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Granma Poems - Poems about Granma

Premium MemberG Is For Granma :My Granny

...Edith G of Jewish stock
    a housewife so usung
to me,her face stlll in my mind
   always &  ever young...
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Categories: granma, grandmother,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberClerihew Moses

...Anna Mary Moses
but 'Granma' everyone usually 'says'
She became an artistic celebrity*
on retirement aged seventy-three 

*https://www.wikiart.org/en/grandma-moses/morning-day-on-the-farm-1951...
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Categories: granma, art, people,
Form: Clerihew



Premium MemberBlack Eyed Peas Oklahoma Summer

...Black-Eyed Peas (Oklahoma Summer)
David J Walker

The blooms arrive in June and by
July the pea pods start to dangle 
Soon the picking will begin when 
Grandma says so shading her eyes
From th...
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Categories: granma, family,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTen Tales of Remembrance

...Liza B of Yorkshire stock
a tinsmith'a wife
her face bears
     travails of life
Lily B orphaned
in a sad manner
    commissioned
'neath the army's banner
Violet O born in the great war
fath...
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Categories: granma, family, nostalgia,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberBeneath the Ivy

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Things
change
just fall
to shadows
of distant sweet dreams
God seems to be far, far away
the memories of my dead family are fading
I want to hold onto these distant things and memo...
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Categories: granma, lost love,
Form: Fibonacci



Premium MemberThis Is of My Grandmother

...Homemade jams and breads;
NO body eats at Grandma's table anymore;
Soft warm communications;
Real clothing made by hand;
No polyester blends;
A gentle voice yet stern reproach;
a Second time, n...
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Categories: granma, absence, appreciation, bereavement, children,
Form: Bio

Premium MemberMy Granma S Love My Family Life Inspiration

...re-post inspired by Brenda's contest


She lived her love day by day
with all that is so feminine,
a touch, kiss or knowing look,
concern, red-lettered in her book;
Particular to detail self-s...
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Categories: granma, family, grandmother, inspiration,
Form: Bio

Tristan

...Tristan

Oh, my fuTure grandson may your 
days be filled with miRrth…may the creator 
of the universe smile upon your bIrth…
I dream of Swaddling you and holding you tight…
safe and sound in ma...
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Categories: granma, baby, birth, grandmother, grandson,
Form: Acrostic

Kiara

...You were small tiny to hold
As time flew by just like the wind
So soft and care free
Just like the sun beaming so warm
On your soft skin

As the years past you blossom
And you started to bloom...
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Categories: granma, birth,
Form: I do not know?

I Saw a Funny Man

...I saw a funny man
Who wore funny clothes
Had a hole in his jacket
And three holes in his nose.

What a funny nose ring 
From it hung a feather
I hope it kept him warm
In the frosty weather.
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Categories: granma, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFun In the Sun

...Flesh on show and sun tan lotion
bodies laid on towels or sun lounges 
By the ocean
Salty air wind blown hair
Music streaming from the near by fair
Baby screaming nappies full
Cool guys looking for b...
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Categories: granma, abuse, beach, fun, funny,
Form: Free verse

Granma's Free Stone Peaches

...Granma's free stone peaches
have to be on the truck
the grocery store was just next door,
it didn't seem enough!

Because they ran the RailRoad
Rock Island ~ it sounds tough
and Granma needs her peac...
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Categories: granma, on work and working,
Form: Light Verse

A Letter For Marley

...My beloved
I was not there when you were born
But you were on my mind
Just like your daddy
You have the capacity to grab all the attention

Talked to you on the phone
Garble! garble! garble!
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Categories: granma, family
Form: Light Verse

Visiting Granma

...Grandma, you look fresh like the morning dew,
 O! it is the herb Of paw paw leaves
  And dried snake skin, I drank,
  Grandma, flies are too many here,
  When flies perch on you
  Don’t drive, e...
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Categories: granma, childhooddog, dog,
Form: Free verse

Grandma

...Grandma Grandma I'm glad your mine 
Granma Grandma you really shine
Grandma Grandma  please don't go
Granma Grandma I love you so
You care and love and dance and play
your number one all the way...
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Categories: granma, family, love, i love
Form: Ballad

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