Long Grandfathers Poems
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WonderlandWonderland
by Michael R. Burch
We stood, kids of the Lamb, to put to test
the beatific anthems of the blessed,
the sentence of the martyr, and the pen’s
sincere religion. Magnified, the lens
shot back absurd reflections of each...
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Categories:
grandfathers, allegory, allusion, analogy, crazy, fantasy, imagination, magic,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers I
I translated the first six Native American poems for my father when he chose to enter hospice and end his life by not taking dialysis …
Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I
loose translation/interpretation...
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Categories:
grandfathers, father, father daughter, father son, fathers day,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IiiPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers III
Success
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;
there is no time for a ticker-tape parade
before bed, no award, no bright statuette
to be delivered...
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Categories:
grandfathers, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IvPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers IV
Neglect
by Michael R. Burch
What good are your tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is your concern
to a child sick of living, waiting to perish?
What good, the warm...
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Categories:
grandfathers, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IiPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers II
All Things Galore
by Michael R. Burch
for my grandfathers George Edwin Hurt Sr. and Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
Grandfather,
now in your gray presence
you are
somehow more near
and remind me that,
once, upon a star,
you...
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Categories:
grandfathers, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
A Poem For My History TeacherI wanted to write
The best slavery poem ever written—
Perhaps win a Pulitzer or Faulkner.
I had every intention of conforming
To the standards
Of modern verse and composition,
Lyrics fluidly written,
Perfect...
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Categories:
grandfathers, assonance, forgiveness, history, holocaust, humanity, memorial, slavery,
Form:
Rhyme
FBI FRAUDAs i reported my stalker and identity thief 2002 to the FBI she began climbing into my window for poetry my grandfathers world war 11 medal information this resulted in her arriving with a gunman...
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Categories:
grandfathers, anxiety, family, hurt, military, poetry, stress, world
Form:
Free verse
Comedy of Impeaching ErrorsThe Republican congressmen,
and I do mean white privileged straight men,
came to their Democratic opposition
concerned about how depressing
December can be,
and all of winter,
come to think and feel
of dark discerning Advent,
So maybe we could stage
a comedic debate
about...
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Categories:
grandfathers, caregiving, earth, health, humor, integrity, political, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
Categories:
grandfathers, history, native american,
Form:
Free verse
Ending In a Deadly Minor KeySo here's my question for this dawning day,
like a WinWin ruminating message in a bottle
floating through a LoseLose climate sea
felt still foggy from last night,
some mysterious how now;
One of many
health related strategic WinLose issues
tuning out...
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Categories:
grandfathers, anger, anti bullying, dark, fear, green, grief,
Form:
Political Verse
Parting Instructions For My OldestYou did not choose to be born,
much less Black Lives Really Should Equally Matter born
into this legacy,
your familial and civil Two-Connecticuts destiny.
I realize that,
And regret perhaps my own choices
in response to invitations for care-giving
and healthcare-receiving
were...
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Categories:
grandfathers, appreciation, caregiving, health, integrity, love, political, wisdom,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Strawberry SweetSTRAWBERRY SWEET
Strawberry scent
At the picnic place
Late in the afternoon
Birds singing up in the trees
With the joy of spring season`
The basket half empty all the pies gone
Red wine from one glass, but we had...
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Categories:
grandfathers, love, romantic,
Form:
Narrative
My Grandfathers Dying WishSee problems they no worry Timothy
He was raised by his Great Grandmother
One day she taught him
Miho you can make life beautiful or ugly
Work hard, find a woman who has a strong back
Beauty fades it doesn’t...
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Categories:
grandfathers, faith, family, father, funeral, visionary, son, words,
Form:
Free verse
My Ancestors EscapePRELUDE
There has always been animosity between Greece and Turkey as far back in history as we wish to go. Greece was occupied by the Turks during the Middle-Ages for almost 500 years. My...
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Categories:
grandfathers, war,
Form:
Free verse
Mount Rushmore, Carved In StoneMount Rushmore; Carved In Stone
From deep within the earth’s crust,
An orogeny pushes
The batholith upwards
To become ‘The Shrine of Democracy,’
Of weathered presidential faces
Chiseled in rock in South Dakota;
Representing 150 years of history
(From birth of a nation
To...
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Categories:
grandfathers, america, education, history, inspiration, patriotic, tribute, usa,
Form:
Verse
Children's Poems IIIChildren's Poems III
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Success
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;
there...
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Categories:
grandfathers, boy, child, childhood, children, family, father, girl,
Form:
Rhyme
Children's Poem VIChildren's Poems VI
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Springtime Prayer
by Michael R. Burch
They'll have to grow like crazy,
the springtime baby geese,
if they're to...
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Categories:
grandfathers, baby, child, childhood, children, family, father, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Children's Poems VChildren's Poems III
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Picturebook Princess
by Michael R. Burch
for Keira
We had a special visitor.
Our world became suddenly brighter.
She was...
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Categories:
grandfathers, child, childhood, children, mother, mother son, mothers
Form:
Rhyme
Children's Poems IIChildren's Poems II - Lullabies
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Sappho's Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
Hushed yet melodic, the hills and the valleys
sleep...
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Categories:
grandfathers, boy, child, childhood, children, father, mother, song,
Form:
Rhyme
Children's Poem VIIIChildren's Poems VII
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Sailing to My Grandfather, for George Hurt
by Michael R. Burch
This distance between us
—this vast sea
of...
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Categories:
grandfathers, child, childhood, children, family, grandfather, grandmother,
Form:
Rhyme
Brick Mason's DaughterMy dad is a brick mason and so were my 2 grandfathers so it’s easy to say I would
know a thing or two about laying brick. It has surely come in handy a few...
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Categories:
grandfathers, life, sadme, life, me, time,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Munich Home of MonksWalking through the tall pines of Perlarcher forst
Munich Germany I walk deep within the woods
every day the barbarian alps in my view colorful
leaves rustle beneath my feet my London fog
trench coat...
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Categories:
grandfathers, angel, christian, faith, father, muse, poems, religious,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
His Name Was AbeI do not remember any of my grandfathers nor any uncles in our ...
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Categories:
grandfathers, mentor, youth,
Form:
Narrative
The Missing PieceMy Life is definitely trying to tell me something....
It is almost certainly painting a picture, but I can't see what it's a picture
of.
It's been a series of Magic Moments, Crushing Blows, surreal and unfortunate
events, earth...
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Categories:
grandfathers, adventure, analogy, confidence, cool, creation, psychological, riddle,
Form:
Free verse
Children's Poems XIChildren's Poems XI
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
To My Child, Unborn
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
How many were the nights, enchanted
with despair and...
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Categories:
grandfathers, child, childhood, children, father, father son, son,
Form:
Rhyme