Autumn Grandparents Poems

From the age of three, I do remember,
The kitchen window, in mid December.
My grandma and grandad, would let me stand,
By the window to view, a...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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We are apples growing on our parent's tree, planted by our grandparents from the apples of our great-grandparents ~ author

October skies still reflect in your...

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Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers II



All Things Galore
by Michael R. Burch

for my grandfathers George Edwin Hurt Sr. and Paul Ray Burch, Sr.

Grandfather,
now in your gray...

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Spring Flower

Long fine hair, 
that lay softly across her shoulders, 
and trailed down her back, 
all the way to her waist. 
The colors of brown...

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You Lie

No.
I tell you what you want to hear. 
Sometimes when I do not, 
mostly when I do not, 
always when I do not, 
you...

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All In

Is who I am. 
Bright colors that make people gawk, 
I have a funny way I walk, as it appears I shuffle, 
but it...

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Beautiful, You Are
(Maria)

Mary, Mary, sweet Mary, 
It is your lovely face “I” see…
Looking right up to heaven, 
right up to Me. 

I hear your heart,...

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Bipedal Insects

I hate and hate and hate. 
I want to stop others from being happy. 
How dare they be safe, and well fed? 
How dare...

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Trapped

An imprisoned animal walks the bars back and forth at the zoo. 
I have seen my guy do the same thing in the garage. 
You...

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The Long Road

The highway is lined with tall pines. 
As far as the eye can see, 
as far as the soul dare to take in....

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A Pillar Gone

The old man in church, 
sat in the front row, forever. 
He was there when I came, 
and I thought…
he would be there...

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Bricka

I go to the china cabinet and look inside. 
Stuff is waiting for me there. 
Nothing of any serious value. 
Things collected over a lifetime....

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Good Morning

The light from the sun fills the window in the kitchen. 
Not all at once mind you, but at it’s on speed. 
The little...

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Missing You

The wind whispers and I focus my heart to hear.
Are you sending me your words? 
Your thoughts? 

I can think of nothing…but you. 
My...

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