Long Granddads Poems

The excitement mounted as we rummaged around in the attic looking through old steamer trunks for discarded clothes and props to make Halloween costumes. With an old suit and hat of Granddads, I became a...

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I dwelt once in a dreamy town, my land was alongside the border,
In a region of natural beauty, next to a crystalline body of water.

From the jade hills of my land, I could clearly see...

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World War 1 

The Sergeant

The rose cannot compete
with the sweet smell of death,
only her image can forgive.
 Laid upon the silence
of another boys coffin,
which hides this journey in life.

Your shame will not bring him back.
So...

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The best writters write about what they know

So i was told or so the story goes

So what better then to write about than one's very own family and lasting memories

So let me start by saying...

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Heavy shootings and more,
Primitive lead Automatics and their ancient songs, Contemporary Lasers and 
these sights of your futuristic DNA-CONTACT-ELIMATOR and more,
Please lets speak to Rome....The very place the revolution will erupt,
Where in this filthy universe...

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Pray, let me tell a story not so sweet- 
  E'er sure thy holes on head's side glean'd this 'ere;
Once upon a time, when naught ruled discreet,
  Please panic not- there was no time to...

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“My grandfather was strong and mighty, till he died at age of ninety.
The clock then stopped to run no more.
Then one of my relations wrote a song, sung for generations.
I think of it more and...

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Granddads’ Secret Love

The Pendulum of time is like the Pendulum of love,
Anchored in the being that is you
Your makeup tears hide the fading belle, who once danced down the Champs -elysees
But I too dwell on...

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The night was dreadfully dreary, his body old and weary
In his bed did hear he— a sound so full of fright.
With bolt-upright attention, his breath held in suspension,
He sat in self-detention on the bed.
His eyes...

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Little Max to Alton towers did go,
He went with his granddad, who some trains did want to show.

He loves his trains does Maxy, his excitement was mounting fast
Until he went on the “Runaway Train” then...

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I'm no good in a kitchen but, I can cook stuff all the same
Around here, say "the recipe" and most folks know my name
It hasn't changed in fifty years, and folks still drink it up
I've...

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You might have heard the stories
Or maybe they’re just rumours
Of when my poor old granny
Lost her frilly bloomers

My granny she is old school
Hates waste of any kind
Repairs her clothes incessantly
With whatever she can find

When the...

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He said, “Yes, I flew a fighter plane over the hills, and the people 
were running, they were just people, they were villagers, not soldiers, 
they were running away,”

and a tear came to his eye,...

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I believe moms can make it right,                            ...

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Children dashing and laughing throughout the mess.
Moms and dads trying not to throw away toys
As they gather up scads of shredded Christmas wrapping
Grandmas begging them to keep the bows.

Blinking twinkling Christmas tree looking less magical,
Appears...

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We picked out the crops
     and then set the seeds;
We prayed for the rain
     that they would soon need.
We battled the winds
     ...

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A mop of white hair
Over a young old face 
A pair of laughing eyes
Locked in a different place
As he tells his grandchildren
Tales of his youth
Each one guaranteed to be
Ninety percent of the truth.

He talks of...

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Oh Daddy please don't let my hand go
Please my Daddy please don't go

Daddy please don't go 
Your all we know 
Oh daddy please don't let go

What is to become of poor old mum
And Granddads girls...

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Green Town, Ohio 
where memories congregate, 
granddads as time machines, 
grandmas... magicians. 

Two children leaping 
in Superman sneakers 
as if they are flying, 
and smelling the fresh cut grass. 

Sparklers and firecrackers 
sizzle for dominance,...

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Green Town, Ohio 
where memories congregate, 
granddads as time machines, 
grandmas... magicians. 

Two of them leaping 
in Superman sneakers 
as if they are flying, 
smelling the fresh cut grass. 

Sparklers and firecrackers 
sizzle for dominance,...

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In my quiet times I often try,
To remember places I've been.
To recall folk I have passed by,
And sights that I have seen.

There is nothing wrong with my mind,
Sometimes my memory is quite refined.
I think it's...

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Granddads Little Girl

This first day of the New Year, 
May I whisper something in your ear
To wish you a very bright life,   
As a baby, as a child, as a wife,
To tell you...

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Grandparents.

Many, many years ago
when grannies were little girls.
They had very long hair with polka-dot ribbons
entwined around their curls.
And granddads played with catapults and different
wooden toys.
They were full of mischief and curious little boys.
They learn to...

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Doesn’t he look like his mother
And the nose, it’s his fathers you know
Look at his grin and the shape of his chin 
He’s the image of your brother Joe
The hair, there’s a lot, it’s amazing
It’s...

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Never too old 

Who builds the castles
When we go sea-siding 
Picks up the sticks
And plays horse riding
Baas to the sheep
To the cow’s moo, moo
Not the kids
It’s what granddads do

Who sucks the ice-cream
From the bottom of...

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