Grandson Love Poems

My last words to you were, "I love you."  Those were your last words to me
on the phone. You were in Miami. The night...

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The hands that brewed my cup of tea
                 ...

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*Image of Gender Gap by TLNT.

Parity Parody

I was just twenty, was young and healthy, and I said let's dance,
Turned to you Big Ben, said, first...

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“Picking Petals”

I stopped on a path one day
And picked a flower for my grandson
And taught him this song

She loves me,
She loves me not.
She loves me,...

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New Shoes

"Grandpa, my shoes are too small, 
or maybe my feet or too big?"

"You are going to be ten foot tall, 
if you don't stop...

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Ribbons

Thoughts are flowing
like water passing under the bridge. 
There are rivulets that form ribbons... 
of greater meaning found in the lower reaches. 
There is where...

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Someday

When I grow up, 
I want to be... like my father. 
He serves in the military, 
and helps other people 
around the world. 
He fights...

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Brown American
Haiku


Brown American
Talented and courageous
My grandson, Landan...

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When my first Grandchild was born I loved
him from word go.I arranged my work schedule so that I could keep him when his mother returned
to...

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One Dollar

When I was a kid, 
I worked for every dime I got. 
I folded papers, 
I took out the trash, 
I did dishes, 
washed...

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Davis truly had God's kind heart
seeking that his thoughts be shown
even to seeking one of Saul's house
to do exceedingly good for them alone

Ziba was a...

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Our grandson who is three is quick to pick up on concepts,
The latest concept he has mastered,
Is that of volume as a concept,
Addition and subtraction...

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I ponder
How long will this innocence last.
As I watch him play….take leave
Of our world
And become a dinosaur,
Roar and stomp and laugh
And mispronounce their names.

I watch...

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Immediately after a grandson and his grandma walked into the bookstore…the grandson walked up to me…a little bit bemused…and asked if I would help his...

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May you be twice as happy this year,
As you were last year,
And for every year after that,
Giving twice the pleasure,
You gave last year,
And every year...

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