Short Gramps Poems

Short Gramps Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Gramps by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Gramps by length and keyword.


Premium Member A Brief Flyer

   Elevator, escalator, or stairs
     Gramma couldn't decide

   Gramps said, Hop on my back
     Pretty ladies ought to take fliers


Gramps

Light work?
Give to granddad
The bits drawer will help him
Tape, screws, raw plugs, string, pins and bits
If no cure, use black tape
Strap it down hard
All done!
Form: Cinquain

Premium Member A Turban of Exotic Fruit

I design myself a turban of exotic fruit
To wear with my fabulous orange holiday suit
I wish I could find my other paisley green boot
To visit Gramps, an old colorful coot.
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Fate In Others Hands

surrenderer ungrudgingly humbling she reposition actualization again as her gramps essentially irresponsibly whacker of sail deciding my normandy


(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • July 20–26, 2026)
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Blew the Feathers Right Off

Cats are lounging, small puppy's gruff 
One hen a strutting just doing its stuff 
Sunny afternoon, we can’t get enough 
Gramps, then snorts some of his snuff 
One loud sneeze; the hen’s in the buff
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Stormy Memory

Grandpa's miniature toy boat
I borrowed the vintage to float
Down the slope full of rain
Oops gone down a storm drain
Lucky Gramps didn't go for my throat



AP: Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Limerick

Premium Member What was THAT, Gramps

  Ancient arts so intriguing
    hieroglyphs, cave drawings

  Stone flints at end of spears
    two combined, a pair of shears

  Primitive though, their communication
    the imperiled art of ~ conversation
Form: Couplet

Premium Member haircut forces me into a hat

Grandma said she would take care of the kids now
I knew things were tight, gramps had run off with the cow
and a woman, but we were sworn to secrecy about that
Grandma took her anger out on us. Now I have to wear a hat
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Gramps

The last words of my gramps were “A TRUCK!!!... “ I guess he should have taken Uber There's a lesson to be learned Should've spent what he earned He'd be off to Florida for the winter again in the future
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Fair's Fair

Listen to poem:
*Image of Equal by Pixabay. Fair's Fair I taught my kids to teach their kids be equal, less complication don't call me Gramps, heaven forbids that's called age discrimination. RhymeScheme: abab 2021 August 16

Premium Member Grandpa's Prayer Chair

Grandpa’s chair still there

though stables are empty now

ghostly echoes of neighing

still hear Gramps praying

“Please, Lord, let me keep my farm”

blessings bestowed on our clan




*Entry for Rick’s “Chair in Shadowed Room” contest
Form: Choka

Premium Member Peacefully Like Gramps

When I die I want to go peacefully in my sleep like gramps Not screaming like his passengers while careening off the on-ramp Want to wake up in our garage Enjoying a soothing massage Administered by the neighbor's sexy teenage tramp
fun
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Peaceful Like Gramps

When I die I want to go peacefully in my sleep like gramps Not screaming like his passengers while careening off the on-ramp Want to wake up in our garage Enjoying a soothing massage Administered by the neighbor's sexy teenage tramp
Form: Limerick

Turkey

Turkey oh turkey what can I say
Unbelievable tenderness is what we want this day
Relishing each tasty morsel with so much glee
Kindness in the air for everyone and me
Even gramps can’t growl as we bow to pray
Yes dear Lord, thank you for our blessings today
Form: Acrostic

Joyful Anarchy

gramps' farm cottage, photogenic,

       exudes  country  quaintness, scenic,

         but wait till his grandkids arrive,

             bedlam it'll be, a mad hive,

            what to us may be anarchic,

            for gramps,  joyfully chaotic!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member hillbilly hoe down

hllbilly hoe down
hard piece of straw in each mouth
bibbed overall dance

banjos and fiddles
potluck of fancy desserts
arkansas ham hocks

hound dogs on the porch
homemade corn liquor from gramps
square dancing parents

loud bluegrass music
pink taffy pull for the kids
toothless grandmothers
Form: Senryu

Merry Christmas My Angels

I miss you both so much
On this Christmas Eve 
My Nanny and my Gramps
Why did you have to leave?
As we celebrate this day
In your house like years past
We may no longer see you 
But your spirits will always last
Our family is strong
Because of your love
Merry Christmas in heaven
To my two angels up above
Form: Lyric

Gramps' Foot Spa

ink-stained shirt pockets
full of old pens that don't write
grandpa taught me right

worn-out wallet bent
to the contours of his hip
sore with a disc slip

gramps is soldier's son
who's mighty scared of the gun
none else makes him run

but thanks to foot spa
restores a lot of chutzpah
shy toes of grandpa

Sevenbits--Nature

Gramps' backyard teems with spiced herbs, Peaches for offspring's dining, With youngsters piping chorales. A garden fount stands blithely Misting potent soil of lawn- Where lights bathe nature's display To honor Gram's memory. Written for Sevenbits Contest--nette onclaud 3 Oct 2017
Form: Verse

Momerick

There once was a lady named "Mom"
Who had a hard time keeping calm.
But she knows how to sew
And garden and mow
And she's a farmer on facebook.com

She's a grandma to Mel and Harmony
She's a young wife for "Gramps" who's 70! 
She calms the waters
Of her four lovely daughters
And best of all she puts up with me.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Gramps Ashes Where

'look what i found ma'...
"now thet there was yer gran pa's
fav'rit grave marker...

...don't go lose'n it"
'yuh mean gran pa made tombstones'
"no son...thet was his...

...so where'd'ya find it"
'top of the septic tank ma'
"and how'd it git there"

'tommy did it ma'
"did whut...just who is tommy...
...gawd no...where's dad's jar"


stan sand
© Sand Blown  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Gifts

I used to get gifts tons of toys for the Yuletide from mom, dad, gran, gramps, uncles, aunts and friends. But many years passed and gifts disappeared to none gifts were zero as family passed on. I recall true love- my husband gave me the best now he is gone . . . another name engraved.

I'M Cuckoo For Coco Puffs

<                      once was an  cuckoo bird named Sonny
                         tagging along gramps as first  gunny
                               shooting up cereal bowls
                     with dark puffs @@@ nice ~ and ~ slow
                            Oh how trix rabbit did so runny  






Entry For Poets Destroyer 's
Your Favorite Cereal Limerick
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Form: Limerick

Wrong Turns

On your own child, all alone child, don't be scared,
no one cared.

Sad boy, very bad boy, drink some liquor,
grow up quicker.

Teen kid, you're a mean kid, take his money,
you'll find it funny.

Weird man, you'll be feared man, take that knife,
end his life.

Ill gramps, take your pill gramps, in your cell,
a living hell.

Dead now, in your bed now, no one came,
you're to blame.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member To Err Or Not To Heir

the kid looked curiously at grandpa ~ who was struggling down the stairs 

he turned to the kid saying ~ one day you’ll be just like me so don’t stare

kid said i might be lucky and die young ~ besides since when do you care

mum was aghast chiding the kid ~ say your sorry that comment’s not fair 

i’m sorry gramps ~ but dad said we must come round to inherit our share

By
David Kavanagh
Form: Monoku

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