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Life Grandfather Poems

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


Children's Poem VIII
Children'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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Categories: grandfather, child, childhood, children, family,



Numbered
I 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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Categories: angst, child abuse, grandfather,

Premium Member My sweet precious Little One
Sleep 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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© Peter Dome  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grandfather, age, blessing, celebration, child,

Premium Member ON THE DAY WHEN SHE WAS BORN
Growing up…as her family celebrated her birthday…it did not matter where…
She always noticed her grandpa seemed to be the happiest person there.

On her birthday he...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: granddaughter, grandfather,

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,



Arizona
The Sunlight spilled down on us
Pooling in our hats and the creases on our foreheads
The creases that you smoothed out with those loving hands
What do...

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Categories: grandfather, life,

Granddads
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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Categories: family, grandfather, happiness,

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 Three Legged Table
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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Categories: child, fun, grandfather, love,

Premium Member Bud
Strong, 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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Categories: grandfather, appreciation, blessing, child, childhood,

Premium Member Dear Asia, Letter From Grandpa
Dear Asia.
 
I was awakened in the middle of the night
with you on my mind. By the time the clock
struck 12:40 AM, the tears had...

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Categories: family, granddaughter, grandfather,

Premium Member Pappy's Party
arthritic hands search the fretboard
finding chords that hurt the least
the old guitar brings a toothless grin
then we sneak a sip of whiskey...

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Categories: age, goodbye, grandfather,

50 Years Almost
I can hear her choking back tears, soft silent sobs echo through the phone as she tells me
“If he were still alive, we’d have been...

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Categories: death, emotions, granddaughter, grandfather,

Premium Member The Memory of Rain
I like the smell of rain 
That permeates my nose 
a little time before  miraculously fat drops 
start falling on my head .
They bring...

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Categories: boat, emotions, granddaughter, grandfather,

Premium Member An Old Shovel
I remember when Grandpa used me everyday,                  ...

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Categories: grandfather, old, remember, sky,


Book: Shattered Sighs