Grandfather Ode Poems

Wonky grandfather clock you are so much fun to see
Loving it that my father created you just for me.
Your curvy sides make me smile, at...

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Thank you, Old Lerato, for your love
To myself, an insignificant boy.
You empowered me with the love you gave
For love builds and doesn't destroy.
I remember how...

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Wish you were here,
Though your time has come;
The days seem so shorter,
Since you've been gone.

You have not failed us,
As you have gave it your all.
Family...

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He knew how to slaughter and dress a chicken
  She baked bread every Friday in the tiny kitchen
He built their one-car garage from lumberyard...

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I remember as a little girl when John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Everyone cried, everyone gathered around the TV set waiting for word.
We sang the “Star...

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My grandfather Hymie 
     spent his entire life at sea
his thick calloused hands 
     and ruddy complexion...

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War Is Hell
              Our nations war to settle a score and or...

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Twenty years have passed by since you left this world
For the world you are officially gone
For me you are always around
The greatest teacher ,my biggest...

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He'd rise every morning and put on his overalls.
Kiss the cook,sit at the table, and look at all there was to offer. 

Then he'd break...

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A father figure, worth his guarantee,
His name, Amaro, (like tomorrow), here you see,
a Latin name which means a bitter tree.
His name, Amaro, spurned with faith...

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You are one of the people whom I admire the most,
 I always think to send u in Heaven a post;
 Your absence pierces the...

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I never met Grandpa
so I do not know
if he ever went dancing
or stubbed his toe.
But I do know
one thing-
Grandma loved him.

And Grandma died
when was in...

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I walk an already trodden path...
Uncertain, of future lives that lie ahead

But, in faith I close these earthly Ojibwa eyes
In trill, thus, I hear the...

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twenty-two years as the Pastor of that Historic Little Church on the Hill
twenty-two years of leadership as you continue to submit to God's will

you're don't...

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As I saw you lying there
My heart fell into despair
I never knew how much I cared
Until I saw you lying there

As the tears befell my...

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