April Grandfather Poems

 

I
dream
about,
grandpa's farm,
his house in winter,
white snow blending with sky and clouds,
the horses safe and cozy in the barn I just left,
oh, if I could...

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For my Grandfather, Australian 9th Light Horse.

He died 
when I was just emerging
from the unremembered,
he left
with the sound
of muffled sobs
coming from
his room.

My Grandfather lived
in yellowed...

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Written April 14, 2017


It's easy to fall in love
Even easier to break apart
I've been trying for six long years
To mend this broken heart

You used to...

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his billowing pipe smoke
he laughed like santa
then went to heaven

i had just turned five



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on April 12, 2021...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Sunset
by Michael R. Burch
								
This poem is dedicated to my grandfather, George Edwin Hurt, who died April 4, 1998.

Between the prophecies of morning
and twilight’s revelations of...

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I was the smile at the bottom of the ladder 
once more . . .  "now, grandpa, please come down"
I had received a phone...

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Heirloom events are often solemn occasions
Weddings, high school or college graduations
Grandfathers take sons or grandsons aside
To bequeath his pocket watch with pride

Slowly he'll raise the...

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The sewing machine, idle, gathered dust,
   so long forgotten in grandma's attic;
      oh, sad it is just going...

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