Emma and DeaconEmma, Empress of Unicorn Empire,
esprit de corps of elementary school,
expeditious at exaggerating expression,
eagerly extending empathy of enormous embrace,
endless enthusiasm, exuberant existence.
Deacon, Duke of derring-do,
diligently, doggedly daily to delightful displays
of dauntless daredevil, destruction,
determined gamer, droll demeanor,
dearly dedicated to devouring desserts,
Dad's double, diplomat of Dreamland....
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Categories:
grandson, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Icicles for TearsMemories tattoo my brain like an artist
I miss loved ones passed and the last
Time I saw each one is frozen
Like icicle tears swelling brown eyes
Last time I saw her alive she
Was full of joy eating favorite foods
Planning her life despite breast cancer
Nothing stopped her from dreaming
Not even death
Final time I...
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Categories:
grandson, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Finding His PeopleHenry found his people
And they’re up there on the stage,
Where with the audience, they all
Can magically engage.
We’ve watched him since his day of birth
And marveled at his gifts,
Delighted at the many ways
He’d give our spirits lifts.
He’s had to travel many paths
In search of where he’d fit
And middle school has been the place
Where all the fires...
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Categories:
grandson, pride,
Form: Rhyme
Staying One Stop Ahead
Cool
grandson
is unmoved
by convention.
Place has no value
except as it connects
to young imagination.
My elf ladders are not missing;
Spiderman and Robin need a bridge
to cross the creek that runs under 'Cool's' bed.
There are no buildings there to climb upon.
One busy mind fixated on need
ingenuity moves forward.
He is now outside; I see
my garden hose inside
arched thru a window.
One speedy...
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Categories:
11th grade, grandson, imagination,
Form: Etheree
Where's the Respect for Your Elders?A long time ago when our first grandson was young -
I think around the age five or six -
there was a phone call we made to him
to say hello and talk with him for kicks.
We'd tried to make it short because of his attention span.
He’s a kid who later became a not-too chatty young man!
I...
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Categories:
grandson, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Untainted
My
little
grandson, sweet,
exuberant,
and untainted by
unspoken rules that say
to keep a social distance,
ran up to a lone gentleman
seated at the restaurant we left,
touched the old man’s knee, and blew a kiss ‘bye.
...
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Categories:
grandson,
Form: Etheree
X-Marks-the-SpotX-Marks-the-Spot is a tickling game
Which is traced upon someone’s bare back.
In childhood, we played it and often it caused
A goose-bump filled giggling attack.
My kids got the treatment when bathtime arrived
And my grandson when he was a tot,
But it’s been a while since I’ve gotten the chance
To engage in some X-Marks-the-Spot.
Yet I came upon Henry, eleven...
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Categories:
childhood, grandson,
Form: Rhyme
AUTHOR TOO BEMemoir Write
My life that was in plight
Introduction
Circumstance into intervention
Surrounding birth
My happenings on Earth
Death knocked
Overcast moment
My passing storm
Sudden sunrise
Heaven’s surprise
Blessing to emphasize
Living right
Sponsored God’s sight
...
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Categories:
grandson, age, bible, birth, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
A boy named DustinIn a quiet town where shadows blend,
A boy named Dustin learned to mend,
Born to a mother, young and alone,
With dreams in her heart, but a heavy stone.
No father’s hand to guide his way,
But a grandfather’s love would light the day,
With wisdom deep as...
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Categories:
grandson, appreciation, boy, brother, child,
Form: Free verse
Summer SpinYellow, a sunny color -
bittersweet brightness of life.
Wild dandelion its flower,
brilliant in grandson’s eyes.
Watching the Summer spin,
fragile twirling and bend.
Pandemic’s Kindergartner plucks bouquet -
tenders it to grandma.
Isolation had its moments -
streets with no cars,
chasing a lemon butterfly.
“Oh, it flied away.”
His skateboard in pause,
as our lives were,
but in home’s vase,
weeds quickly passed away.
...
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Categories:
color, cute, flower, grandson,
Form: Verse
Praisin' Kringle
Praisin' Kringle, jolly Nick
for last minute Christmas
smashed-torn gifts.
Cause pop-pop suspects
dad's stuck again,
inside the sooty chimney.
...
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Categories:
grandson, childhood, christmas, family, giggle,
Form: Free verse
Grandson Wisdom
Categories:
grandson, wisdom,
Form: Monoku
The Icicles DrippingI’m watching the icicles dripping,
Reminded of ten years ago,
When I held up my grandson to watch them,
All the things then that I couldn’t know.
How he’d soak up so much he was learning
And prove to be clever and smart;
How his joy in our moments together
Would tattoo him right onto my heart.
How he’d love to hear...
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Categories:
grandson,
Form: Rhyme
Talking to Your SelfToday my older grandson, the four year old,
Asked his mom,
“Who are you talking to when you’re talking to yourself?”
And it made me think a few things;
One, that the kid is bright and has a bright future
Two, that I sure never thought such things at four
Three, that it is a solid basis for a life...
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Categories:
grandson, wisdom,
Form: Narrative
A Holiday Tribute to My Grandson
My Grandson's Toys;Christmas Memories
Dear Edward:
You grew from Little League to be Varsity
star!
Sadly, we rarely see much of one another
anymore.
So Grandma, finds happiness in your once
beloved, boyhood toys.
It's like being with you, even though you are
now driving a sleek car and havingfun with other...
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Categories:
christmas, grandmother, grandson, high
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Grandson Poems
Definition | What is Grandson in Poetry?