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I fell in love with Jesus by Suzan SatchellI fell in love with Jesus
Jesus, I am so happy I fell in love with you.
I never regret the day I did, and I still have not had any to date.
All I know is that...
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Categories:
childhood, faith, grandmother, jesus,
Form: Free verse
she is like meThey have the cutest clothes now for little granddaughters.
I cannot help but buy this outfit.
Another pink and orange thing? My daughter asks.
My granddaughter squeals and runs to her room to change.
She loves the colors I...
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Categories:
granddaughter, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
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 George Hurt
by Michael R. Burch
This distance between us
—this vast sea
of...
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Categories:
grandmother, child, childhood, children, family,
Form: Rhyme
Sonnet Celebrating International Women's DayWith threads of golden light, your spirits flare,
Each woman shines, a steadfast astral pyre,
Your valiant souls defy the tethered snare,
Like distant suns that pierce the boundless mire.
With hearts unyielding, you shatter iron grates,
Unshackled wings where...
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Categories:
celebration, freedom, grandmother, mother,
Form: Sonnet
Living with shadowsOnce there was a time,
mill chimneys ruled our skies,
above the shadowed streets,
where people lived their lives.
Once there were the stories,
that grandma used to share,
of troubled times at the mill,
and kitchen cupboards bare.
Once there was a...
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Categories:
childhood, grandmother, loss, memory,
Form: Rhyme
A secret weddingThey carried on in secret,
pretending not to care,
then organised the wedding,
not one of the family were there,
mum cried in the kitchen,
the news was hard to bear,
dad has lost his temper,
his choice words hung in the...
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Categories:
father, grandfather, grandmother, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Praise to grandma'sI'd like to be one of those prized grandmas who cooked and baked and everyone highly praised them; today we just throw food together and call it done -where is the homemade...
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Categories:
grandmother,
Form: Monoku
A Lady in the StreetThis lady’s hair is so, so white,
creates an aura for that face.
Her age puts forth its beauty in the street.
She could be my charming mother,
my darling grand-mama,
that lovable great Aunt Lucy.
But I am old, and...
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Categories:
cute love, family, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
My grandma is a GlamMawmy grandma is not a grandma at all, but a glam-maw
her porch is a reflection of the beauty she gleans
healthy plants with gorgeous pink and red blossoms
a porch swing with plump soft pillows for comfort
my...
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Categories:
fashion, grandmother,
Form: Prose Poetry
DEADLY GAME OF MRSAHow the Nation of Islam saved my granddaughter
from Catrina Bell queen pin gang leader it was a warm
day i was suffering from traumatic brain injury raising
five children including my granddaughter only four...
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Categories:
beautiful, daughter, granddaughter, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
A Portrait of an Irish Summer
Categories:
boy, childhood, feelings, grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
I wonder if the birds catch cold"I wonder if the birds catch cold?
Bet they never do!
Bet their mamas never scold
'N' say, 'You'll get the flu.'
The birds go swimmin' when they please--
'Specially in the spring--
But I never heard one sneeze
Or be too...
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Categories:
bird, childhood, grandmother, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Bragging about Cute GranddaughterMy granddaughter is the cutest girl in Texas.
Maybe even in the whole southeast of the USA.
She was the most boastful grandma we met that day.
And we are all grandmas, with our hair of gray.
If I...
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Categories:
grandchild, granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
We Call Her GlamaYour grandma dates! This seemed odd to me.
My grandparents have been married since ’33.
We do not call her that, the good sport said.
She is sassy and perky; her clothes are fashionable said Ted.
What do you...
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Categories:
grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
The Last CakeWhat should I get her?
A diary, I know she loves to write.
No, that is what I got her last time.
A book, maybe poetry?
No, she already has so many.
What should I get her?
What...
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Categories:
analogy, angel, appreciation, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Grandmother Poems
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