Grandfather Lyric Poems
These Grandfather Lyric poems are examples of Lyric poems about Grandfather. These are the best examples of Lyric Grandfather poems written by international poets.
Be Like John WayneWritten April 14, 2017
It's easy to fall in love
Even easier to break apart
I've been trying for six long years
To mend this broken heart
You used to...
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Categories:
death, family, grandfather, grief,
The Land of Four Sunsthe land of five suns
each with its duty
one dries beads of dew
that stagger as rodent
from rabbit hole
another people’s hopes
that form in dreamy eyes
of...
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Categories:
lyric, allusion, betrayal,
When a Sparrow FallsI don’t know how many millions or billions
Of sparrows there are, but the Father does
How can he know when each sparrow falls?
He knows every detail...
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Categories:
bird, death, sorrow,
Look At YouLook at you looking at me
My only son’s one son
A very cute mini version of me
A new generation to carry on my name
Your whole life...
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Categories:
baby, future, grandfather, innocence,
Funerals No Longer Scare MeGrandpa got a twenty-one gun salute.
I shivered, knowing how much he hated guns
After Viet Nam
The last time he picked one up was in a jungle.
Fifty...
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Categories:
lyric, death, grandfather, spiritual,
Sequestered Thoughts
Sequestered Thoughts
Written: By Tom Wright
8-10-2019
I sequestered some thoughts today at dawning,
Other days I’ve allowed these thoughts free reign.
But today, I’ve a tendency, to sit...
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Categories:
how i feel, writing,
A Song For GrandmaI went to visit Grandpa at the Old Folks Home.
I found him in his room all alone,
He was strumming his guitarthe way he Use to...
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Categories:
absence, grandfather, grandmother, guitar,
Where Is Grandma and Grandpa Now- -WHERE IS GRANDMA AND GRANDPA NOW
Mama ma ma yah!
Where is grandma,
Where is she now?
And is she in heaven…
Papa pa pa now!
Where is grandpa,
Where is he...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, grandfather, grandmother,
Night Noises
Night Noises
By: Tom Wright
1/8/99
Reverberations,
of a summer's night.
A lawnmower overhead,
or that of an ultra light?
Booming bass woofers,
from a cruising car.
With It's ground shaking sound,
I wonder,...
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Categories:
night, nonsense,
Most of the TimeGrandpa was born in 1929
He had a great life he’d often say with a sigh
Grandpa was also very fond of his “wine”
Meaning anything that came...
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Categories:
grandfather,
We Are the Ghost Dance PoetsWe Are The Ghost Dance Poets
by David Lee Herring (The Powwow Poet)
We come together from near and far
Like wise men following...
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Categories:
dance, god, native american,
Off To the Races For Grampa NormOff to the races for Grandpa Norm
Off to the races for Grandpa Norm
Off to the races for Grandpa Norm
He's my favorite grandpa though
Some may consider...
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Categories:
appreciation, assonance, fun, games,
No One Can Take MemoriesTHE HANDS ARE GONE,
THAT CRADLED ME,
TURNED THE COVERS ON MY BED,
HANDS THAT HELPED ME BOW MY HEAD,
KNEADED A SUPPER OF MILK...
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Categories:
lyric, child, granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother,
Don'T Think That There's TomorrowOn his way to work this morning
His truck lost to a big rig
He was running late and didn't take
The time to kiss his wife or...
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Categories:
death, farewell, life, loss,
Veteran's Day 2017I just learned (via email)
from a close paternal relative Pamela Noblitt
that my paternal grandfather (Aaron Harris),
when in his...
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Categories:
america, conflict, courage, dad,