear the determination you come from; I hope you know that you are not a limitation. You are the fearless agent prowling in the...

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Damn. You're really gone. I guess it hit me on the way To your celebration of life ceremony. It's going to feel weird when I go to the house, The halls won't fill with reggae music in the morning like it used too. All the jokes about stupid little things will stop, grandma will...

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Inner Tides and Outer Moons Just like Earth and her moon Our own body-mind fluxes With and within the cycle of tides. Up-down, strong-weak, high-low We swell and contract in a rhythm That effects if not controls us all. Maybe it’s even what makes us care About others and what others think of us Since without the flux We’d be more consistent And so...

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Light or shadow . Sponsor Suzette Richards posted 17/3/2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a young pup expelled by his litter mates rejected by the mother huddles alone abandoned in the cold byre longing for comfort an old and tired sheepdog who’s long past his prime takes pity offering to share his food and a life long bond is forged where they find a safe haven...

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A father is the reason a child grows up so strong A father gives us the confidence, and the idea to go on A father set the example for his children way of life A father is the head of the house and takes care of his wife A father is the bravest who sacrifices for his family A father...

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Seventeen years of memories, Memories we created, Forever to be won, Your absence leaves a gaping hole, A missing piece that can never be whole. In silence, I hear your voice, A treasure of stories,a heartfelt choice, Lessons learnt and memories to spare, You'd tell me your twists and turns, That I'd listen wide-eyed, With a heart that's on fire, I'll carry your love & legacy, And...

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