Best Nanna Poems

Although I cannot see you, 
I feel your presence near. 
I will hold you close in memory, 
Till I drop my very last tear.

So sleep now with the angels, 
And your golden heart let rest. 
Although our hears are broken, 
We know GOD took the...

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My nanna
Looking at my nanna sitting in her chair
Tweezers in her hand plucking her chin of hairs
Putting on her rouge and lipstick a bit over the edge
Shouting at her friend are you ready over the spring hedge
Off to town they go
Paying all their bills
Once a...

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Nanna is a nice word.
Nickname for mom's mother.
Never too far to reach.
Nearby to help you out.
Needing advice or care.
Needles clicking knitting.
Nice tiny tot booties....

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Today my heart feels sorrow
Saying goodbye is hard to do
But I will cherish every moment 
The memories I have of you

It's been the hardest thing to lose you
You meant so much to me
But to Robert and Evan also
A Great Grandmother always to be

You will always...

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Today is your birthday & i did not know
i never grew up beside you, 
i wish the past was different because today i would know
today is your birthday 
but your no longer here
so as i look to the night sky tonight
ill send a birthday wish...

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my nanna was like one of many family /friends id rely on te one id g run to when i cant run to noone else. She was the one that always toldme when i had stomach surgery be strong brea it will get better.
 She...

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It was the end of 2013 when I got a phone call from my Mother,
My Mother and I didn’t live together,
Because she ran away when things got difficult,
She said that my beloved Grandmother was ill.
She said Nanna may not survive the night , and she...

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my first seduction 
was with a bowl of stale feta, 
a tragic affair with a refrigerator 
that wouldn't shut. 
crumbs scattered like apology, 
i whispered sweet nothings, 
"eat me, make me whole”
the hinge creaked, 
and i poured out, 
wanderlust in the cheap cheese, 
another unloved...

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Up to the sky, now you can sleep.
Cloud as a pillow, us down here all weep.

Thinking back of all the things, the talks we'd have, the joy you'd bring.

When I think of you, my heart it aches.
I wish you were here to fix my mistakes.

I...

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