Long Granma Poems

REMINISCING ON A CHILDHOOD

I have never once considered myself, unlucky, in anyway
I’m still very grateful for what I have had back in the day

All those childhood memories; of feeling safe and secure
Within the folds of...

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Flesh on show and sun tan lotion
bodies laid on towels or sun lounges 
By the ocean
Salty air wind blown hair
Music streaming from the near by fair
Baby screaming nappies full
Cool guys looking for babes on the...

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Black-Eyed Peas (Oklahoma Summer)
David J Walker

The blooms arrive in June and by
July the pea pods start to dangle 
Soon the picking will begin when 
Grandma says so shading her eyes
From the angle of the morning...

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Granma's free stone peaches
have to be on the truck
the grocery store was just next door,
it didn't seem enough!

Because they ran the RailRoad
Rock Island ~ it sounds tough
and Granma needs her peaches
that grocer better scuff!

The Midwest's...

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BUBBLE WRAP POP

There are folk; who buy the stuff, just so they can pop
And while some folk only need a little, others need a lot

Every workplace; employees should have, a patch a day 
As to...

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I saw a funny man
Who wore funny clothes
Had a hole in his jacket
And three holes in his nose.

What a funny nose ring 
From it hung a feather
I hope it kept him warm
In the frosty weather.

I...

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Grandma, you look fresh like the morning dew,
 O! it is the herb Of paw paw leaves
  And dried snake skin, I drank,
  Grandma, flies are too many here,
  When flies perch...

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Granpa, when you was a kid
Did you thinks a running away from home
And look un see what's over that hill
Roundup wild horses
An bucks um out jist for a thrill?

How did you comes to get clear...

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Things
change
just fall
to shadows
of distant sweet dreams
God seems to be far, far away
the memories of my dead family are fading
I want to hold onto these distant things and memories, so I struggle to keep them

My
heart 
broken
love...

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Homemade jams and breads;
NO body eats at Grandma's table anymore;
Soft warm communications;
Real clothing made by hand;
No polyester blends;
A gentle voice yet stern reproach;
a Second time, no third choice;
a hug goodbye a spanking and a ...

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Liza B of Yorkshire stock
a tinsmith'a wife
her face bears
     travails of life
Lily B orphaned
in a sad manner
    commissioned
'neath the army's banner
Violet O born in the great war
father Ernest...

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You were small tiny to hold
As time flew by just like the wind
So soft and care free
Just like the sun beaming so warm
On your soft skin

As the years past you blossom
And you started to bloom
And...

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My beloved
I was not there when you were born
But you were on my mind
Just like your daddy
You have the capacity to grab all the attention

Talked to you on the phone
Garble! garble! garble!
Its your Granma I...

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