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Grandfather Hero Poems

These Grandfather Hero poems are examples of Hero poems about Grandfather. These are the best examples of Hero Grandfather poems written by international poets.


Premium Member Un Farabutto
Grandpa Francesco Proia,
from Caserta, Italia,
a clever stowaway 
in the bowels of the ship
bringing him to Ellis Island,
Feb. 4, 1905.
Gruff ways,
often snarling a guttural “Huh,”
a lack...

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Categories: family, grandfather, hero, immigration,



Human
I’m not a whole person, I don’t think I ever was
I’m a master at losing;
Cause I’ve never won
Robbed of a mother, and a father imprisoned
A...

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Categories: hero, anxiety, dark, grandmother, growing

Premium Member New Shoes
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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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hero, absence, chocolate, cinderella, grandchild,

There For Me
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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Categories: hero, 12th grade, character, hope,

Premium Member Grandfather, My Heart, My Soul
Growing up with an angel that loved me.
Hovering close,with cane, walking.
Me, on a tricycle to the candy store,
Bright summer days I cannot ignore.

Though decades have...

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Categories: hero, chicago, childhood, dedication, granddaughter,



Row Houses
Newfoundlanders can row, you should see some of'em go,
when they puts a punt on a pond. 
But I don't like this mess, all this Race...

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Categories: courage, funny, hero, uplifting,

Premium Member New Stomps
New Stomps
 
Today I have again, 
been told the value of my worth. 

Limitless...
or at least the value of 
new socks and shoes, 
by a...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: angel, grandfather, heaven, hero,

Premium Member My Guy
My Guy

Yes, my guy.
Like the song in my heart, that repeats, 
when I listen ever so closely to things that matter.

Puts me first, when I...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hero, angel, dad, freedom, god,

Premium Member Grandfather
Grandfather

My hero is gone now, 
He was a real man, 
among real men. 

They walked tall, 
in his time. 
They took no guff, 
spit, and...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hero, celebration, grandfather, grandparents, grief,

Eulogy To Mrs Aminat Olaboopo
EULOGY TO MRS (Ph.D) ALIHAJA, AMINAT OLABOOPO                  ...

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Categories: hero, africa, birth, courage, eulogy,

Premium Member Babu Ni Shujaa Wangu Grand Pa My Hero-
BABU NI SHUJAA WANGU GRAND PA MY HERO- -

Grandpa’s hands were withered, they did shake;
But he held me anyway;
Grandpa’s voice crackle and breaks, but he...

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Categories: hero, analogy, appreciation, dedication, devotion,

William Shakespeare
William
sensitive, gentle, poetic, romantic
son, husband, father, grandfather
lover of the theatre, the Dark Lady, the Fair Youth
who feels empathy, jealousy, love
who fears the plague, empty playhouses,...

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© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hero,

Grandad the Superhero
Grandad The Superhero

My grandad was a superhero,
You would not think it true,
For now he’s old and very slow,
And he only wears one shoe.

He used to...

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Categories: hero, 1st grade, child, grandfather,

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old bayonet—
I wonder if one touched
my grandfather’s body






June 12, 2017...

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Categories: hero, abuse, death, freedom, grandfather,

War Is Hell
War Is Hell
              Our nations war to settle a score and or...

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Categories: america, grandfather, hero, hope,


Book: Shattered Sighs