Grandmother Narrative Poems

Poindexter was irritated about his name
His litter mates were Frisky, Fralin, Frederick and Frances.
Why had he not been blessed with a name beginning with an...

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The siblings in our family consisted of 4 brothers and 8 sisters.
The boys were right at home in keeping our hair washed and combed.
On the...

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I watch everything goes up in flame and there was nothing I could do to shut out the pain the evening and the morning become...

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Doves brought the dream catcher to the young boy
The day he lost his parents
His mother by murder
His father by incarceration

His grandmother, who was from the...

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Maddie a little girl of eight, l dreamed of helicopters
She drew three of them in pictures for her grandmother
Her grandma wondered about it, but kept...

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after work we gather for a bit of flute playing and dancing
I am tired after work, I begged off several times
They stopped inviting me.
my grandmother...

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an ethereal presence slid into the corners of a melancholy day
she uplifted the protagonist as she knew she could
for he was her golden boy; she...

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My grandma had this incredible way about her, you know? She'd weave wisdom into every word, like a gentle flow: "Patience and faith." Whether I...

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She taught me the Lord's Prayer,
leading me to the knowledge of God.

Very accepting and non-judgmental,
my mother always supported and believed
in me. She never put me...

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The orbiting host of a forenoon sky claims a sunny day. They are attributed for the better part of each year, primarily affecting the island's...

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What is causing the very latest generational great divides in America?
The division is between the older generations: the Silent Generation,
the Baby Boomers and Generation X....

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Grandma died when I was 18 years old, on Christmas day. I never really got to know her well since the family had pretty much...

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It's Thanksgiving eve and
The Browns brought a live turkey
To eat but little
Did they know that it wasn't
An ordinary turkey but
As day turn into night and
Darkness...

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    The young mother died,
    before she could hold her newborn child
    Paternity was unknown
 ...

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In a time past there was a little girl,
and though quite sad she liked to swirl and twirl;
she lived with Grandma in an attic...

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