Brother Grandson Poems

Right now the best heroes are the Paw Patrol. 
Getting all their best toys is our biggest goal. 
Rubble, Chase, Marshall, Rocky, Zuma & Sky....

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My mousepad is a photo of my two-year-old red-haired grandson Jack
Sitting on a rocking horse smiling as the sun hits his face
It brings me pure...

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Our eldest grandson is called Rory
who likes a book with a good story
     to read by a light
   ...

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Birthday Poem For Corbyn

Corbyn, this birthday poem is for you
Requested by your mommy, Nycole
For you to always cherish forever
And written by your Great Grams Flo

This...

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The inspiration for this partially true piece was my older brother, Joe, and his 2 grandkids (circa 1994) - 


I can clearly see the moon,...

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Christian, it is good to know
I expected a forever Valentine
fifty years ago for your father’s
due date was fourteenth of February.

Obviously he did not want to...

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To My Grandson Rowan, Nine Years Old

            by Edmund Siejka

We walk side by side...

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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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Yes! Bright sunflowers outline the corn maze.
Amazing! Grand winding trail —
The cornlet’s born leader.

10/18/2020...

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Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers I

I translated the first six Native American poems for my father when he chose to enter hospice and end his...

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Scales to Measure

We are not all equal. 
Some can dance on a wire...
above the crowd, 
Some can swim...
all the way to China. 
While others,
make food...

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The Garden at Grandma’s

The house is quiet, the chores are all done. 
We have gathered in the place out back. 
There is pit for a...

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The Shift 
(Shifty)

The man is evil. 
You know who I am talking about. 
He has put America, under the bus. 
He is using our money,...

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What does pulverize mean? The five-year-old asks me.
His face is a frown.
“No idea,” I lie. 
Having already put up with sobbing wailing 
over the Easter...

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PARTY IMITATION

boy watches
birthday video

oh spouse! oh brother!
two bro-in-laws, and
dear old dad, a full
living color gift
dance to the tune:

YMCA

i know y’all can hear it
in your head.

their...

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