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Family Memory Poems

These Family Memory poems are examples of Memory poems about Family. These are the best examples of Memory Family poems written by international poets.


Daddy's Hand: Images
Big hands of this man 
Who I remember as a child? 
Growing up in and at a time, 
When real men were fathers then. 
Supporting...

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Categories: celebration, dad, father, memory,



Premium Member Adieu Peat Briquette - Ephemera
Eco fuels at home are warmly cherished,
obligation calls and duly heeded,
in the past a smokeless coal,
allied to peat briquette the norm,
a less than ideal medley...

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Categories: memory, celebration, cute, fun, happy,

Premium Member Charleston Merman
We were vacationing in the state of
palm trees and seashore in September's
mild loveliness.
Me, a sexagenarian widow,
hobbled by arthritis in my knees.
As my family enjoyed the...

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Categories: memory, 7th grade, 8th grade,

Premium Member To which image should we cling?
Trailing clouds of glory do we come
The magical moments of childhood
When we felt at one with the universe
Spinning dizzily with delight

Or with more of horrible...

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Categories: family, memory, nostalgia,

MORE THAN EPHEMERA
MORE THAN EPHEMERA

A dusty attic one must reorganise
Unlabelled boxes trying to hide
There will be at least one surprise

A diary and postcard tucked inside
A letter from...

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Categories: family, memory,



Premium Member Grandma's Stories
Grandma's Stories

“Can I tell a tale? Well sit.I'm going to. Pull up a chair, or on the floor that will do. 
I'm elderly now as...

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Categories: memory, age, family, funny, grandmother,

Premium Member THANKFUL FOR MEMORIES
Today I’m thankful for memories…
All memories are dear to me…
Especially the ones I’ve been blessed to share
with my friends and family.
...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: memory, thanks,

Premium Member ROLLER COASTER MEMORIES
How many times have we heard: life is like a roller coaster?
from its ups and downs we cannot hide.
As we navigate these highs and lows…
we...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: memory,

Premium Member Memories of a Childhood Home
My dad built a house on a hill. How exciting to climb to the tippy-top then look down upon the roof, and dog home, the...

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Categories: home, house, memory,

Interview Overheard
I hear them talking as I open my eyes, 
a hazy something lingers on my lips like lava, 
threatening to erupt. I hear question then...

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Categories: memory, analogy, animal,

Grieving the Shift
Time passes, conversation and music ends,
light refracts, shimmers in water, bends.
Nails grow, hair lengthens, heads turn and bones break,
stems wilt, gardens overgrow, clouds regurgitate water...

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Categories: memory, analogy,

Premium Member ONE YEARBOOK PHOTO
When I heard an old friend from high school was sick
I picked up my high school yearbook from the shelf were it has stood.
and when...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: friend, memory,

Premium Member I Wonder If He Knows
I wonder if he knows
He now lives with strangers in a home
His family are not there
He lives there all alone

I wonder if he knows
She is...

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© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lost, memory,

Children's Poem VIII
Children'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...

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Categories: memory, child, childhood, children, family,

Premium Member Table full of memories
Dusty picture frames 
hide faces of family 
lost over the years...

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Categories: memory,


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