Daughter Grandfather Poems

A mop of white hair
Over a young old face 
A pair of laughing eyes
Locked in a different place
As he tells his grandchildren
Tales of his youth
Each...

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As 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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I remember when Grandpa used me everyday,                  ...

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When you died,
I was away,
Being happy, for the first time
Since we heard the news:
You could fight
But it would be for naught
Adding on extra days or...

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Grandpa’s got engaged,
Giving the family a panic attack.
Ninety four and marrying
A teen age nymphomaniac.
They all got together in one
Of those family conferences
To try and bring...

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Stella Lou was outside a long time
What is she doing out there? Her grandpa asked. 
Why don’t you peek out? Suggested grandma.
Stella Lou was in...

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Together we stayed,
He took me in,
He embraced me,
A son of his troubled daughter,
She was saddled with life's changing faces,
She was cocooned by its tempest,
Cloaked into...

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When my uncle married your daughter in 1975, you became his father-in-law.
Your daughter gave birth in 1979 and that was when you became a grandpa.
You...

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New Shoes

"Grandpa, my shoes are too small, 
or maybe my feet or too big?"

"You are going to be ten foot tall, 
if you don't stop...

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MY GRANDCHILDREN

My Father’s Day present from my daughter each year since our first grandchild was born has been a ’T’ shirt with my grandchildren’s picture...

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Leilani Rose

Aquarius
Nearly born on my birthday
Loves to smile
And make people laugh

We weren't expecting you

Opened a card from your Mamma
On Father's Day
While I was golfing in...

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Love arrives on bluebird wings
          Butterflies, strings, myriads of things,
      ...

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MY GRANDFATHER AND I WERE GREAT FRIENDS, I LOVED
HIM VERY MUCH AND AS HE WAS A POET, AND I
FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS, I THOUGHT I...

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Come darling angels with wide open wings 
to tell tiny 
butterfly 
tales 
in 
our
fairy-
tale time; your
rare astral love 
kindles my loveless life, lovely raindrops.


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A...

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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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