Grandson Grandmother Poems

I went for my early morning run,
just me and my young son.
It was to be a lot of fun,
then home for a hot cross bun.
We...

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Grandma's Stories

“Can I tell a tale? Well sit.I'm going to. Pull up a chair, or on the floor that will do. 
I'm elderly now as...

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This 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...

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they swarm into our home like bees
seeking daisies, lilies, roses, and such
we throw sugary treats at them
allow them to commandeer the TVs
and the computers
Their parents...

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Leroy jumped on his cycle when he heard the phone
Grandma was calling; she wanted her grandbaby home.
His mother tried to keep up as he ran...

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What could I bring you Gran?
This did her heart good.
But she did not need anything.
Just come back safe, she told her grandson.

He did.
Over and over...

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We pass the fire sticks near the police cars,
lit.
Bright round moon shine, that’s it.
The fit,
from the tall and small,
still they’d rather walk then sit
with grandpa...

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pleasantries of sleep
grandson covered head to toe…
meanwhile toss’n turns grandma
open door with light too bright
‘is the temperature just right.’...

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I use my Thesaurus to prop a door open.
As a desk when I write poetry outside.
To lift a two-year-old high enough to reach the table.
You...

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I have a grandson whose mother adored Where the Wild Things Are
A book where the protagonist is Max, an imaginative boy, a shining star
When he...

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moon’s tears do not pour
They trail out on top of the water
why do they not go in? asks grandchild
Gram loves it that he thinks she...

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great grandma Suzette loved cows,
her house was decorated in a variety of bovines.
Jersey cows, milk cows, angus cows, dairy cows,
her living room was filled with...

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I love this sweater, I will never stop wearing it!
His great grandmother was thrilled, but smiled, knowing better.
When he was in college he became a...

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If you ask me what's Christmas for me,
I'd say it's happy faces gathered round
Spending quality time with me
With stories of how the year was 

It...

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