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Grandfather Sorrow Poems

These Grandfather Sorrow poems are examples of Sorrow poems about Grandfather. These are the best examples of Sorrow Grandfather poems written by international poets.

Grandfather

In sacred gardens,
your heirloom roses ascend,
the chipped-paint trellis—
in yesterday’s reflections,
where petals fell long ago...

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Categories: sorrow, eulogy, grandfather, nature, remember,

Gone


"I carry your heart with me(I carry it in my heart)I am never without it"

          ...

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Categories: sorrow, appreciation, death, family, grandmother,

A Slave In Freedom

Africa my Queen, my King yet a slave 
An angel in hell a freed soul in bondage
How else will I show you the gold
Beneath the...

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Categories: sorrow, africa, corruption, discrimination, integrity,

The Night Nurse

The decision was to work at the Old Folks home
Working the night so he could be alone
Walking his rounds in the semi dark
And on the...

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Categories: death, remember, sorrow,

When a Sparrow Falls

I don’t know how many millions or billions
Of sparrows there are, but the Father does
How can he know when each sparrow falls?
He knows every detail...

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Categories: bird, death, sorrow,

Chiming

Summertime
Grandfather clock
Slowly adjusting...

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Categories: sorrow, age, grandfather, i miss

Tears

Why weep so easily in old age?
Vulnerable to memory that thins
No substance,
A sparse waterfall
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Categories: sorrow, age, emotions, goodbye, grandfather,

Be That Rock

Be That Rock
by Michael R. Burch
 
for George Edwin Hurt Sr.
 
When I was a child
I never considered man’s impermanence,
for you were a mountain of...

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Categories: sorrow, absence, bible, child, courage,

Withered Rising

Withered hands that have lived a thousands lives over,
hold me above the sinister ways that life has tricked me.
A grandfather with the weight of the...

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Categories: sorrow, absence, appreciation, happy, love,

The Poem of Jovial Death

My Death might be some beautiful evening of 8th January , 2018 whence I will have heart brimming of contentment and a tummy brimming of...

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Categories: sorrow, grandfather,

Wishing You Were Here

Nothing will ever be the same, 
 without you here,
 trying our best to remain,
 happy and full of cheer,
 its the season of love,...

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Categories: sorrow, absence, emotions, family, goodbye,

Don'T Think That There's Tomorrow

On his way to work this morning
His truck lost to a big rig
He was running late and didn't take
The time to kiss his wife or...

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Categories: sorrow, death, farewell, life, loss,

Native Americans, Truth In the Telling

Native Americans, Truth In The Telling
         NOT FOR CONTEST

Savage was their race, deep cuts in their blows
Brave...

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Categories: sorrow, appreciation, character, dedication, history,

Dad's Song

Pops when you was first diagnosed I was in disbelief,
The cancer that they found made it hard to breathe.
An endless beacon of strength kept you...

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Categories: sorrow, absence, anniversary, death, grandfather,

Friend

The sweeper was there in the club that day,
But I was too busy and could not stay,
He donated his time and gave us a smile,
Until...

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Categories: death, friend, sorrow,