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christmas at grandmasit tastes like christmas
a tiramisu moment
critique by age five
where is the popcorn
we all pretend to look
but it chokes grandma
It sounds like santa
jingle bells rocking the roof
critique by age eight
where is grandpa?
loud snoring leads us...
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grandmother, christmas, grandchild, granddaughter, grandfather,
Form: Senryu
Rufenaalways baking and cooking
always sewing and keeping house
always watering her violets
always tilling garden in spring
never giving up on herself
or others or her beliefs
she was always the
greatest grandma
i could of ever had!
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Categories:
grandmother,
Form: Free verse
His Grandmothers Hands
With the small well-worn blade
of her kitchen knife, she could cut
a chicken open in seconds flat,
hold it firmly in one hand, and with
the other – flinching not an eyelash –
reach in and tear...
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Categories:
grandmother,
Form: Light Verse
REVISITING GRANDMA'S TREE
It was 30 years ago…one year after Grandma died…after we said goodbye…when our son wanted to plant a tree by her grave…at that time the tree was 4 inches high.
I was quite impressed that day...
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Categories:
grandmother, grandson, tree,
Form: Rhyme
The Ghost in My House
When Grandma died I inherited things,
jewelry, dishes, furniture and a doll;
I loved all 'cause I am a person who clings,
the best was her rocking chair and shawl.
It became clear that the chair had...
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Categories:
granddaughter, grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
A Ghost StorySpirits wander in and wander out
met usually with a painful shout
They give me chills but also wonder
are they real or tales from dark under?
This story is true, happened few years past.
We keep telling so memory...
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Categories:
grandmother, anger, anxiety, dark, death,
Form: Couplet
Grandmother's Secretsfive hours on the stove
garlic, onion, tomatoes
the great smell of sauce
My grandmother in the kitchen all day
Cooking dinner while her kids were away
Nobody ever knew
She always used Ragu
And drank...
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Categories:
grandmother, humorous,
Form: Limerick
My time is upIm spinning clock wise by the second it changes yet my minutes feels so slow my hours has left me.for my tuner is wind so tight .my numbers are fading my walls are are tarnish...
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Categories:
age, anxiety, death, grandmother,
Form: Prose Poetry
Snowman Couple Christmas OrnamentFavorite ornament?A snowman couple made out of Christmas balls,
A bit of stiff taffeta and a silk skirt on Mama Snowman
A tiny blue jacket on Daddy Snowman
A miniscule red gift box ties them together
It used to...
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Categories:
christmas, grandmother, winter,
Form: Prose Poetry
Grand-pa's Place
The snow was sticking in the open space
Clouds hung heavy over Grand-pa’s place
The sands of time rings out the cheer
Stamping out opulence with love and care
The old house sitting on stones
Could tell a better...
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Categories:
grandfather, grandmother, judgement, memory,
Form: Rhyme
boxing dayIt’s boxing day (the Brit name for the day after Christmas) and Pamela, Lisa’s grandmother is visiting our little pandemic ark. Pamela’s a Cowboys fan so we’re watching them slaughter Washington - between commercials -...
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Categories:
grandmother, holiday, humor, mom,
Form: Free verse
INTEGRITY AND VISIONS
Follows rules, since he was young.
Of being great, he climbs each rung.
His parents taught him right from wrong.
He will achieve his soul’s song!
Nothing free for this boy.
To his parents, they are his joy.
No money thrown...
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Categories:
appreciation, baseball, confidence, grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
Grandma Burnout
Home sweet home on Christmas day.
Children and grandchildren
come, but not to stay
Home smells of pumpkin spice,
gingerbread cookies,
ham and turkey in the oven
Yeast rolls rising,
flickering cinnamon candles,
oakwood burning in the fireplace
The taste of eggnog and wine,
all...
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Categories:
christmas, grandchild, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
Grandma Dyed Her Hair Bright GreenGrandma loved the Christmas scene
She even dyed her hair bright green
And though her bones did surely ache
...
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Categories:
appreciation, christmas, family, grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
GrandmaGrandma etched in dust,
in private secret places.
Mothballed memories....
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Categories:
grandmother, age, anniversary, death, family,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Grandmother Poems
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beautiful, birthday, black, death, funeral, funny, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandson, great, loss, love, memory, mother, obituary, remembering
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