Grandfather Imagery Poems
These Grandfather Imagery poems are examples of Imagery poems about Grandfather. These are the best examples of Imagery Grandfather poems written by international poets.
BAVILA GREAT MARTYR , SONGFather of the Nation Musabwa Kamango Munanila,
The commander-in-chief of Bavila's defence forces.
How should we cry for you ! the great bavila leader,
How should we cry...
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imagery, africa, history, inspirational, song,
KILLING OF CONGOLESE FROM 1885No one is hated more
than he who speaks the truth
- Pluto
as Belgian officers
cut off legs and hands
Of innocent Congolese
from 1885, king Leopold II smiled,
the victims...
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africa, imagery, truth,
Pipe Lines of Kaimu: PrologueThe orbiting host of a forenoon sky claims a sunny day. They are attributed for the better part of each year, primarily affecting the island's...
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imagery, allegory, childhood, dream, feelings,
Illusory Visions:
they say that all places are the same:
the drought the sertao is on the face of an old grandfather
spring on the butterfly's wing
all snow is...
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imagery, allegory, allusion, analogy, extended
Desolations Midnight SnowIt falls softly as it tumbles...
Down from the sky darkly...
Deep in the heart of midnight.
Not a deity stirs at this moment out of time.
As young...
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imagery, absence, abuse, addiction, allegory,
Hickory Dickory, One O'ClockI resided in a beautiful old home, on the sunny side of the street;
And I had friendly neighbors, offering hellos whenever we'd meet.
Often when I...
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imagery, animal, cat, fantasy, home,
There For MeLooking 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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imagery, 12th grade, character, hope,
I Walk Past the Mirror On the Wall Guess What I Look Like Grandpa-Looks like my grandfather's father
over round brown with the second Grand
my visits tan round my hair receeds
Like his sounding wave
I breathe nostrils serenade...
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imagery, addiction, allusion, analogy, appreciation,
The Painting of MoonIn the shadow of the vintage pendulum clock,
still ticking on the worn out wall of my memory,
hangs a picture not yet pale,
my grandfather painted in...
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analogy, grandfather, imagery,
SenescenceAt
the
mercy
of unkind
senescence is he;
his pulchritude has since left his face.
"Don't get old!," he jokingly warns his grandkids sometimes.
Half a century ago, a spry man, now...
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age, grandfather, imagery, old,
A Leaf With a Window To the Past Ct
A LEAF WITH A WINDOW TO THE PAST
After lunch, I took a leisurely walk.
I came across a giant leaf, that
whispered, as only a leaf can...
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dance, farewell, grandfather, imagery,
Fighting At Sixty FiveI've been in quite a few bar fights
But that was many years ago
Now that I'm pushing sixty six
Those are feelings I try not to show
But...
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conflict, dog, grandfather, imagery,
Ancestral Vacation HomeDirt road lined with walls of stone,
run right up to the small home,
rust red siding coming in view,
in my head it’s still cedar, blue.
Sugar maples...
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children, family, grandfather, imagery,
Fragrantly Suited mutton chop whiskers
grandpa puffs cherrywood pipe
dislodging smoke...
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grandfather, imagery,
Horse-BarnThere stands my family’s horse-barn,
old logs, chinking, and rustic charm,
here out west it’s too dray to farm,
and mountain winds do small plants harm.
A ranch is...
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imagery, family, future, history, horse,