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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: GRANDMOTHERS Matches Found: 184 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CHILD TO HIS SICK GRANDFATHER, by JOANNA BAILLIE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grand-dad, they say you're old and frail Last Line: You do not hear me, dad. Subject(s): Grandparents; Sickness; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Illness A COUP D'ETAT; AN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 4, 1851, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: The child received two bullets in the brain Last Line: Must sew the shrouds of children eight years old. Subject(s): Death - Children; France; Grandparents; Guns; Murder; Napoleon Iii (1808-1873); War; Death - Babies; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers A GRANDFATHER'S LAST LETTER, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Elise, I have your valentine with the red shoes. I have Last Line: Where I am going. Subject(s): Children; Death; Grandchildren; Grandparents; Letters; Parents; Spiritual Life; Childhood; Dead, The; Grandsons; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Parenthood A GRANNY, by THOMAS WALSH Poem Text First Line: The cross her withered fingers hold Last Line: Here was thy meek, thy trusting, stainless heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett Subject(s): Death; Grandparents; Religion; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Theology A PORTRAIT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "a slim, young girl, in lilac quaintly dressed" Last Line: "her grandson, might have been my own grandsire" Subject(s): Grandparents;love;sex; Grandmothers;grandfathers;great Grandfathers;great Grandmothers A SONG O' CHEER, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grampa he's a-allus sayin' Last Line: "old -- bob -- white!" Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Grandparents; Nature; Singing & Singers; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers A WOMAN FROM CONNAUGHT, by ROBERT KELLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My great-great-great-great-grandmother Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Connaught, Ireland; Family Life - Ireland; Grandparents; Heritage; Heredity; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers ACQUISITION, by CLARA HYDE Poem Text First Line: Grandmother counted linens Last Line: Who never thought it mattered? Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers AFTER SCHOOL, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It's strange to think how much may come from just / a little thing Last Line: "and grandma says, ""oh, go to bed,—I've dropped another stitch!" Subject(s): Childhood Memories; Children; Classmates; Courtship; Grandparents; Love - Beginnings; Past; Childhood; Schoolmates; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers AN INCIDENTAL REPORT ON MY GRANDMOTHER'S DIVINITY, by BOB HICOK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandmother had 14 children Subject(s): Death; Funerals; Grandparents; Dead, The; Burials; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers AN OLD WOMAN WALKING ON THE ROAD, by LOUISE A. JOHNSON Poem Text First Line: Grey the day! And grey her life! Last Line: Trudging, lonely, on her way. Subject(s): Grandparents; Old Age; Solitude; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Loneliness APRIL FOOL BIRTHDAY POEM FOR GRANDPA, by DIANE DI PRIMA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Today is your / birthday and I have tried Subject(s): Birthdays; Ethnic Groups - United States; Grandparents; Minorities - United States; United States - Race Relations; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers APRIL FOOL POEM FOR GRANDPA, by DIANE DI PRIMA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Today is yout Subject(s): Birthdays; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers AT GRANDFATHER'S, by JOHN FRENCH WILSON Poem Text First Line: My son, upon this curving stair Last Line: Where bears have lurked and lovers kissed. Subject(s): Grandparents; Love; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers BE KIND TO AULD GRANNIE, by ARCHIBALD MACKAY Poem Text First Line: Be kind to auld grannie, for noo she is frail Last Line: Like a time-shatter'd tree bending low in the gale. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers BEAUTIFUL GRANDMAMMA, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair Last Line: Was to grow a beautiful grandma for me Subject(s): Children;grandparents; Childhood;grandmothers;grandfathers;great Grandfathers;great Grandmothers BESIDE THE BARS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Grandmother's knitting has lost its charm Last Line: For the two who linger beside the bars. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Death; God; Grandparents; Love - Loss Of; Old Age; Prayer; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers BREAD, by RUTH STONE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you make a connection between this table and that table Subject(s): Bread; Grandparents; Memory; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers BUB SAYS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The moon in the sky is a custard Last Line: An' talk about suddently droppin' off. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Children; Clouds; Grandparents; Moon; Sky; Childhood; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers BUTTERFLY LAUGHTER, by KATHERINE MANSFIELD Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the middle of our porridge plate Alternate Author Name(s): Murry, John Middleton, Mrs.; Beauchamp, Kathleen Subject(s): Butterflies; Grandparents; Insects; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Bugs CANYON GORGE ARROYO, by ALBERT GOLDBARTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How many other codices Subject(s): Canyons; Death; Earth; Grandparents; Tradition; Dead, The; World; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers CHILD'S SONG FOR GRANDMA, by NANNIE VICTORIA JOHNSON Poem Text First Line: I know where the roses grow Last Line: It's out at my grandma's. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers CHINESE GRANDMOTHER, by LLOYD STONE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Calmly she sits in the darkened movie house Last Line: And politely watches. Subject(s): Grandparents; Motion Pictures; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Movies; Cinema CLAY PIPE, by J. O. GARRETT Poem Text First Line: The old log house, built by his own hands Last Line: "I shall sleep."" and a door closed silently." Subject(s): American Civil War; Grandparents; Pioneers; Southern States; United States - History; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; South (u.s.) COMPANIONS; A TALE OF A GRANDFATHER, by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I know not of what we ponder'd Last Line: And what this is all about. Subject(s): Grandparents; Women; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers CONSTELLATIONS, by PRIMUS ST. JOHN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nighttime / fore I go to bed Last Line: Grandma ole. Subject(s): Grandparents; Slavery; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Serfs CURTAINS, by DAVID WAGONER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grandpa took me along to the hospital Subject(s): Grandparents; Hospitals; Window Treatments; Childhood Memories; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Venetian Blinds; Curtains; Shades; Drapes DEAR CHILDREN TELL ME THAT, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Our grandma has two little dogs Last Line: Dear children tell me that? Subject(s): Children; Grandparents; Childhood; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers DISHWATER, by TED KOOSER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Slap of the screen door, flat knock Subject(s): Grandparents; Farm Life; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Agriculture; Farmers DOROTHY Q; A FAMILY PORTRAIT, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grandmother's mother: her age I guess Last Line: Through a second youth of a hundred years. Subject(s): Family Life; Grandparents; Quincy, Dorothy; Relatives; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers ELEGY, by SIDNEY KEYES Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: April again and it is a year again Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers EPITAPH: FOR MY GRANDMOTHER, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This lovely flower fell to seed Last Line: That she would grow again. Subject(s): Grandparents; African Americans; Death; Flowers; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Negroes; American Blacks; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers EPITAPH: FOR MY GRANDMOTHER, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This lovely flower fell to seed Last Line: That she would grow again. Subject(s): African Americans; Death; Flowers; Grandparents; Negroes; American Blacks; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers FIFTH GRADE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by RITA DOVE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I was four in this photograph fishing Last Line: But I remember his hands Subject(s): Family Life; Grandparents; Hands; Relatives; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Her hair snipped and tightly curled gives me great comfort Last Line: Unlike mine, you save me. I would grow so tired were it not for you. Subject(s): Banks And Banking; Grandparents; Hawaii; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers FLIES, by DONALD HALL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A fly sleeps on the field of a green curtain. I sit by my grandmother's side Subject(s): Animals; Farm Life; Grandparents; Agriculture; Farmers; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers FLYING INTO ST. LOUIS, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is socked in. Can't see a thing. Nor have I ever Last Line: And boarded the plane to san francisco. Subject(s): Family Life; Grandparents; Parents; St. Louis, Missouri; Relatives; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Parenthood FOR GRANNY (FROM HOSPITAL), by JOHN PEPPER CLARK Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me, before the ferryman's return Alternate Author Name(s): Clark-bekederemo, J. P.; Clark, J. P. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GLINT, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandmother mentioned only once how the piano teacher she had as Last Line: They're drifting just outside the tune. Subject(s): Grandparents; Kisses; Lips; Music Teachers; Musical Instruments; Pianos; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRAMPA SCHULER, by RUTH SUCKOW Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Grampa schuler, when he was young Last Line: "young fools coming to!" Subject(s): Grandparents; Old Age; Youth; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRAMPA'S CHOICE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: First and best of earthly joys Last Line: Why, the one that's happiest. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Children; Grandparents; Happiness; Childhood; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Joy; Delight GRAMPY SINGS A SONG, by HOLMAN F. DAY Poem Text First Line: Row-diddy, dow de, my little sis Last Line: Was chester cahoon of the tuttsville brigade. Subject(s): Grandparents; Singing & Singers; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Songs GRAN'FAITHER AT CAM'SLANG; AT THE TIME OF THE GREAT REVIVAL WORK, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He donn'd his bannet braid an' blue Last Line: Had leev'd an' gane as saints shou'd gang. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): God; Grandparents; Religion; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Theology GRANDFAITHER'S KNEE, by JAMES M. NEILSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: By the ingle auld grandfaither's sittin' Last Line: Their sairs hale on grandfaither's knee. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDFATHER, by MICHAEL S. HARPER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In 1915 my grandfather's / neighbors surrounded his house Subject(s): African Americans; Grandparents; Negroes; American Blacks; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDFATHER BRIDGEMAN, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Heigh, boys!' cried grandfather bridgeman, 'it's time before dinner today' Last Line: The old man fails never to tell you: 'you've got the french general's there!' Subject(s): Family Life; Grandparents; War; Relatives; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDFATHER SQUEERS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandfather squeers,' said the raggedy man Last Line: "he was forced to request it to thunder again." Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Aging; Grandparents; Wisdom; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDFATHER'S LOVE, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They said he sent his love to me Last Line: I like his cough-drops twice as much. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDMA'S BIBLE, by LEAFA DORNE SEIBERT Poem Text First Line: Grandma's bible is old and worn Last Line: Her influence and love of long ago. Subject(s): Bible; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDMAMMA'S LECTURE, by HENRY CHAPPELL Poem Text First Line: Grandmamma sits in her high-backed chair Last Line: With her sweetheart, when she was a girl. Subject(s): Grandparents; Old Age; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDMAMMA'S WARNING, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Love is a fire,' she said. 'love is a fire Last Line: "oh, did you learn by what your elders told?" Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Grandparents; Love - Nature Of; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDMITHER, THINK NOT I FORGET, by WILLA SIBERT CATHER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Grandmither, think not I forget, when I come back to town Last Line: That I would like to be. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDMOTHER, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A spider floats from the apple tree Last Line: Had proved to be there at all. Subject(s): Comfort; Ghosts; Grandparents; Insects; Spiders; Supernatural; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Bugs GRANDMOTHER, by JOE HORRELL Poem Text First Line: She sits with heavy face and grimly knits Last Line: And the lucretian atom-dance gone mad. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDMOTHER DEAR, by MABEL VINCENT Poem Text First Line: Grandmother dear, I never knew Last Line: And ages hence be loved by me! Subject(s): Grandparents; Love; Paintings And Painters; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN, by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This was the garden that grandmother made Last Line: Why, where should I be this blessed minute? Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDMOTHER'S TEACHING, by ALFRED AUSTIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grandmother dear, you do not know; you have lived the old-world life Last Line: "with my stick and your arm I can manage. But see! There, connie comes up the walk." Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDMOTHER'S VALENTINE, by MINNA IRVING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The branches creaked on the garret roof Last Line: Grandmother's valentine told me so. Alternate Author Name(s): Michener, Harry, Mrs. Subject(s): Cupid; Grandparents; Holidays; Love; Valentine's Day; Eros; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDMOTHERS: 1. MARY GRAVELY JONES, by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We had no petnames, no diminutives for you Subject(s): Grandparents; Mothers & Daughters; Women; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDMOTHERS: 2. HATTIE RICE RICH, by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Your sweetness of soul was a mystery to me Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDPA, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandpa is the finest man Last Line: The way my grandpa does for me Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDPA'S CHRISTMAS, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In his great cushioned chair by the fender Last Line: "with grandma, this year." Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Christmas; Death; Grandparents; Past; Nativity, The; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANDSER, by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My grandser was a fearsome man! Last Line: Like a brook away to sea! Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNIE MIRK: A HAMILTON GRANNIE, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As she lay on her bed, frail, dowie, an' dune Last Line: Bless a' his sair labours, protect an' provide! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Death; Grandparents; Mothers & Sons; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNIE MIRK: A STIRLING GRANNIE, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A clever young dominie - noo in a kirk Last Line: The goal be as bricht as the race he has run. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNIE VISITED AT BLACKHILL, SHOTTS: JULY, 1805, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It's fifty towmonds since, an' mair Last Line: That simmer gloamin' at blackhill. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNIE'S CRACK ABOUT THE FAMINE IN AULD SCOTLAN' IN 1739-40, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, saw ye e'er sic witless bairns Last Line: "may see sic times—sae sad an' sair." Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Grandparents; Scotland; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNIE'S DREAM: A TRUE INCIDENT, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beside the winter e'ening fire Last Line: "the dream ye tauld this nicht to me." Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Dreams; Grandchildren; Grandparents; Nightmares; Grandsons; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNIE'S INGLE-SIDE, by JAMES M. NEILSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The craw the highest fir may tap Last Line: The days at grannie's ingle-side! Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNIE'S TALE: A BALLAD O' MEMORIE, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The days o' langsyne, oh! The days o' langsyne Last Line: "in that grave lay his wife an' four bairnies dear." Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Grandparents; Memory; Past; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNY, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here, in her elbow chair, she sits Last Line: Since it has had its day. Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNY, by WALTER J. HEALY Poem Text First Line: You were ever praising sweetly Last Line: A bit of irish sod. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Granny's come to our house Last Line: That runs to kiss their granny! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Children; Grandparents; Childhood; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNY POE, by MARIE RUSSELL Poem Text First Line: Old granny poe wuzn't a-carin' Last Line: So I left her not a-carin'. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNY SPINS, by GREGOIRE LE ROY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At her wheel the old, old granny Last Line: Of the flax have all been spun. Subject(s): Grandparents; Spinning; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRANNY'S LITTLE FLOCK, by CHARLES J. HANFORD Poem Text First Line: The lamp's dim, the fire's low Last Line: To her sleepy flock. Subject(s): Grandparents; Shadows; Weaving & Weavers; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GREAT-GRANDFATHER GREEN, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Great-grandfather green never heard, never seen Last Line: But think how much more fun he could have had now! Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers GRUDNOW, by LINDA PASTAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When he spoke of where he came from Subject(s): Grandparents; Immigrants; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration HONESTY, by MADELINE DEFREES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Money doesn't grow on trees, my mother said Last Line: In water I waited for incoming tide. Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline Subject(s): Grandparents; Honesty; Money; Mothers; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers HUGGING THE JUKEBOX, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On an island the soft hue of memory, Subject(s): Singing & Singers; Childen; Grandparents; Jukeboxes; Songs; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers IF POETRY WERE NOT A MORALITY, by TESS GALLAGHER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm the kind of woman who Last Line: As joy, as more horses than we need Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Horses; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers IN THE BLOOD, by PAT MORA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The brown-eyed child Subject(s): Grandparents; Dancing & Dancers; Children; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Childhood INHERITING MY GRANDMOTHER'S NIGHTMARE, by ANNE STEVENSON Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Consider the adhesiveness of things Subject(s): Grandparents; Conduct Of Life; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers KICKING THE LEAVES, by DONALD HALL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Each fall in new hampshire, on the farm Last Line: Three of us sitting together, silent, in gray november Subject(s): Grandparents; Farm Life; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Agriculture; Farmers KINDLY WATER OTHER LEVEL, by ANSELM HOLLO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two found together - construct regard Last Line: A vivid weightless bean Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers KISS GRANDMOTHERS GOOD NIGHT, by ANDREW HUDGINS Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Grandparents; Kissing; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers LATE POEM TO MY FATHER, by SHARON OLDS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Suddenly I thought of you Subject(s): Fathers; Grandparents; Love; Alcoholics & Alcoholism; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers LEGACIES, by YOLANDE CORNELIA GIOVANNI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Her grandmother called her from the playground Alternate Author Name(s): Giovanni, Nikki Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Ethnic Groups - United States; Grandparents; Minorities - United States; United States - Race Relations; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers LINES TO MY GRANDFATHER, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear grandpapa, -- to be obedient Last Line: Affectionate granddaughter. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Flowers; Grandparents; Love; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers LITTLE BROTHER'S STORY, by KATHERINE MANSFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We sat in front of the fire Last Line: And grandmother gave him jumps on her lap. Alternate Author Name(s): Murry, John Middleton, Mrs.; Beauchamp, Kathleen Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers LOGIC, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: My years to come are numbered on two hands Last Line: Ten aprils hence, to hear his grandchild sing. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers LORNA, by HENRY CHAPPELL Poem Text First Line: Pure as the air that breathes the moorland o'er Last Line: I love you too, I love you too. Subject(s): Death; Grandparents; Heaven; Love - Loss Of; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Paradise MANNERS, by ELIZABETH BISHOP Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandfather said to me Subject(s): Etiquette; Grandparents; Manners; Courtesy; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MEDICINE, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The practice of medicine / is not what it was Last Line: You're going to live. Subject(s): Grandparents; Medicine; Past; Women; Women's Rights; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Drugs, Prescription; Feminism MIRRORS, by PAT MORA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grandma makes me mad Subject(s): Grandparents; Beauty; Self-doubt; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MORE BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH, by CAROLYN D. WRIGHT Poem Full Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: I back the car over a soft, large object Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, C. D. Subject(s): Grandparents; Truth; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY GRANDFATHER WALKS IN THE WOODS, by MARILYN NELSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Somewhere / in the light above the womb Alternate Author Name(s): Waniek, Marilyn Nelson Subject(s): Grandparents; Trees; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY GRANDMA'S BREW, by JENNIE BETTS HARTSWICK Poem Text First Line: Somewhere, in lavender, is laid Last Line: The elder-flower's fragrant crown? Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Grandparents; Wine; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY GRANDMAMMA'S SEDAN, by JENNIE BETTS HARTSWICK Poem Text First Line: The ladies of st. James'' / went 'swinging to the play' Last Line: With skill and grace, comes on apace, my grandmamma's sedan! Subject(s): Automobiles; Grandparents; Cars; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY GRANDMOTHER, by KARL SHAPIRO Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandmother moves to my mind in context of sorrow Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY GRANDMOTHER IN THE STARS, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is possible we will not meet again Last Line: And only memory making us rich. Subject(s): Grandparents; Loss; Memory; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY GRANDMOTHER'S BED, by EDWARD HIRSCH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How she pulled it out of the wall Last Line: And her bed disappeared without a trace. Subject(s): Beds; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY GRANDMOTHER'S GHOST, by JAMES WRIGHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She skimmed the yellow water like a moth Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A. Subject(s): Grandparents; Ghosts; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY GRANDMOTHER'S LOVE LETTERS, by HAROLD HART CRANE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are no stars to-night Alternate Author Name(s): Crane, Hart Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY GRANDMOTHER'S [TURKEY-TAIL] FAN, by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It owned not a color that vanity dons Last Line: My grandmother's turkey-tail fan. Subject(s): Fans; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY LAST AFTERNOON WITH UNCLE DEVEREUX WINSLOW, by ROBERT LOWELL Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I won't go with you. I want to stay with grandpa!' Variant Title(s): Life Studies: My Last Afternoon With Uncle Devereux Winslow Subject(s): Family Life; Grandparents; Relatives; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY SAINTED, by PAUL BLACKBURN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers NAMES, by RUTH STONE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandmother's name was nora swan Subject(s): Ancestry & Ancestors; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers NIGHT ABOVE THE TOWN, by THOMAS LUX Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the glassed-in jazz club acres above Last Line: On the tables . . . Grandmother. Grandfather Subject(s): Grandparents; Jazz; Music & Musicians; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers NONE OF IT, by JANET KAPLAN Poem Text First Line: God lists who'll live who'll die Subject(s): Grandparents; Jewish Families; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers NOSTALGIA AND COMPLAINT OF THE GRANDPARENTS, by DONALD JUSTICE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our diaries squatted, toad-like Subject(s): Grandparents; Old Age; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers NURSING HOME: THE VISIT, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The wild-animal fear is upon him Last Line: His hair through the cage. Subject(s): Grandchildren; Grandparents; Nursing Homes; Grandsons; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living OLD AND YOUNG, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY Poem Text First Line: Grandpa, what are the drums a-saying? Last Line: I'll be a soldier in your place. Subject(s): Grandparents; Old Age; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers OLD-FASHIONED VALENTINE, by JESSIE WILMORE MURTON Poem Text First Line: Larkspur and mignonette! Well does she know Last Line: Drops fragile bits of heaven at her feet. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers ON THE DEATH OF MRS. JENNINGS, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis past: dear venerable shade, farewell Last Line: Who gave the dearest blessing I possess. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Death; Grandparents; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers OUR GRANDMOTHERS, by MAYA ANGELOU Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She lay, skin down in the moist dirt Subject(s): African Americans; Grandparents; Grandparents; Negroes; American Blacks; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers OUR GRANDMOTHERS, by MAYA ANGELOU Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She lay, skin down on the moist dirt Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers PHOEBE, OR MY GRANDMOTHER WEST, by JAMES SMITH (1775-1839) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, phoebe! How slily, love's arrow to barb Last Line: A counterfeit true of her grandmamma west. Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Girls; Grandparents; Love; Time; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers PLOW CEMETERY, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The plow: one of the three-mile inns that nicked Last Line: Plow cemetery, downhill from the church Subject(s): Cemeteries; Family Life; Grandparents; Homecoming; Graveyards; Relatives; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers POOR DEAR GRANDPAPA, by D'ARCY W. THOMPSON Poem Text First Line: What is the matter with grandpapa? Last Line: Tommy without a t. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers PRAYER FOR AN OLD MAN IN HEAVEN, by WILLIAM ARNETTE WOFFORD Poem Text First Line: Dear lord, when grandpa stiles knocks at your door Last Line: Oh, give him one. It will please him lots, I know. Subject(s): Grandparents; Heaven; Prayer; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Paradise PRIVILEGE, by RUTH MILLER REED Poem Text First Line: If youth were all- fleet - footed, gay with song Last Line: The master walked beside the least of these. Subject(s): Grandchildren; Grandparents; Walking; Youth; Grandsons; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers RELATIVES, by RUTH STONE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grandma lives in this town; Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers REQUEST TO A YEAR, by JUDITH WRIGHT Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: If the year is meditating a suitable gift Subject(s): Grandparents; Women; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers ROSY-POSY, by ANN AUGUSTA GRAY CARTER Poem Text First Line: Rosy, my posy Last Line: And hush-a-by baby with me. Subject(s): Grandmothers; Bedtime ROUNDHEAD AND CAVALIER, by WILLIAM YANDELL ELLIOTT Poem Text First Line: Old noll looked down from the wall, and spoke to me Last Line: His wart went red. Subject(s): Cavalier, Jean (1681-1740); Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers SAFE CONDUCT, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The snowplow was a rattling iron box Last Line: As distant as this world. Subject(s): Death; Grandchildren; Grandparents; Plowing & Plowmen; Snow; Dead, The; Grandsons; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers SEA LAVENDER, by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My puritan grandmother! - I see her now Last Line: In her dear treasures of sea shells and weed. Subject(s): Beauty; Grandparents; Sea; Shells; Treasures; Weeds; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Ocean; Conchology SHE LIVES WITH HER OWN GRANNY DEAR, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Cries william when first come from sea Last Line: "grenadier! Did you say, etc" Subject(s): Grandparents;laughter;pain; Grandmothers;grandfathers;great Grandfathers;great Grandmothers;suffering;misery SO GOOD, by JAMES SCHUYLER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sing to me Subject(s): Weather; Birds; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers SONNET, by ANN HAMILTON (1902-) Poem Text First Line: When I was far too young to comprehend Last Line: And wonder at the whiteness of his hair. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Anna E.; Hamilton, A. E.; Hamilton, Anne E. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers SONNET (ON THE DEATH OF HIS GRANDMOTHER), by JOHN KEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As from the darkening gloom a silver dove Last Line: Wherefore does any grief our joy impair? Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers STAYING AT GRANDMA'S, by JANE KENYON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes they left me for the day Last Line: And leave the other there alone? Subject(s): Grandparents; Holy Ghost; Religion; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Holy Spirit; Theology STEERAGE, by ALBERT GOLDBARTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By now, the sachel's leather has reclaimed its living redolence Subject(s): Grandparents; Immigrants; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration TALL WOMAN WALKING, by PAT MORA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sun stares Last Line: In her purple tennis shoes Subject(s): Grandparents; Women; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers TEAR, by THOMAS KINSELLA Poet's Biography First Line: I was sent in to see her Subject(s): Death; Grandparents; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE ASH TREE, by DAVID ST. JOHN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandmother led me out Subject(s): Grandparents; Gardens & Gardening; Childhood Memories; Ash Trees; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE AULD STAIRHEID, by JAMES NORVAL Poem Text First Line: At hin hairst - when leaves are cast in humplocks on the blast Last Line: And their beacon through life's blast was that auld stairheid. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE BEE-BAG, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I was ist a brownie - a Last Line: The fairies stold away! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Children; Fairies; Grandparents; Childhood; Elves; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE BOOK OF SCAPEGOATS, by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Click the grief castanets. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Social Commentaries; Skin Condition; Grandparents; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE DRY SPELL, by KEVIN YOUNG Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Waking early / with the warming house Subject(s): Grandparents; Farm Life; Cokking & Cooks; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Agriculture; Farmers THE GOLDEN WEDDING OF STERLING AND SARAH LANIER, by SIDNEY LANIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A rainbow span of fifty years Last Line: Macon, georgia, september, 1868. Subject(s): Anniversaries; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE GRANDCHILD, by PEARL M. MARSHALL Poem Text First Line: When baby feet go pit - a - patter Last Line: Next to your mother, in my heart. Subject(s): Grandchildren; Grandparents; Grandsons; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE GRANDFATHER, by JOHN JAY CHAPMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: There's a kind of morning prayer Last Line: Filled the room. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE GRANDFATHER-FATHER POEM, by CHARLES OLSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rolled in the grass Subject(s): Grandparents; Fathers; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE GRANDMOTHER'S APOLOGY, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And willy, my eldest born, is gone, you say, little annie? Last Line: But stay with the old woman now; you cannot have long to stay. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE GRANDMOTHER'S TALE, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Harry! I'm tired of playing. We'll draw round Last Line: From guilt, though not without a hope in christ. Subject(s): England; Grandchildren; Grandparents; Guilt; Murder; Story-telling; English; Grandsons; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE GREAT GRANDPARENTS, by TED KOOSER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: As small children, we were taken to meet them. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE HOMECOMING OF THE BRIDE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sarah greenleaf, of eighteen years Last Line: On the barn floor pealed the smiting flail. Subject(s): Brides; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE LAST WORDS OF MY ENGLISH GRANDMOTHER, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There were some dirty plates Subject(s): Death; Grandparents; Men; Mothers; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE MORNING BAKING, by CAROLYN FORCHE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grandma, come back, I forgot Alternate Author Name(s): Sidlosky, Carolyn Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE MOTHER'S CHAIR, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The century's day had just begun Last Line: As she rests in the prim little rocking-chair. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Babies; Grandparents; Mothers; Infants; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE NEW COUNTRY, by PETER JOHNSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I was with my grandfather when the boat landed Last Line: Glimmer of a glimmer in his bloodshot eye Subject(s): Grandparents; Immigrants; Past; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration THE OLD CHICKASAH TO HIS GRANDSON, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now go to the battle, my boy Last Line: Till the steps of thy coming I see. Subject(s): Duty; Grandchildren; Grandparents; Native Americans; War; Grandsons; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America THE OLD SPINNING WHEEL, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Do you remember the old spinning wheel Last Line: "from grandmother's old spinning wheel." Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): Grandparents; Sewing; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE PHOSPHORESCENT MAN, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The smell of roast beef and browning potatoes Last Line: Clung to the stair obstinate as salt. Subject(s): Grandparents; Memory; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE PLEASURES OF OLD AGE, by MICHAEL BLUMENTHAL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When my grandmother lisette turned ninety-nine Subject(s): Old Age; Romance; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE QUIET BETWEEN US, by DANIEL GUTSTEIN Poem Text First Line: The red coal of the sun Subject(s): Grandparents; Relationships; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE RAG BAG, by NATHALIA CRANE Poem Text First Line: When we went down to grandma's Last Line: When we are coming to town. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE SEEKERS, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our grandfathers were strangers and their absurd notions Last Line: We'll have to walk because we're going farther Subject(s): Fathers; Grandparents; Knowledge; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE TABLE, by DONALD HALL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Walking back to the farm from the depot Subject(s): Farm Life; Grandparents; Childhood Memories; Agriculture; Farmers; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE THROWBACK, by PAUL MULDOON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Even I can't help but notice, my sweet Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE VERY END, by TOM SLEIGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My eyes are strange to the print tonight Subject(s): Grandparents; Death; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Dead, The THE WEAKNESS, by TOI DERRICOTTE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That time my grandmother dragged me Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE WORDS UNDER THE WORDS, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandmother's hands recognize grapes Subject(s): Grandparents; Grief; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Sorrow; Sadness THREE BASKETS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bertha's basket: maiden bertha, with the / merry dancing eyes Last Line: Folding dearest work for others, whether she be maid or wife. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Grandparents; Household Employees; Love; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Servants; Domestics; Maids THREE PORTRAITS, by GAMALIEL BRADFORD Poem Text First Line: Her manners were perfectly dainty Last Line: I hope to understand her. Subject(s): Grandparents; Portraits; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers TO A GRANDMOTHER, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At six o'clock in the evening Last Line: To feel those arms again!) Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers TO BETTY LEE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Dear betty lee, my thought for you Last Line: "to pen this sentence, ""I love you." Subject(s): Family Life; Grandparents; Love; Relationships; Relatives; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers TO MY GRANDMOTHER; SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE BY MR. ROMNEY, by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This relative of mine Last Line: Grandpapa. Alternate Author Name(s): Locker, Frederick Subject(s): Grandparents; Home; Romney, George (1734-1802); Youth; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. A COTTAGE AMONG THE HILLS, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Outside, the winter moonlight shines so peacefully Last Line: Most like the moonlight shining there without. Subject(s): Children; Christmas; Grandparents; Melodies; Singing & Singers; Childhood; Nativity, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Songs TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. ALICE, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With little red frock in the fire-light, in the lingering april evening Last Line: Runs off to bed and to sleep in the lap of heaven. Subject(s): Children; Grandparents; Childhood; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers TWO GRANDMOTHERS, by IRENE ARCHER Poem Text First Line: One grew pale lilies in the shade Last Line: Remembering when her heart was flame. Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers UNITED JEWISH APPEAL, by MICHAEL BLUMENTHAL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandmother was eighty-nine and blind Subject(s): Old Age; Grandparents; Childhood Memories; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers VOICES, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I will never taste cantaloupe Last Line: Ocean shell, chinese button, against the sky. Subject(s): Grandparents; Legacies; Memory; Regret; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers WAR HERO, by GLYN MAXWELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where recollections end, Subject(s): Grandparents; Storms; Oak Trees; Children; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Childhood WEARINESS OF MEN, by FRANK STANFORD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandmother said when she was young Subject(s): Grandparents; Farm Life; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Agriculture; Farmers WHAT GRANDFATHER SAID, by ALFRED NOYES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Your thoughts are for the poor and weak? Last Line: Well, I'm your grandson. You'll grow wiser. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Grandparents; Hate; Love; Names; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers WHEN GRANDMA COMES, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There's never any noise or fuss Last Line: All snuggled up against her breast. Subject(s): Babies; Comfort; Grandparents; Infants; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers WILLOW WARE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: On grandmamma's table is waiting for me Last Line: "that beautiful, queer, little land of blue" Subject(s): Grandparents;legends;willow Trees; Grandmothers;grandfathers;great Grandfathers;great Grandmothers WORD BASKET WOMAN, by GARY SNYDER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Years after surviving Subject(s): Grandparents; Jeffers, Robinson (1887-1962); Poetry & Poets; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers YOU'RE THE TOP, by TONY HOAGLAND Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of all the people that I've ever known Last Line: Bright and beautiful and useless Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers ZAYDEE, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why does the sea burn? Why do the hills cry? Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers ZENITH, by TED KOOSER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: It was part of her parlour's darkness Subject(s): Grandparents; World War Ii; Radio; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Second World War |
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