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Journey Grandfather Poems

These Journey Grandfather poems are examples of Grandfather poems about Journey. These are the best examples of Grandfather Journey poems written by international poets.


Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...

Maternal grandfather of mine
long since passed among the living;
He left his Motherland 
before onset of Holodomor,
a policy of the Soviet Union...

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Categories: grandfather, abuse, age, anger, bereavement,



Premium Member Golden Hearts - ::POTD::
How does it feel?
It's hard to tell
Sad when I pause
Taking moments to dwell

It's the pearl that is lost
It's the half-empty shell 
It's the un-told story
It's...

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Categories: angel, bereavement, goodbye, grandfather,

Premium Member Summer with the Stoic
It was the summer of my 16th year. Mother encouraged me to spend part of my summer vacation with Granddad, a self-professed stoic. I reluctantly...

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Categories: grandfather, strength, wisdom,

Premium Member When Grandpa Died
The light faded from the old man’s eyes
As he lay quietly on the white, linen sheet
His last words came a few hesitant sighs,
And then, his...

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Categories: class, death, grandfather,

Premium Member Faith Healer
The miracle is restoring
joy.

Sometimes this means bringing back the dead,
Opening the eyes of the blind,
Restoring limbs,
and so on,
but these are just means to a Greater...

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Categories: grandfather, addiction, allah, anger, beautiful,



There For Me
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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Categories: grandfather, 12th grade, character, hope,

The Rite of Passage
The rite of passage

		The old green wagon moves a life
		Heads appear like nodding gulls
		Eyes cast down searching cracked flags
		Hopes from people sadly to be missed.
		Un-walked...

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© Tim Riding  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grandfather, life, memory,

Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers I
Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers I

I translated the first six Native American poems for my father when he chose to enter hospice and end his...

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Categories: grandfather, father, father daughter, father

Chrysanthemums
In that time when the leaves 
Are on fire,
Sparks from the autumn sun, 
I return
To my place of nurturing 
And ancestors.....
It’s there that sleep becomes...

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Categories: absence, emotions, grandfather,

Early Trip
Once we were very young,
Our journey had begun,
We bounced around in the back,
No seatbelts, alas, alack,
I was rubbing the hair of Grandpa Jack,
Trying to drive,...

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Categories: car, childhood, family, grandfather,

Early Trip
Once we were very young,
Our journey had begun,
We bounced around in the back,
No seatbelts, alas, alack,
I was rubbing the hair of Grandpa Jack,
Trying to drive,...

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Categories: car, childhood, family, grandfather,

Mine Impossible Self Educating Mission
Mine Impossible Self Educating Mission...

Finds muss elf facing Lenovo
     (external Macbook
     Pro screen) whoosh'n
with all manner 
...

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Categories: grandfather, 12th grade, class, crush,

Presence Beyond My Mind
A Sistine Chapel lies outside our house,
a cellar used by former runaways.
Recalling stories from our grandpa Joe,
remember how he always kept a horse
to transport couples...

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Categories: grandfather, 11th grade, allusion, freedom,

Don'T Worry About It
Snap crackle pop's not my cereal sound anymore
Now that's how I sound getting up off the floor

It's not new if I'm up at the crack...

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© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: feelings, grandfather, humor, perspective,

The Fruit Man
Remember Beefsteak Charlies?
I don’t remember the last time I saw one
but every time I see one of those
tomatoes, I remember Charlie
my Charlie, the one who...

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Categories: appreciation, grandfather, imagery, journey,


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