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Grandfather Not What It Poems

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Love Not Blood
The shadow cast by twilight's breath,
A tale transpire, of life and death.
A refuge boy, adrift and torn,
From distant lands, in agony borne.

To Italy's shores, he...

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© Gisli Nair  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: not what it, boy, caregiving, family, grandfather,



Premium Member Not this Time
they swarm into our home like bees
seeking daisies, lilies, roses, and such
we throw sugary treats at them
allow them to commandeer the TVs
and the computers
Their parents...

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Categories: not what it, grandchild, granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother,

It's Not a Bluebird But It's What I Have
after Charles Bukowski

No bird lives
in my heart. An 
inhospitable place, flooding
every morning
with curious
blue blood. 

The bird I know
lives
in the park or,
the zoo, or maybe
the splintered...

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© C.W. Bryan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: not what it, bird, life, poets,

Premium Member Puzzles Are Not Fun Now
Putting puzzles together used to be relaxing.
But now it is not nearly as much fun.
For I live with a grandfather who always hides the last...

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Categories: not what it, age, cat,

Premium Member Why Do They Not Go In
moon’s tears do not pour
They trail out on top of the water
why do they not go in? asks grandchild
Gram loves it that he thinks she...

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Categories: not what it, grandchild, granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother,



Premium Member Picking Petals
“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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Categories: not what it, cheer up, childhood, children,

Why Not Sink the Ships
If my maternal grandfather Dr. Taylor Austin Pennock (pharmacist and chiropractor) could be alive on planet earth today? Theses are some things he might just...

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Categories: not what it, 10th grade, 11th grade,

Not a Fable But a Place In Time
Where was this place upon a hill?
It would be nice to take you there,
It not a fable, but a place in time,
Where, people I grew...

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Categories: not what it, angst, anti bullying, betrayal,

Premium Member Gramps Is Not An Acronym
My gramps was a long-staunch Baptist of the sort S.B.C., 
Until his local congregation got beholden to the R.N.C. 

Gramps was a hoot – on...

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Categories: not what it, character, grandfather, humor,

Wolf Songs and Moonlight
It was there on the cliffs of my home I found them. The wolves that fight for the moon. You see, there have been tales...

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Categories: not what it, good night, granddaughter, grandfather,

Premium Member Lessons From Life When Simple
Lessons From Life When Simple
(From my Grandfather)
By: Miracle Man
1/9/2021

My grandparents lived on the farm and had ten children.
This was a time when large families we’re...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: not what it, life, truth, work,

Premium Member Green Apples
Green Apples

Lovely…
not yet ripe, 
sweet fruit from grandma’s…
most favorite tree. 
She planted it… 
just for me. 

When I was born, 
my mama died. 
It was...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: not what it, angel, cancer, courage, grandchild,

Premium Member Antipoem 36 Silent Mercies
AntiPoem 36
“Silent Mercies”

(Poet’s Instruction: Softly play in the background Mario Lanza singing
“Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen” from Puccini’s La Boheme, while reading this AntiPoem)


A

Look over...

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Categories: not what it, death, memory, suicide,

Saying Goodbye
As the music plays 
I drown out the sound around 
Reality slowing fading away
The lyrics come at me 
Like a wave of emotions 
Remembering the...

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Categories: not what it, 12th grade, death, goodbye,

Empty
I feel like I've been burried alive ,
I'm loosing my mind , I've fallen behind , 
behind the line I could never cross or ever...

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Categories: not what it, anger, dark, drink, feelings,


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