Women Grandparents Poems

This was last Christmas - 39 days ago - doesn’t that seem like ancient history? 

We were in Lisa’s (parent’s) 50th floor flat, in Manhattan....

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I just finished flipping the calendar to March
I keep a paper one hanging on my kitchen wall 
despite everything being digital 
I’m old school some...

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Have You

Ever wondered how it happens?
How the last person stays, 
How they make sure, everyone else gets out?

Ever wonder why?
Is that important? 
As long as...

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...Harold was gob-smacked by all that he heard,
he struggle hard to find something to say,
his grandfather smirked, and then clear his throat,
“Now your grandma I...

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“...Of course she said nothing of this to me,
tried to act as if things were just like before,
yet I noticed the time between meetings
seemed to...

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It was back in the 1920s that
Harold Welsner brought his fiancé home,
to show the family his lovely Sandra,
blue-eyed beauty, auburn hair, and small bones.

He wanted...

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Tree Top Dancers
and Circus Clowns

The neighbors moved away. 
They said nothing to anyone, 
they just left. 
New people took the home. 
There was a big...

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Stop Killing My Country

Accused of political banter, 
to speak the words, God Bless, 
and America in the same sentence. 
Bespeaking the fear, 
of being proud,...

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Heroes Undone

We train men up to go to war. 
We train them to fight and kill,
the enemy. 
The people…
in foreign and domestic lands, 
that have...

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Abandoned Lace

Evil knows your name. 
You did not even want them. 
You had them to please him, 
or to make him, 
do as you wanted.
When...

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The First Lady

Classy. 
Yes she is.
Breathtaking too. 
No question. 
Powerful, intelligent, smart, funny, and more.
Everything we could ask for.

Speaks several languages, 
Knows how to dress.
Represents...

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The Song of Silent Rage

The car was not empty. 
There were women, 
there were children,… small children.
None, could hurt anyone…as they were soft and tore...

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Freedom’s Color

America knows the truth. 
Their flag echoes their heart. 
Red, white and royal, chieftain-blue.
It fills some with hope, 
others feel fear. 
 
Red, for...

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OH to be 21


Your 21st has finally come,

And now your journey has begun,

To say I’m proud is simply not enough,

Of the incredibly intelligent, independent,

Wonderful, wise...

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The Constitution

Words on paper, 
Written by people of another time. 
Written by people to protect “the people”.

Individuals that fought for;
their families,
their homes, 
their towns, 
their...

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