Grandfather Morning Poems

Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Red rooster too late, heralds dawn done.
"Cock, a doodle do" is too late. Morn is sprung and dusted.
Like grandfather clock that chimes gongs in seconds...

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Here comes my father;
“Sheikh Al-Arab.”
My mother made him, also, tea with milk and “gargoosh.”
Now, time to fill “al-azyar” (water clay-containers);
They are under the two huge...

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My Grandad was a wanderer, especially on a day like today,
"Wrap up warm, let's go for a walk", is what, he used to say.
Cold and...

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Morning comes with hope renewed
Yesterday's woes fade away
Cool morning breeze and misty dew
Produces gratitude for this new day

A'ho Grandfather, your child am I
Who sings a...

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The Tale of Gallina Canyon, NM  

Red sandstone, sheer cliff monuments awaits the morning breeze, and high above the canyon floor an eagle sores...

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Rereading the poems of others
and my own. Community across
time and graves. What's left
exceeds in significance
one's last moment. Yet
his last moment must have been
exceedingly important
for the...

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Cornflakes with honey and chilled little feet
from drafty morning windows and cool tile floors
sits next to her grandfather to listen 
as he tells stories from...

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Morning Dew

Walking with the cool fall breeze ruffling my hair,
the Sun rising with its comforting warmth.
I hear the river applauding me as I sing.
Sparrows in...

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On a beautiful morning one day in May - I went to my grandma and grandpa's to stay - My 
grandpa fixed breakfast and fed...

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