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Grandpa's Checkerboard
perched upon the table
made of oak and maple
stones carved of cedar and sycamore
is grandpa’s checkerboard
when mom and dad play rummy
the children squat down on the floor
checkers begin jumping
on that old checkerboard
Monday 2nd October 2023 8:20 pm
Grandpa Poem
Grandpa,
Love is something everyone has towards you, For they, too, understand the complexity of you.
Experience is the foundation for your knowledge.
And yet, you still serve cold porridge.
Grandpa, Anger does not influence you, Ignorance does not play you.
And you do not wish for fame, As you have understood, life is a game.
Oh Grandpa, humble and intricate.
I cannot imagine...
Saturday 27th March 2021 9:04 pm
Old but Gold by Catarina Meireles
Old but Gold by Catarina Meireles
Dear grandparents
Your love is like magic
You spent 53 years and counting together
Grandfather you went throught war
You went thrught cancer
She stood beside you whn you really needed her
Grandmother you went through injuries,
Surgery and birth, who was there to
Hold you and love it was grandfather
I love you both ...
Tuesday 3rd April 2018 12:49 pm
Lunch with my Grandmother
Those huge white flakes of fish
And the mashed potato dish
Have stayed in my memory
For sixty years
I remember the potato, creamy soft
Had a seasoned, peppery waft
And the choice of sauces:
Egg or parsley
It must have been a whole side of cod
I remember my grandfather like a god
Slowly stood to serve the fish
Separating the flakes
The etched glass...
Thursday 7th December 2017 2:41 pm
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