Rose Grandfather Poems

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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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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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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Cake Mix

On the way home, 
I stopped at the store. 
I bought a cake mix, 
yellow, as they were out of 
chocolate and white. 

Yellow...

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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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Life Comes to You


				You can’t plan life,
				Life comes to you,
				God is the only One
				Who knows the direction
				Our life will go,
				Our dreams and goals
				Sometimes get put...

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Breakup. Heartbroken, she wallowed in tears,
Who'd love her now? One of her biggest fears;

Her grandpa knew what she needed to find,
Time to heal. A book...

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Please Say “Hi” to Rose


My childhood days were filled with love; so simple, and carefree, but none more so than those spent out on Gran...

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I remember sitting on my grand dad’s knee,
when he told me about the good old days.

How he courted my grandmother with glee,
He fell in love...

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Poems about Children IV

Salat Days
by Michael R. Burch

Dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch, Sr.

I remember how my grandfather used to pick...

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Poems about Children II



On Looking into Curious George’s Mirrors
by Michael R. Burch

for Maya McManmon, granddaughter of the poet Jim McManmon

Maya was made in the image...

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Edentulous but determined to bite almond,
grandpa’s ‘never give up’ spirit was evident,
grandma watched quietly, all bemused and jocund!
“anytime now there would be a bad accident!”

Those...

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And Grandpa, you have to wear a tux, my little grand-princess said.
I thought she was crazy, daft in the head.
I was miffed, corn-waggled, flabbergasted at...

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Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers IV



Neglect
by Michael R. Burch

What good are your tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is your concern
to a...

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Every morning before five
She was bustling around the kitchen
Creating her breakfast of biscuits
Gravy and sides of bacon or sausage
Eggs fried long enough to color
The yellow...

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