Child Grandfather Poems
These Child Grandfather poems are examples of Grandfather poems about Child. These are the best examples of Grandfather Child poems written by international poets.
German Potato SaladThe grandfather on my mother's side was a cheapskate.
A real cheapskate.
One Christmas, he gave me a used paperback book.
Something like “Jimmy Plays Baseball.”
It was...
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grandfather, memory,
Children's Poem VIIIChildren's Poems VII
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Sailing to My Grandfather, for...
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grandfather, child, childhood, children, family,
NumberedI am not the nightlight, nor am I the monster under my bed that my father would tell me to fear. I never feared the...
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angst, child abuse, grandfather,
My sweet precious Little OneSleep now and dream my preconscious sweet little one
For the gifted life and future is yours
To grow with vigour and splendidly blossom
Under the ripening...
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grandfather, age, blessing, celebration, child,
Three Legged TableAs a child,
I loved to watch Grandpa build.
His basement workshop,
was filled with tools.
Tools hanging on every wall,
wood neatly stacked in...
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child, fun, grandfather, love,
BudStrong, in some ways –
Reflecting the old times, the old days,
Like a moment inspired by light,
Suggesting the beauty of a smile,
Echoing truth in every movement,
Exposing...
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grandfather, appreciation, blessing, child, childhood,
Grandfather TreeI was walking down the neighbourhood,
reminiscing how it all
used to be where we made believe
that we were nymphs in a wood,
except the once moist earth...
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grandfather, nature, pollution, tree,
BlazingI sit before the February fire
and watch the flames die down to amber glow.
My grandson comes just in the nick of time
to bring the fire...
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grandfather, grandson, son, tree,
Anzac DayFor 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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grandfather, remembrance day,
When I Ruined ChristmasI was eight-years-old.
Waiting for my twin to finish holding baby David.
Grandpa came up and said give me the baby.
I said "Grandpa, I have been...
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grandfather, abuse, child abuse, christmas,
Telling a WhopperThe excited child was holding her hands wide out.
Telling a whopper of a fish story that made grandpa shout.
Grandma rolled her hazel eyes, knowing where...
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granddaughter, grandfather,
Little ManThere was joy, there was sorrow
there was darkness, there was light.
And then you came to be among us
on a cold and winter’s night.
The little miracle,...
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grandfather, baby, boy, child, childhood,
A Song With No NameA Song With no Name
From my grandfather and my dad and performed by their son and grandson, me.
It was an old melody with no name...
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father, grandfather, music, song,
The Grand
Work roughened hands
Gentle like a heart
Who bends its ear, listening…
Whispering kindness
Coloring the morning songs
In laughter, smiles
Love that abides inside one
Who is more than kind
He is...
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grandfather, appreciation, child, childhood, grandchild,
Grandma SewsGrandma Sews
Some yarn, a bit of ribbon,
a flour sack, and loads of love...
these are the materials
that made the dress I wore
the day I...
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Categories:
absence, angel, grandfather, grandmother,