Long Grandkid Poems

(a rhyme revision in stanza 9 in case the sponsor already read this.)

'Twas the night before Christmas. My shopping was done.
But gifts needed wrapping, and THAT’S never fun!
Huge piles of gifts lay strewn everywhere.
They lay...

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One year I got a shirt with my initials on the pocket,
My grandma wanted me to have it instead of a Saturn rocket.

Even though what I really wanted was the model of the Apollo ship,
My...

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You left before you could meet them
"I want to live to see my grandkids" you’d say
Unfortunately you never got the chance
So let me introduce them to you today

There are three of them
Ages one, four and...

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“Grandpa when are you ‘gunna’ turn into a frog?”
Me grandson said as I brushed him away;
‘Turn into a frog! That flamin’ kid’s on the grog!’  
“Go on! You get outside and play!”

Then I went...

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My dear ChatGTP


My dear ChatGTP

Welcome to our world

All the glory, All the fame

You may run faster than the fastest

But can you lose a winning battle for your beloved.

Can you shed tears of joy, seeing your...

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I stare piteously at my grandkid-
kid jumping with aggressive joy 
at each completed level of
a mindless game displayed 
on the computer screen, 
played by hitting a key 
repeatedly, with hands trembling

will-less I crane my neck
to...

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I've got a lot for us to discuss,
Now that life is steadily on course.
We could have shared ideas and opinions
But Allah had exercised His majestic dominions;
Like shingles falling upon the roof,
Of'times that sounds like the...

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I asked my grandson, 
…what is my favorite thing to do,” after
he asked the round table.

“To play with me, of course.”
“Of course, I love playing with you…”

“and?”

and “praising God” - oh how much better
he knows...

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A short while back when Shayla was three,                     Written just for Barbara's Contest.
I took my...

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Every morning, before my caffeine 
I enjoy waking up with Ilene.
No, it's not what you think -
I wake up with her INK;
The fun thoughts of her daily routine!

She writes poems day out and day in,
With...

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Some sidewalk chalk, a pebble 
And a grandkid who would play
Set the stage to bring me back
To many years ago today.

I drew the board, explained the rules 
And as we hopped the squares, 
A wave...

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Years now glisten there,
silvery streak in her hair,
truest, gentlest care!


      ... grandma.


                To walk beside...

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