Heaven Grandson Poems

The joy of birth, the growing up,
leads us to adore our lovely babies.
But not, alas, without the toils of life.
Because we experience a lack of...

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What could I bring you Gran?
This did her heart good.
But she did not need anything.
Just come back safe, she told her grandson.

He did.
Over and over...

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We lost you today
And it's sad in many ways
We didn't get to meet you
Or hold you to which is hard to say
My precious Grandson
Now he...

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To some, a Garrison is a strong fort
(Or troops encamped inside, an armed cohort).
Or thoughts might turn to a centurion:
A leader of the many soon...

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Anticipation
By Franklin Price
04/06/2022

I am in anticipation
Of a visit I have planned
To see the first Great grandchild
Those who've been there understand

He was born in February
One day...

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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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tercets

Braxton H. Gardner of north Kentucky, 
progenitor of our family tree.
His marriage date was 1833.

Braxton Charles S. Gardner from our archive,
was his youngest son, born...

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Captain Luca
By Jan Beaumont 

Some of us are lucky to have grandsons
Those little boys who make your heart just burst
If I'd known just how much...

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All Things Galore
by Michael R. Burch

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

Grandfather,
now in your gray presence
you are

somehow more near

and remind...

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Sunset
by Michael R. Burch
								
This poem is dedicated to my grandfather, George Edwin Hurt, who died April 4, 1998.

Between the prophecies of morning
and twilight’s revelations of...

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the parishioner sits on my lap.
his little legs dangle, his
beat up sandals slip.

i raise his hand with mine.
he pulls it back.
i clap.
his hands, like bookends
put...

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"Have fun in school."
What a silly thing to say!
It means nothing.
Just remember God wants it 
this way.

Your job is to learn!
He wants that. It is God's...

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Four and a half year old grandson
Climbs up my legs
Into my lap.
Lies down on me like a weighted blanket.
Arms around my neck.
I feel his heart...

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I will always remember those uneven paths,
which led me to you - 
sorrowful reminder of promises I could not keep.
All you wanted was to sit...

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It was with a heavy heart I left the house, choosing no make-up in anticipation of the tears I might cry.
Being faithfully spiritual, I know...

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