G 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
Clerihew 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
Black 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
Ten 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
Beneath 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
This 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
My 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
Fun 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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