Grandfather Grandson Poems

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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I sit before the February fire
and watch the flames die down to amber glow.
My grandson comes just in the nick of time
to bring the fire...

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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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head cradled on folded arms
as a young boy I’d sit rapt 
in the tales told by an old man
as he drew pictures at our dinner...

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Ti was impatient to get started
His grandfather ate his breakfast too slowly
You have all day, his grandmother said. Relax.
Ti was not the relaxed type, he...

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He recently turned one
Got his first hair cut
blue jeans with pockets.
His gait has changed
almost as if he knows
he’s headed somewhere
not now, maybe
when he figures out...

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“Picking Petals”

I stopped on a path one day
And picked a flower for my grandson
And taught him this song

She loves me,
She loves me not.
She loves me,...

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New Shoes

"Grandpa, my shoes are too small, 
or maybe my feet or too big?"

"You are going to be ten foot tall, 
if you don't stop...

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Ribbons

Thoughts are flowing
like water passing under the bridge. 
There are rivulets that form ribbons... 
of greater meaning found in the lower reaches. 
There is where...

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Brown American
Haiku


Brown American
Talented and courageous
My grandson, Landan...

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One Dollar

When I was a kid, 
I worked for every dime I got. 
I folded papers, 
I took out the trash, 
I did dishes, 
washed...

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Jimmy flaps horns and I don’t care
Jimmy flaps horns and I don’t care
Jimmy flaps horns and…..
I smile as I listen, loving it this new way.
Age...

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Jasper wanted an old-fashioned girl who liked to cook and clean.
No one likes to clean, dust or vacuum said Jasper’s sister Jean.
Grandma cleans daily, Jasper...

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it tastes like christmas
a tiramisu moment
critique by age five 

where is the popcorn
we all pretend to look
but it chokes grandma

It sounds like santa
jingle bells rocking...

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I love my grandchildren so much it is nuts
I loved my children this much too, but it is a different love
This is a “I can...

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